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Dr Smith interviews Dr Danial Schecter from Cananda who heads up the Canadian Cannabinoid Medical Clinic (CMClinic) and is on an educational tour of Australia and New Zealand. In part II, we discuss cannabis and driving in NSW and the impact of THC on licencing, we also delve deeper into the differences between THC and CBD.

Dr Smith interviews Dr Danial Schecter from Cananda who heads up the Canadian Cannabinoid Medical Clinic (CMClinic) and is on an educational tour of Australia and New Zealand. In part I we introduce the endocannaboid system and how it works.

1) Lambert Initiatives study "Knowledge and attitudes of Australian general practitioners towards medicinal cannabis: cross-sectional study"

2) COMPASS study - https://www.jpain.org/article/S1526-5900(15)00837-8/fulltext

What if a law was passed that doctors had to obey the military? Would that make it right to apply their skill and knowledge to evil purposes? Medicines posits very high moral values. Some of the highest. Medical practitioners are at the service of their patients, but not at the service of disease.

There are laws before NSW Parliament that liberalise Abortion and co-opt doctors to be agents for the industry. 

What ought doctors to do in this situation?

Would progressive bowel cancer steal the wind from your sails?

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The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program is sending out free bowel cancer screening tests to all Australians aged 50–to74. The test will be posted to you every two years. Do the test when it comes in the post!

https://www.cancer.nsw.gov.au/bowel-screening

Welcome to Lejeunecast, where we place our talents at the service of Life!

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Many challenges face NSW Health's newly minted intern (and former Lejeune Family Medical Practice Medical student), Dr Natalie Li before becoming a fully fledged doctor. Four months into her role, we catch up with this bright young doctor

Young mother, Amelia, did not know she was carrying a baby with Down's syndrome. Her story is entwined with that of Professor Jerome Lejeune. This podcast picks up from 009 Lejeunecast (listen here: https://lejeunecast.libsyn.com/009-lejeunecast-jerome-lejeune-father-doctor-researchersaint)

With thanks to Amelia for giving the interview. Her blog at: www.forwantofwonder.net/ 

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Thanks to the technology and engineering available through robotic principles applied to surgery, there is a way that you could plan and place components to customise the joint replacement.

Dr Michael Smith quizzes Dr John Limbers on the MakoTM robotic-arm assisted surgery. 

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What's in a name?

Professor Jerome Lejeune's monumental contribution to medicine and genetics has almost been forgotten in certain circles. Certainly, in the USA and France, he has made a lasting impact and there exist Foundations that carry his name. But what about this small family practice in the middle of the Hills region in NSW, Australia? Why have we seen fit to share Jerome Lejeune's vision?

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We can often be very casual with our hearing health, taking it for granted. Never before, however, have there been so many ways to destroy your hearing and possibly miss out on participation in society.

To discuss this, Lejeunecast caught up with Heba Hamdan and Katrina Ripagalos at Attune Audiology in Bella Vista, NSW to discuss many issues relating to hearing loss.

'Rugby is simply too dangerous!' Or is it? I was asked to give a talk alongside the NSW Waratah's Development manager, fmr Head Coach at Warringah Rugby Club, Owain Roberts to a group of mothers gathered at Redfield college. Our mission? To give mums a chance to air any concerns they might have about their sons and daughters playing the game of rugby.

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