Medicinal cannabis leads research agenda
Medicinal cannabis may not be as effective in relieving chronic pain according to one of the world’s longest community studies, however other research has shown the drug beneficial for children with epilepsy. . The research published in Lancet Public Health showed there was no clear evidence that cannabis led to reduced pain severity or pain interference or […]
Keeping the legacy of Gayle Woodford alive
Associate Professor Sue Lenthall was waiting to board a plane at Sydney Airport when news filtered through that the body of her friend and colleague, remote area nurse Gayle Woodford, had been found in a shallow grave. The nurse on duty at the health clinic in the remote South Australian town of Fregon, Gayle went […]
Keeping the legacy of Gayle Woodford alive
Associate Professor Sue Lenthall was waiting to board a plane at Sydney Airport when news filtered through that the body of her friend and colleague, remote area nurse Gayle Woodford, had been found in a shallow grave. The nurse on duty at the health clinic in the remote South Australian town of Fregon, Gayle went […]
Midwives safely select for water birth
Midwives are choosing the appropriate women to labour and birth in water, Western Australian research shows. The Curtin University and King Edward Memorial Hospital research found 80% of WA women who planned to give birth in water experienced a normal, uncomplicated vaginal birth. A total of 502 women at WA’s sole tertiary public maternity hospital, […]