High-risk women are those with a pre-existing vertebral fracture, recent fracture on treatment or continuing low BMD (T score ≤ −2.5). In low-risk patients, treatment could be stopped after five years, but the BMD should be re-measured one year after treatment cessation. Measuring bone turnover markers after three months is also useful: examples of suitable …
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Help is available for doctors and patients who find STI contact tracing a challenge. For patients, the website www.letthemknow.org.au takes them through a variety of strategies including face-to-face discussions, emails, text messages and letters. It covers different scenarios, such as alerting a current partner or a previous one, and offers advice on handling a range …
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Do not be angry with the child – remember that they are the victim and it is someone else doing the wrong thing. <p>Praise them for disclosing the problem – this is a big step as most children are frightened to tell a parent about cyber bullying.</p> Save and store the emails, chat logs or …
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Early recognition of a developing psychotic illness is now recognised as have a number of important benefits, including: o halving the suicide risk o increasing the chance of securing a job o delaying or even preventing the onset of a disabling psychotic illness o preventing the first contact being via police or involuntary detention o increasing the likelihood of keeping …
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Half of sexually active young people always used condoms in the past year. Sexual practices may be more varied than before, especially oral sex. Unwanted sex among female students has increased significantly. Unwanted or unprotected sex occurs in a significant proportion under the influence of alcohol or other drugs. Like adults, adolescents tend to be …
Pre-release ticket are now available for many of next year’s seminars including the Annual Hormone & Women’s Health Update & Education Day in Sydney, the Annual Hormone & Women’s Health Update & Education Day in Melbourne and the Annual Women’s & Children’s Health Update in Brisbane . The seminars are all available at pre-release prices …
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Dr Ramesh Manocha
Dr Ramesh Manocha
Dr Ramesh Manocha
Dr Ramesh Manocha