Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a preventable disease which disproportionally affects Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in remote communities. ‘Take Heart: The Quest to Rid Australasia of Rheumatic Heart Disease’ is an award winning documentary about the experiences of some of these children and their treatment journey.
There has been a paradigm shift over the last 10 years in the epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of viral hepatitis, particularly Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C. This presentation will update you on these important and exciting and new changes.
The Young People’s Health Service (YPHS) is one of the few primary health care services that specifically works with young people aged 12-24 years who are experiencing or are at risk of homelessness. A program of the Department of Adolescent Medicine at RCH, YPHS is co-located with Melbourne City Missions’ Frontyard Youth Services in Melbourne’s CBD.
Motor neurone disease (MND) occurs in all ages and is a neurodegenerative disorder in which the loss of large nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord produces progressive weakness, significant disability and frequently death.
On April 30th the RCH Electronic Medical Record will have been in use for 12 months. It has been one of the biggest practice changes in the hospital’s history.
“Factitious Disorders by Proxy” occur when caregivers (usually parents) exaggerate and/or fabricate symptoms and signs of illness in a child. This can sometimes be driven by an underlying personality disorder in the caregiver, or because of excessive anxiety that a serious illness is being missed by health care professionals.
Synopsis In Australia, over 40% of children with intellectual disability (ID) and/or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have mental health problems requiring long term psychiatric care. However access to such treatment is inadequate, particularly in adult services. This impacts upon timely transition from the RCH and has the potential to create longer-term negative impacts on the health … Continued
Advances in cognitive computing are redefining human work. After IBM’s Supercomputer Watson crushed human champions at the quiz show Jeopardy, IBM turned to making Watson the world’s best oncologist. Will the next generation Watson replace clinicians altogether, or will we be protected by our unique combination of cognitive and physical skills?
The incidence of epilepsy is highest in infancy. Many infant epilepsies, such as infantile spasms, are very severe, with treatment-resistant seizures and major developmental impairments.
This Grand Round will cover advances in understanding of the causes of infant epilepsies, and how these advances have informed changes in investigation of aetiology and guided use of existing and novel treatments, to improve outcomes in these devastating conditions.
Ten months into her term as Commissioner of Children and Young People, Liana Buchanan will reflect on the issues affecting children and young people, and discuss some of the Commission’s current projects and priorities.
