Specialist Updates

Specialist Updates Women's Health

Mental stress in pregnant women 'can impair fetal brain'

22nd January 2020
Psychological distress is common among pregnant women carrying fetuses with congenital heart disease (CHD) and is associated…
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Stressed pregnant woman
Specialist Updates Cardiology

Conduction disturbance after TAVR raises mortality risk

22nd January 2020
Conduction disturbances after transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR) are associated with increased mortality and…
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Heart check
Specialist Updates Cardiology

Heart disease declines among childhood cancer survivors

22nd January 2020
Adult survivors of childhood cancers are now less likely to experience certain cardiac events because changes to treatment…
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Heart monitor
Specialist Updates Cardiology

Prediction tools 'underestimate CVD risk' in Indigenous Australians

22nd January 2020
Most cardiovascular risk prediction equations greatly underestimate the future risk of heart disease among Indigenous…
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Indigenous health
Specialist Updates Gastroenterology

Mediterranean diet 'may protect against Crohn's disease'

21st January 2020
People who follow a Mediterranean diet are less likely to experience later-onset Crohn’s disease, a 20-year study suggests. …
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Mediterranean diet
Specialist Updates Gastroenterology

JAK inhibitors linked to shingles risk in IBD

21st January 2020
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease taking JAK inhibitors may be at increased risk for herpes zoster infection,…
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Shingles
Specialist Updates Gastroenterology

1500 patients to have repeat scopes amid fears of missed diagnoses

21st January 2020
Signs of disease could potentially have been missed in up to 1500 patients undergoing bowel cancer and upper GI screenings…
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Colonoscopy