by Sarah Keenihan | 4 Feb, 2025 | Articles, Community, GP News, integrated care, Research, TQEH
From forest walks to picnics on the grass, being outside in green spaces is good for our mental health. Indeed, doctors are now giving their patients nature prescriptions. But what about our physical bodies – do they respond to natural environments as well? Dr Jessica...
by Sarah Keenihan | 29 Jan, 2025 | Central Adelaide LHN Staff, Podcast, Research, Research Pulse, TQEH
Research Pulse podcast Season 3 Episode 3 Breasts attract a lot of attention in popular media – but one thing you can’t see when looking at breasts is whether they are dense or not. Breast density refers to the appearance of breasts on a mammogram. In...
by Sarah Keenihan | 23 Jan, 2025 | Articles, Research, SAMI, TQEH
Breast density expert Associate Professor Wendy Ingman says artificial intelligence (AI) will play an increasingly important role in identifying women at high risk for breast cancer. In a recent perspective article in the medical journal Trends in Cancer, A/Prof...
by Sarah Keenihan | 13 Nov, 2024 | Articles, Central Adelaide LHN Staff, SAMI, TQEH
South Australia Medical Imaging (SAMI) at Central Adelaide Local Health Network is marking the delivery of the one thousandth dose of a specialised treatment used to treat patients with a rare form of cancer. Known as LuTate therapy, the treatment has been delivered...
by Sarah Keenihan | 5 Nov, 2024 | Articles, Research, TQEH
Just ask your grandmother: from vaccines to antibiotics and pain relief for childbirth, the health treatments you receive in 2024 are markedly different from those available in 1984. That’s because new approaches and medications are continually being developed, and...
by Sarah Keenihan | 23 Oct, 2024 | Allied Health, Articles, awards, Central Adelaide LHN Staff, Events, RAH, Research, TQEH
A buzz of collaboration and connection filled Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN) last week, with more than 400 attendees taking part in CALHN’s inaugural Research Exchange. Over October 14-18, an enthusiastic crowd of researchers, clinicians, clinical...
