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Better health outcomes for OSA using the Flinders Chronic Disease Management Program Antic, NA, Garner S, Harris M, Heatley E, McEvoy RD, Battersby M Introduction: Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a chronic disease with long term complications. OSA is a disease more prevalent in men and seen in higher prevalence amongst Veteran populations. Medical management of OSA includes CPAP to maintain… Read more »
Lindsay Murray, Frank Daly, Mark Little and Mike Cadogan* *2nd edn, xii + 529 pp, paperback with illustrations, ISBN: 978-0-7295-3939-5. Sydney, Churchill Livingstone (Imprint of Elsevier), RRP: $69.95, 2010. There are many excellent toxicology textbooks available internationally, including the recently published 9th edition of Goldfrank’s Toxicologic Emergencies.1 These are wonderful resources for those seeking a… Read more »
Rheumatology Expert Group. *Version 2. xxiii+315pp, ISBN 978-0-9804764-8-4. Melbourne, Therapeutic Guidelines Limited, AUD39.00, 2010 (2011 eBook also available). Apart from major textbooks, there have been few handbooks published specifically on rheumatology guidelines. This second eBook Version of Therapeutic Guidelines: Rheumatology, part of a collection of 14 in the series of the popular and respected… Read more »
Abstract The threat of rickettsial diseases to Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel is reviewed, focusing on the historical impact and epidemiology of these diseases. Scrub typhus, a mite borne disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi is historically the most important rickettsial disease, and continues to cause morbidity in ADF personnel today. The historical occurrence of tick… Read more »
Abstract Influenza is one of the few infectious diseases that is able to disrupt military operations quickly. Although the extreme mortality rates seen during the pandemic of 1918-19 when tens of thousands of soldiers died has never been repeated (for as yet unclear reasons), illness rates alone make influenza of great military importance. Seasonal influenza… Read more »
The impact of DDT on human health received worldwide attention from the general public, political and scientific communities, with the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring.1 In Silent Spring, Carson described a series of harmful effects on the environment and wildlife resulting from the use of DDT and other similar compounds. Fifty years later the… Read more »
Abstract Background: There is scant information on the types of musculoskeletal injuries, their causes and injury patterns that are sustained by Australian garrison soldiers (a permanent military post or place where troops are stationed). Rigorous physical training, manually emplacing weapon systems and daily military duties carried out by soldiers of the 16th Air Defence Regiment… Read more »
acknowledge the impassioned responses to my contentious article on PTSD (JMVH- Apr 10) and I would expect nothing less from my mental health colleagues. Independent commentary by one with no vested interest in diagnosing and managing PTSD should be embraced as part of robust debate regarding this fashionable condition. I hasten to remind the respondents… Read more »
Historically, tropical diseases have remained a significant threat to military operations in tropical zones,1-4 especially in the developing country environment, which are often areas characterized by extremes of poverty, environment, endemic disease, and inadequate public health resources. In the past decade, military deployments to war-like areas, such as Iraq and Afghanistan, has seen an increased… Read more »
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) has just completed successfully in Perth with the joint assistance of the Australian Government, Australian Defence Force (ADF) and the Western Australian State Government. While the considerable capabilities of the ADF did not need to be seriously tested, the planning from all agencies ensured a smooth and trouble-free… Read more »
Welcome to the latest edition of JMVH focusing on topical disease. Recently the association conducted its annual conference in Melbourne with over 450 delegates and 36 trade exhibitors it was magnificent occasion and a great opportunity to catch up with old and new friends and hear the latest advances in military medicine. I like to… Read more »
