Medical Termination VS. Surgical Abortion
An unplanned pregnancy is never an easy situation to deal with. Some people may find that they can carry the pregnancy to term, while others choose to terminate. Once the decision is made, regardless of the choice, there are inevitably more decisions that follow. If the option you have chosen is to…
Pregnancy Test Recall
When you take a pregnancy test, regardless of the scenario, you expect the results to be conclusive. While positive results are generally followed up with a visit to the GP, if the result is negative, it is rarely questioned. It has therefore come as a shock to many that, after a review undertaken…
Contraception – The Choice is Yours.
Whether they have decided the time has come to become sexuality active, they have finished having children or they require assistance for medical reasons such as controlling menstrual cramps, regulating periods and balancing hormones, just about every woman will be faced with choosing a type of…
Pap Smear Screening Program Revamp Delayed
When it was announced that the national Pap smear screening program was going to receive a complete overhaul, in an attempt to improve early cancer detection and save more lives, the reaction from the medical community and the public was naturally one of enthusiasm. The renewed cervical cancer…
Pap Smear Results Delay Causes Anger and Frustration
The recent proposed revamp of the National Cervical Screening Program to change over to HPV testing, has now become more of a hindrance than a help. The revamp was put in place to improve the processing of Pap smear results, but at this point, has done quite the opposite. The program revamp was set…
Trump’s Global Ban on Abortion
Recently, America’s President, Donald Trump, reinstated a policy that was initiated in the Reagan era, putting a freeze on foreign aid to health care providers offering abortion as a family planning option. Unfortunately, for the millions of people that this decision affects around the world, there…
Pope Francis extends power to forgive abortion
On Monday 21 November, 2016 Pope Francis indefinitely extended the power of priests to forgive women who have abortions, permanently extending the gesture he made during the Jubilee Year of Mercy. The pope's move allows priests to forgive women who have had abortions, and any other people involved…
Black Monday Poland – Protesting Restrictive Abortion Law
Up to 6 million women all over Poland went on strike, dressed in black and took to the streets on Monday 3 October to protest against the government's plans for a total ban on abortions. They proclaimed the day "Black Monday" whilst counter-demonstrators and anti-abortion protestors, dressed in…
New Emergency Contraception
A new form of emergency contraception is now available in Australia. Ulipristal in tablet form may be taken up to five days after unprotected sex. Known as EllaOne, it is a single tablet containing 30mg ulipristal acetate, a selective progesterone receptor modulator. According to its distributors,…
What makes a good doctor – patient relationship?
From ancient times it has been recognised that the health and well-being of a patient depends on a collaborative effort between doctor and patient. Indeed patients share with their doctor the responsibility for their own health care. The doctor-patient relationship is of the greatest benefit when…
