There is no ‘official’ definition of a stroke. Doctors use the term ‘stroke’ to cover a broad range of disorders that occur related to the blood supply of the brain. Most strokes involve the blood supply going into an area of brain being blocked. Most of the remaining number involve bleeding into the brain or the area inside the skull outside the brain.

We encourage breastfeeding because of the health benefits for both mother and baby. Breast milk offers the ideal balance of nutrition in all the right proportions for the first six months of life and beyond. Even if mum’s diet is less than ideal, breastmilk will give baby the perfect diet. Breastmilk changes feed by feed and day by day to meet baby's needs without mum changing a thing.

You never forget some people. No matter how many lives I save or how many transplant surgeries I perform, there are special people and moments that will always live with me. These moments drive me to new challenges and to build legacies that really matter for people and communities.

To be called a scoliosis there must be at least 10° of angulation of curve evident in the coronal plane on a plain radiograph along with evidence of rotation of vertebral bodies. This is often only noticed clinically, usually by the family, when the curve is already well past this threshold. A curve of 10° is barely perceptible clinically and is often a radiological finding only on a chest x-ray taken for other reasons.

National private hospital operator Healthscope is rolling out its new Private Dining menu across its 42 hospitals across the country, with St Helen’s Private Hospital the first of its 12 mental health facilities to unveil the new taste sensations for patients.

Obsessions are intrusive ideas or impulses which the patient considers to be inappropriate and therefore cause anxiety or distress. These are frequently about contamination or doubts about having left doors unlocked or stoves switch on.

Vanessa Morris, Clinical Nurse Consultant Wound Care at Mount Hospital answers your frequently asked questions about wound care.

"Everyday I am able to make a difference in the lives of my residents. I get to watch them achieve personal goals big and small and it’s makes me so proud to be apart of that journey."

Whilst surgeons and anaesthetists over the years have understood the importance of optimising perioperative pain management, it is only relatively recently that real exploration of the topic of perioperative pain and outcome has gained prominence.

Looking from someone’s front or back, their spine should be straight. The term scoliosis simply refers to a sideways bend of the spine. There are two main types of scoliosis – postural and structural.