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Consensus Statement - Managing the Transition to Digital Diagnostic Imaging (update)

The first meeting of the DIRWP was held at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons on 10 September 2008. The ongoing work of DIRWP will be to produce digital imaging guidelines which will cater for practices ranging from the isolated rural ...

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Position paper on tonsillectomy and adenotonsillectomy in children

A working group of paediatric ENT surgeons and paediatricians have released a position paper recommending an urgent need to prioritise operations to remove young children’s tonsils and adenoids to help correct disrupted sleep caused from upper ...

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61st ASM of NZSOHNS

Online registration is now available for those wishing to attend the NZOHNS conference at the Hilton Hotel, Auckland in October this year. For more information click on the link to the conference website: http://www.orl2008.org.nz

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OHNS Trainee wins 2008 Premier's Award

Dr Benjamin Wei has been recognised for his work on the link between cochlear implants and meningitis and his recommendations on how to prevent contracting the disease. Dr Wei received the Victorian 2008 Premier's Award for health and ...

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ASOHNS' submission results in amendments to Qld State Govt's proposed legislation restricting use of cosmetic surgery on children

As a result of ASOHNS making a preliminary submission, the Queensland State Government has made amendments to draft Health Legislation (Restriction on Use of Cosmetic Surgery and Solariums for Children) Amendment Bill 2008. Members can read the ...

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National Registration and Accreditation Scheme

This important issue is unfolding. It is apparent that the AMA is experiencing increasing tension in their discussions with the Federal Government. Consequently members are encouraged to read the information that has been placed in the members ...

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Aboriginal Children’s Ear Disease – The Silent Epidemic

One of the best measures of the degree of poverty in a country’s Indigenous population is the prevalence of chronic discharging ears (chronic suppurative otitis media). In Australia. in remote Indigenous communities, the prevalence rate of ...

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ASOHNS Website Update

We hope that you all find the newly upgraded website easier to navigate, use and make contributions. First, when you logon, there will be a request to upgrade your details. We would appreciate if you could check and add to your ...

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At the Frontier 2008

Another interesting and highly informative Frontiers in Otolaryngology meeting will be held next year in Queensland at the Sheraton Noosa.Beginning with registration and a welcoming cocktail party on Wednesday evening, July 30, the conference ...

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ASOHNS has a CEO

At the Annual General Meeting in Adelaide earlier this year, I outlined the rationale for hiring a chief executive officer. Such an appointment will take our Society to another level of representation within the Health Departments of Australia as ...

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