Showing ongoing commitment to best practice patient care, Lakeview Private Hospital Surgical NUM, Ravi Ramiah, and Rehab NUM, Mark Magallones, recently attended the Nursing & Midwifery Unit [...]

Exposed to an ever-more-sophisticated arsenal of readily-available diagnostic tools, it’s tempting for the acute care doctor to reach for his referral pad and pass diagnostic decision-making [...]

Knee replacement is an elective procedure. I am not in the habit of convincing patients to have surgery; every surgery has risk. The time to have the procedure is when you are convinced it’s necessary.

Providing orthopaedic and reconditioning inpatient and outpatient services, Lakeview Private Hospital Rehabilitation boasts a fully equipped gym, a large hydrotherapy pool, and the combined [...]

Vasectomy remains the most secure and permanent form of contraception for couples who want permanent contraception.

Most children won't know they have a blocked nose! Usually, the child's parents don't realise, because they just assume it is normal for some children to mouth-breathe. However, mouth-breathing [...]

Almost 75,000 Australians (one in 250 aged 5-40) are affected by Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). It is projected that 100,000 Australians will be affected by 2022.

If your patient has been unsuccessful losing weight through medical and conservative means, is suffering from the ill-effects of obesity, and meets the criteria on BMI grounds, then an informed [...]

Microbial colonization of the human gut begins at birth. The infant’s intestines are sterile or contain a very low level of microbes at birth, but the gut is quickly colonized during and after [...]