by Richard Harvey | Apr 27, 2025 | Interesting articles on nose and sinus disease, Nose and Sinus Blog
The Curious Experience of Nasal Breathing: A Deep Dive into Human Perception When we think about breathing, it often feels like a straightforward, mechanical process: air flows in through our nose or mouth, fills our lungs, and sustains life. Yet the subjective...
by Richard Harvey | Jul 27, 2024 | Interesting articles on nose and sinus disease, Nose and Sinus Blog, Uncategorized
I was recently given a fascinating book by a visiting Brazilian Surgeon who reminded me of the deep tradition that otolaryngology has in facial plastics surgery. This is relevant as the Australian otolaryngology community has had conflict with the regulatory body...
by Richard Harvey | Jun 23, 2024 | Interesting articles on nose and sinus disease, Nose and Sinus Blog
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, has long been a topic of debate in relation to its role in causing epistaxis (nose bleeding in medical terms). The relationship between hypertension and epistaxis is complex and involves both direct and indirect associations....
by Richard Harvey | Aug 5, 2020 | Interesting articles on nose and sinus disease, Nose and Sinus Blog
************New date/Postponed due to covid. November 26-28th******* Any new enquiries please email Kate The course focuses on the integrated medical and surgical management. Modern concepts of airway based approach will be discussed. Live surgery is planned on...
by Richard Harvey | Jul 11, 2020 | Interesting articles on nose and sinus disease, Nose and Sinus Blog
Most patients with ‘chronic’ sinus disease usually have disorders of sinus inflmmation or mechanical dysfunction (loss of mucus clearance). Chronic sinusitis is rarely an ‘infectious’ condition. Although bacteria take advantage of dysfunctional...
by Richard Harvey | Jun 30, 2020 | Interesting articles on nose and sinus disease, Nose and Sinus Blog
Every year, we hold a 3 day educational course on Nose and sinus care with our combined Rhinoscopy and Sydney Sinus Surgery Courses. Last year, in 2019, Medtronic kindly assisted in the recording of lectures as part of an ongoing effort to create a online archive of...
