by Richard Harvey | Sep 27, 2019 | Nose and Sinus Blog, Scientific advancements in nose and sinus diseaes
Prof Richard Harvey and his team were named as the clinical research leaders in otolaryngology via an investigation by The Australian. The Australian’s Research magazine uses unique methodology to reveal the best research, drawing on public sources to find the...
by Richard Harvey | Sep 14, 2019 | Interesting articles on nose and sinus disease, Nose and Sinus Blog
The Sydney Sinus Surgery course is one of the longest running sino-nasal disorder courses in the world. It was established by Prof Richard Gallagher in 1998 and is now in its 12th year with Prof Richard Harvey and has a new co-director with Dr Raewyn Campbell. The...
by Richard Harvey | Jul 7, 2019 | Nose and Sinus Blog, Scientific advancements in nose and sinus diseaes
Many patients are given the diagnosis of ‘nasal polyps’ . When they occur unilaterally (on one side), the probability that the tissue represents a tumour, cancer or growth is very likely. Thankfully this is not the case for most. However, when they are...
by Richard Harvey | Mar 5, 2019 | Interesting articles on nose and sinus disease, Nose and Sinus Blog
I was recently presented, by a patient, with an invoice from another surgeon, for $14,500. This wasn’t a major procedure nor critical service. The symptoms were nasal congestion, itchy eyes, dermatitis, childhood asthma and tiredness. There was only one single...
by Richard Harvey | Nov 11, 2018 | Interesting articles on nose and sinus disease, Nose and Sinus Blog
When we can’t smell, the sensation is very disturbing. The flavor of food that we detect is 70% related to smell. Smell or olfaction is such an important but often underated human sense. Our sense of smell is one of the most primitive sensory functions in...
by Richard Harvey | Oct 27, 2018 | Interesting articles on nose and sinus disease, Nose and Sinus Blog, Scientific advancements in nose and sinus diseaes
So much is still poorly understood about the disease process that drives the formation of nasal polyps. For a long time now, the medical community acknowledges that the origins of adult-onset nasal polyps is primarily an inflammatory disorder (as is adult-onset...