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winter blues

Winter blues or SAD? Why Some People Feel Depressed in Winter

Exhausted, shunning all social contact and feeling hopeless? And the cold weather with the constantly overcast sky is not helping either. Have you dismissed it as a case of winter blues? You could be suffering from SAD – seasonal affective …

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Lady with Back Pain

Australia’s Pain Point – Back Pain

Recently, we did a post on chronic pain and ways to manage it. What struck us were the statistics on back pain. According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 3.7 million Australians reported back problems and it has …

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common cold

Coping with the Common Cold

Reams have been written about the common cold and the elusive search for a cure. Highly infectious, debilitating and annoying but very rarely serious, a cold epidemic is one of winter’s surest signs. Thousands suffer from classic symptoms – runny …

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Pneumonia

Cold, Flu, Bronchitis and Pneumonia – The Difference Explained

With the colder weather will come a range of winter illnesses – the dreaded flu, cold, bronchitis and pneumonia. Are these all just a difference of degree or are they different conditions? The confusion stems from the similarity of symptoms. …

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Coeliac Disease

Understanding the Difference Between Wheat Allergy, Coeliac Disease and Gluten Sensitivity

We all know that gluten intolerance is feeling sick when you eat wheat products. And when people suspect they have it, they simply give up wheat for a while. The fact is that gluten intolerance is a bit more layered …

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Lactose Intolerance

Understanding Lactose Intolerance

You’ve had to give up your favourite latté now that you have been diagnosed with lactose intolerance. Unfortunately, lactose intolerance is one condition that can appear at any age with no warning. And while it is one of medicine’s most …

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Digital Health Records

Digital Health Records: Connecting the Dots

You’ve just taken a loved one to the hospital. Can you provide the emergency staff with all the information they need? Medical reports, allergies, medications. If only you could access it on your phone. Well, you can, provided the patient …

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Sports Injuries

Keeping our Children Safe from Sporting Injuries

Sports injuries, particularly those caused by soccer and footy have been in the news. A few months ago, there were calls for a national database of sports injuries in kids to better understand the extent and nature of the problem …

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Brain Health

Keeping the Brain Healthy

The Brain, n: An apparatus with which we think what we think (The Devil’s Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce). It is a lot more than that. The brain is the organ that controls us – the physical and the emotional. Billions of …

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Colon Cancer

Beating Bowel Cancer

Not many people know that bowel cancer is the second largest cancer killer in Australia (Cancer Council, Australia). We also have one of the highest rates of bowel cancer worldwide. To improve screening, early detection and cure, the Australian government …

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Immunisation

Some Key Facts About Immunisation

Immunisation programmes are crucial to protect individuals and the community from outbreaks of dangerous diseases. The Australian government runs the Immunise Australia programme to protect its citizens. This post looks at various programmes, their objectives and how the community can …

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Childhood Eczema

Coping with Eczema: Keeping the Triggers at Bay

Among the conditions that are very common in Australia is eczema – a disorder that results in red, itchy skin patches. Unsightly, uncomfortable and distressful, eczema is a difficult condition to treat, not just because there is no known cure, …

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Heart Research Month

Red Feb: Let’s Support Heart Research Month

Which is Australia’s deadliest disease? You may have guessed it right. It is cardiovascular disease (CVD). That is the umbrella term used for all heart-related conditions including coronary heart disease, stroke and heart failure. It takes the life of 1 …

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Dizziness

Understanding Vertigo: Dizzy or Just Lightheaded?

As an after hours medical service, we get called out for a number of reasons. Often people call saying they feel dizzy. It is a bit of a mysterious one that worries people because dizziness is really a symptom. It …

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male head with thinning hair or alopecia

Androgenic Alopecia In Both Men And Women

Hair loss is an issue that almost every one of us will face at various times in our life. The condition can affect both men and women. For some, hair loss can be minor and temporary and will resume a …

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Warts and Fungal Skin Infection

Warts and Fungal Skin Infections: Some Basic Facts

What are the most common summer illnesses? Along with sunburn, dehydration and food poisoning there is another candidate that is linked to hot and humid weather – warts and fungal skin infections. They are caused by HPV – the Human …

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Prevent Falls

How to Prevent Falls Among the Elderly and Children

Across the year, if there is one reason for a large number of doctor visits, it is a fall. Of all the injuries that were reported in 2013, 40% were due to falls, according to the Australian Institute of Health …

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Food Poisoning

Food Poisoning: Avoiding the Pitfalls

Barbeques. It is a word symbolises summers in Australia. Happy times spent with friends and family in the backyard, as Dad hands out the burgers. Unfortunately, it is also the cause of many cases of food poisoning that are reported …

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migraines and headaches

Migraines and Headaches: The Stages and Remedies

How frequently have you heard the word ‘migraine’? I bet very often. It is used to describe a headache but in reality it is a very severe headache that includes flashes of light, blind spots, sensitivity to sound and nausea. …

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chronic pain

Chronic Pain: Ways to Manage and Treat It

One of the most frequent reasons our after hours doctors get called out for is pain. It’s a very generic word and encompasses a long list of conditions, accidents and falls that results in chronic, debilitating pain. So we thought …

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