Clinic News
Common Issues in General Practice: Migraines
The common migraine is a very painful type of headache. For unknown reasons, they tend to affect women more than men suggesting that hormones may play some role. Migraines can be very distressing and disabling. An attack can last anywhere from four hours to several...
New National Cervical Screening Program
From the 1st December 2017 there will be a new test replacing the pap smear test. New evidence about cervical screening has found that screening for human papillomavirus (HPV)(with reflex liquid based cytology) every five years is more effective than, and just as safe...
Compound Training
Weight training is one of the best ways to reshape your body, lose weight and gain strength and improve bone and general health. Whether you are new to weight training, keen to give it a go, or a season lifter, these five compound moves should form the basis of your...
Managing Anxiety
Anxiety is a medical condition characterised by persistent, excessive worrying. It is often associated with depression but it is important to recognise it as a condition on its own as well. Anxiety disorders are thought to affect one in four Australians at some stage...
Doctors On Leave
The following Doctors will be away over the Christmas/New Year period Dr Jane Healy 2nd - 8th January 2018 Dr Meredith Day 1st - 14th January 2018 Dr Sharon Woolf 25th December - 7th January 2018 Dr Louis Cukierman 12th - 26th...
Preparing for Thunderstorm Asthma
Last November in Victoria, an unprecedented number of people presented to hospitals and medical centres suffering from acute respiratory distress after a weather phenomenon sparked a thunderstorm asthma event larger than Australia had ever seen. Eight people died and...