Posts Tagged ‘Seven Hills Family Doctors’
Covid and Christmas: Beware your Chronic Care
“I find it hard to remember Christmas,” reflected the 70 year old gentleman before me. He was not in cognitive decline, but was living the shared experience of millions with the calamity of covid19. Social distancing, hand hygiene, not seeing his grandchildren, not going out much at all really had become the discipline. But, thankfully,…
Read MoreCOVID-19
COVID-19 Currently, the world is dealing with a global pandemic caused by a virus called Covid-19 or a new or ‘novel’ Coronavirus. A pandemic occurs when a new contagious disease emerges, that no-one has immunity to and it is spread across the globe. Covid-19 is in Australia and cases are increasing very quickly. It is…
Read More‘Tis the season to be jolly?’
‘Tis the season to be jolly? Resolving conflict in healthier ways We are constantly communicating with others and even ourselves. It’s something we all do every day, in every encounter we have with those around us. Given that this is something we all do all the time, you’d think we might be rather good at…
Read MoreNew year, new you?
Setting New Year’s goals that are built to last It’s that time of the year when we face the end of one year and begin to move forward to the next. It’s a time that brings about a natural desire to do some internal, psychological housekeeping. Anyone who has made a New Year’s resolution or…
Read MoreSometimes the bully lies within
Have you ever found yourself feeling sad or anxious over seemingly minor things? Perhaps a conversation didn’t go as you had hoped, you find yourself fretting about an un-returned phone call or message? Sometimes, it’s the way we think about these everyday experiences which gets us in a knot. The way we interpret things, the…
Read MoreSometimes life gets difficult. Take care of yourself.
As my first contribution, I thought it may be useful to start with something which forms the foundation of good mental health. Too often, we look at new and complex ways of trying to improve our daily experience, when in fact, a simple, foundational strategy can make a large impact. Sometimes it can feel as…
Read MoreIt’s time to act!
Of the 4.1 million unvaccinated people in Australia who make up the majority? Children? Adolescents? No. As published by researchers at UNSW recently, 92 per cent (3.8 million) adults are unvaccinated and they are putting us all at risk. The Government provides free adult vaccines for influenza, pneumococcal pneumonia and shingles for people over the…
Read MoreHow Nutrition Can Change The Course Of Your Health
As the first few months of the year come to a close, many of you have probably struggled to adhere to your new year’s resolutions. The countless excuses and lack of motivation to shed the unwanted kilos may lead at least 80% of people to fail their new year’s resolution by February. The truth…
Read MoreIt’s Movember time
Movember Summer is nearly upon us and, in addition to the re-emergence of cricket, tennis and the beach, there has been a noticeable increase in the hairy upper lip; the Mo’s have grown, and it’s time to tackle some issues that we simply don’t address usually. At Seven Hills Family Doctors we are committed to…
Read MoreBreast Cancer Awareness Month October
Breast Cancer Awareness Month October This October, Seven Hills Family Doctors has joined the National Breast Cancer Foundation in its awareness campaign and its goal of zero deaths from breast cancer by 2030. The current statistics are concerning with 1 in 8 women being diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime and 8 women dying…
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