Decluttering key to reducing falls in the elderly
Each year slips, trips and falls cause thousands of preventable injuries. Falls are a major cause of injury for older people. A new Cochrane review found that decluttering and reducing hazards around the home can significantly reduce the risk of falls for older people...
Smoking rose during the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a stressful time, with many people stuck at home for extended periods. We know this led to an increase in some unhealthy behaviours, like increased alcohol use and online gambling – and now new findings suggest smoking and nicotine use...
Tips for preparing your practice for flu season
With flu season fast approaching, it’s essential that General Practices are prepared for the upcoming flu season. General practice plays a critical role in ensuring that patients, especially vulnerable patients and practice staff are vaccinated against influenza. The...
Poor sleep linked to heart health issues
A good night’s sleep empowers the body to recover and lets a person wake up refreshed and ready to take on the day. Unfortunately, many people have sleep problems and don’t get the rest they need. Poor sleep can seriously affect a person’s quality of life and increase...
Healthy lifestyles and Long COVID
Most people with COVID-19 recover completely within a few weeks of their first symptoms. However, some people may experience longer-term effects from their infection. Long COVID is described by the World Health Organisation as an illness occurring after a COVID-19...
The Dose – Edition 2
IN CONVERSATION | Darran Fawcett, Owner, Fine Media Solutions
We recently had the pleasure of interviewing Darran Fawcett, owner of Fine Media Solutions, to discover how his inspiring journey towards success began and what keeps him on track now. Catch up with Darran as he shares his secrets to achieving a genuine work-life...
Does checking your phone reshape your brain?
Teenagers spend on average over 4 hours per day on a mobile device. A lot has already been written on the perils of too much screen time – that it’s sapping our willpower and ruining our concentration. Could mobile devices be messing with the brain’s development? In...
Why women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease
Women are twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Researchers have long been looking for the reason why, and it may be due to what's called 'cognitive reserve'—brain heft built up through things like education and time in the workforce—which...
Apathy as a predictor of dementia or its severity
Dementia has overtaken coronary heart disease as the leading cause of premature death in older Australians. Mild cognitive impairment, or MCI is a condition which affects cognitive abilities like memory and language. Those with MCI may have more difficulty...
Intermittent fasting and inflammation: The effect on healthy ageing
In recent years intermittent fasting (IF) has grown in popularity. It’s an eating plan which alternates between states of fasting and windows of eating. Intermittent fasters repeat this pattern, depending on the type of program they’re doing, every day (16:8) or twice...
Medicare reform: How to stay ahead of the game
General Practice is in a difficult place and the biggest changes in decades are about to occur. All practices need to consider if you are doing everything you can to maxmise value for your practice and patients. In a recent General Practice in a Rapidly Changing...
