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...
The Dose – Edition 1
In Conversation | Charles Xu, Diversity in Media, OMD Australia
"I am proud to see a more diverse than ever workforce not only being promoted, but celebrated. It is also exciting to see brands, publishers and agencies raising the bars when it comes authentic representation of diverse communities to challenge the conventional way...
5th COVID vaccine dose announced and Long COVID
ATAGI, the advisory group on immunisation has recently announced its recommendations about the 5th dose. ATAGI recommendsa 2023 COVID-19 vaccine booster dose for adults in the following groups, if their last COVID-19 vaccine dose or confirmed infection (whichever is...
Why is liver cancer on the rise in Australia?
Something unusual is happening to liver cancer rates globally, especially in developed nations such as Australia. While the incidence of many other cancers tend to be decreasing - as we get a better handle on risk factors like alcohol and tobacco use - liver cancer is...
More young people are using e-cigarettes
Australia is a global success story when it comes to reducing rates of smoking – in 1998 nearly 30 per cent of people smoked, while three decades later that figure has been cut to 13 per cent. But in just the past decade, the number of people trying out or using...
The Health of Procrastinators
We all have struggled with procrastination at some point in our lives. This delaying or postponing, often accompanied by the knowledge that it could be to our detriment can be a difficult behaviour to shake. And a group of researchers has found that significant levels...
The urgent need to reduce our salt intake
Australians eat too much salt. Our high salt consumption of around 10 grams a day per person is double what the World Health Organisation recommends. This overconsumption is mostly from highly processed foods - packaged foods available at the supermarket as well as...
How to kickstart your CDM Program for 2023
The implementation of Chronic Disease Management (CDM) programs within General Practice settings are crucial, largely thanks to their potential to significantly enhance the quality of life of patients suffering from chronic health conditions. With approximately 47% of...
Summer – A timely reminder about sun protection and skin checks
Australia has one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world. Approximately 17,000 Australians are diagnosed with melanoma each year, with 1400 dying from it annually. It is estimated that a person has a 1 in 265 (or 0.38%) risk of dying from melanoma of the...
