Jul 9, 2021 | Diabetes, Foot Health
The key for people with diabetes is to get regular foot checks from a podiatrist who can keep your feet as healthy as they can be. And for non diabetics to be acutely aware of their sugar intake and blood sugar levels through regular blood tests. One of the...
Jul 8, 2021 | What We're Talking About
It wasn’t long ago that researchers at the Universities of Glasgow and Newcastle in the UK challenged the convention that type 2 diabetes – diabetes that comes on in adulthood – is a lifelong condition that’s irreversible. Using a low-calorie...
Jul 6, 2021 | What We're Talking About
Now that we have had the Delta variant shutting down the lives of 12 million Australians, we desperately need the community protection that vaccines can provide. The Delta strain has taken off around the world. In the UK, the British vaccination program, largely...
Jul 6, 2021 | What We're Talking About
Many members of the hardworking practice teams across Australia live and work in their local communities. Therefore, these staff members must adapt to the changing COVID-19 situation at work and at home, with many of them change fatigued. Investing a few minutes...
Jul 5, 2021 | Dementia, Hormone Health, Women's Health
Menopause can start at an early age for some women. If you symptoms are bad you can consult your doctor and begin hormone therapy. Menopause can start, from actually quite a surprisingly young age. There are some women who can have menopause in their 30s, premature...
Jul 3, 2021 | Coronavirus - COVID-19, Coronavirus - Vaccinations, Immunity
Fighting off new variants of Coronavirus may be the reason why most people may need a booster shot after getting their vaccination doses. Nobody knows how long the immunity to the COVID-19 vaccines will last. Some of them may last quite a long time. The problem is,...
Jul 3, 2021 | Diabetes, Healthy Living
The most common metabolic disorder in Australia is diabetes. So essentially it’s a failure of metabolism of blood sugar. Type one diabetes is a common metabolic disorder in the pancreas, which is where the insulin is made. There is an auto-immune disease which...
Jul 1, 2021 | Diabetes, Hormone Health
Diabetes insipidus is actually nothing to do with diabetes itself. This is a problem in the brain. One of the things that controls how we pee during the day is a hormone called antidiuretic hormone, and this goes up at night, which stops us getting out of bed to pee...
