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I am pleased to announce I have started consulting at QML Specialist Suites at North Lakes as well as consulting at Northwest Medical Centre, Everton Park. To make an appointment at North Lakes, please call my rooms on (07) 3353 3100. Read more
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New Australian Cervical Cancer Screening Program
As of May 2017, the traditional Pap smear will be replaced by the high risk HPV test also known as the oncogenic HPV test. This will be funded by Medicare and women with no symptoms between the ages of 25 and 74 will be offered screening. The screening will be every five years for those […] Read more
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New pap smear program beginning in 2017
Since the 1960’s the incidence of cancer of the cervix has halved. A newer better test for identifying high risk virus will replace the older Pap smear. It is hoped that after instituting this newer technology, cancer of the cervix incidence will be reduced by a further 20%. Although the test would be done every […] Read more
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Vitamin D and Pregnancy
Vitamin D helps to maintain your muscle and bone strength. It also helps your body absorb calcium from food. Vitamin D may also give you protection against developing diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and some types of cancer. Adults who have vitamin D deficiency do not usually feel any different but in some cases […] Read more
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Decline in Male Fertility?
At the recent European Society for Reproduction and Embryology’s Annual Conference, this issue was hotly debated. A recent study from France showed that men’s sperm concentration decreased by nearly a third or about 2% per year. 73.6 million per ml was the average sperm concentration for a 35 year old man in 1989. By the […] Read more