Staff news!
The YFD babies are here! Dr Alison and Dr Vanessa each had a beautiful baby boy!
Dr Vanessa gave birth to Alexander on 28/6/2018, he weighed 3330g. He is thriving and Vanessa and her husband are loving every …
16Aug, 2018
14Aug, 2018
Combatting Portion Distortion
The amount of food we eat and drink plays an important role in our daily energy balance as well as our overall health. Not only has the quality of our diet changed over the years with more processed foods higher …
28Jul, 2018
Prostate cancer screening
We are fortunate in Australia to have effective screening programmes for breast cancer (mammogram every two years from age 50-74 years), cervical cancer (cervical screening test aged 25-74 years) and bowel cancer (stool tests every 1-2 years from age 50-74). …
10Jul, 2018
Vaccination for the over 65s
The focus on vaccination is often on children but what about our over 65 population? Older people suffer higher rates of serious illness and death from infectious diseases such an influenza, pneumococcal disease and herpes zoster. This is because as …
26Jun, 2018
Autumn 2018 newsletter
It has been a very busy year since we last produced a newsletter, so we thought it was time to update you with what we have been up to!
We have been joined by some amazing doctors, most recently Dr …