Migraine can affect 1 in 5 Australians during their lifetime, and is more common in women than men. While some may only get migraines every now and then, others can suffer from them quite frequently- this can have a major impact on a person’s quality of life. Migraine headaches are often located on one side…
Find a doctor The team at doctors.com.au understands the importance of being able to find a doctor. Good medical care is now as much about preventing illness as it is about treating it – which is why doctors.com.au was created. We have been speaking to both doctors and patients and have learnt that you are more…
FEARS the $7 GP fee could be implemented without parliamentary approval have been heightened with the government telling medical software companies to incorporate the fee in their products. Health Minister Peter Dutton has previously refused to rule out bringing in the charge via regulation, bypassing parliament in the same way the government reintroduced indexation of petrol…
We have been very busy at the General Practitioner Conference & Exhibition (GPCE) which is on over this weekend 14/11/14 – 16/11/14. It has been great to be able to communicate the great benefits that doctors.com.au has to offer to Australian GP’s. The GP’s have been very welcoming and excited to join doctors.com.au – enhancing…
Did you know sports injuries cause around 36,000 Australians a year to have a hospital stay? But whether it’s football, wheeled motor sports or cycling that’s most dangerous depends on how you look at it. When it comes to injuries sustained from sport that are bad enough to have you hospitalised, which sports are the…
For the very first time doctors.com.au will be attending the GPCE in Melbourne, held at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre from Friday 14 to Sunday 16 November, 2014. Come and join us at stand D35, and learn how a doctors.com.au profile benefits you – and while you’re there participate to go in the draw…
‘Fifty per cent of Australian workers said they would be enticed to ride to work if a financial incentive was available, such as those currently offered in the UK, Europe and North America.’ This is according to the “Financial incentives to ride to work survey 2014″ data released today by the Cycling Promotion Fund and…
Mental Health Week raises community awareness about mental health issues and is held every October each year to coincide with World Mental Health Day that is held on 10 October. The aim of Mental Health Week is to promote social and emotional wellbeing to the community, encouraging people to maximise their health potential, enhancing the…
The Australian Dietary Guidelines – formerly known as the healthy food pyramid – are a framework for what, and how much, we should be eating. With it comes the advice to eat four to six serves of grain foods a day. It’s advice that Pete Evans insists we have wrong. The chef, author and TV…
Eat what you want five days a week, send your body to starvation mode for two. The part-time diet that still allows you to eat chocolate cake has hit the headlines and taken off in a big way. The practice of fasting has been around for years, with tests carried out to uncover the potential effects…