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Dural You’ve Had Our Back, Now We’ve Got Yours

Dural

By Brian Tran (Physio/Chiro) and Alex Fielding (Physio/Chiro) Our clinic Your Health Sport and Spine has been located in the Dural area for almost 10 years and our new venture Dural Health kickstarted at the start of 2021. Even prior to this Dural and the local area has always held a special place in my […]

How Can Exercise Help With Diabetes?

Diabetes exercise

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease in which the body reaches a state of elevated fasting blood glucose due to not producing enough or responding normally to insulin. In type 1 diabetes the body’s immune system attacks the cells in the pancreas that make insulin. While type 2 diabetes happens due to the body becoming […]

Crowns in Children’s Dentistry

Children’s Dentistry

By Dr Rina from Round Corner Dental Crowns in Children’s Dentistry- As dentists, we don’t love doing fillings on baby teeth. We would love to never have to touch one, except to give it a polish! The old “it’s just a baby tooth” mentality is shifting nowadays, and we have come to understand how essential […]

Ankle Sprains

Ankle Sprains

Ankle sprains are responsible for a large proportion of games missed in AFL, Soccer and Netball just to name a few. As Winter sport commences it is important to know how to avoid and manage this type of injury. Prevention is particularly important for anyone who plays in a dynamic team sport that involves twists, […]

Dr Aldenb Lorenzo – Visiting General Surgeon at Glenorie District Medical Centre

Dr Aldenb Lorenzo

We would like to take this opportunity to welcome Dr Aldenb Lorenzo, our trained general surgeon and a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS). He will be joining the team of doctors at Glenorie District Medical Centre to perform the surgical procedures on Saturdays. Glenorie District Medical Centre has been caring for […]

Hrt And Risk Of Breast Cancer: The Age Old Debate

By Dr Sheila Lorenzo – Glenorie District Medical Centre A meta-analysis published in the Lancet entitled Menopausal hormone therapy and 20-year breast cancer mortality showed that the risk of breast cancer was found to have increased the longer women used HRT, and doubling for women who used it for 10 years vs five years. However, […]

THE SPENCER RFS RECOVERY PARTY SATURDAY 29TH FEBRUARY 2020

The initial Christmas party for the Spencer RFS was scheduled for Saturday 5th December 2019 but alas due to the horrendous bushfires engulfing the Lower Hawkesbury River whereby Wisemans Ferry Road was closed from Mangrove Mountain through to Wisemans Ferry the party had to be postponed. A second attempt to hold this significant event was […]

Osteoporosis Physical Therapy and Rehab

Tucked in one of the industrial areas along New Line Road, is a company called RehaCare Pty Ltd. They are suppliers of a very interesting device, the Marodyne LivMd, which I have recently purchased. Diagnosed with borderline osteoporosis earlier this year at the age of 57, I thought I would try physical activity, improved diet […]

Go to girl: What is the benefit of doing high intensity exercise versus pilates?

Go to Girl response; Exercise variety in general can maximise your health and reduce your risk of injury. On the flip side focusing on one modality at a time can enhance your sport specific performance. HITT Training has become a trend this year. With the promise of faster weight loss and toning at shorter intervals. […]

The June Roughley Memorial Lecture – UPDATE

On Saturday the 11th August our annual June Roughley Memorial Lecture was given by Darren Hopkins, in the Arcadia Community Hall. Here was an excellent example of the work of the historical researcher. It is his or her function to study every document for relevant information on the chosen topic. It is exhausting and intense […]