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COPD or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is the leading cause of avoidable hospital admissions in Australia. With 310,700 people aged over 55 years diagnosed with COPD, that means 1 out of 7 [...]

At least one in three cancers are preventable with the help of a low risk cancer lifestyle. Here is some information to help reduce your cancer risk: 1. Healthy eating to reduce cancer risk. When [...]

I see many patients each week who are terrified that a certain symptom may mean they have cancer, and the current trend of self-diagnosis and Dr Google isn’t helping – if you google [...]

Proton pump inhibitors (you might know them by the names of Somac or Nexium), are among the most commonly prescribed medications in the Australian community. They work wonderfully well for reflux [...]

It’s amazing the number of patients that I see with migraine. They suffer with headaches, never realising they have migraine and that it can be treated!  So how do I know these people have [...]

Identifying Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients is important because it makes a difference to clinical care. Our goal at Blackbutt is to ensure that we are providing quality healthcare [...]