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November 10, 2017
Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Awareness Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Awareness week is November 12th-18th 2017. Perinatal anxiety and depression is reported to affect up to 1 in 5 women and 1 in 10 men. It’s a period of time that is associated with so many expectations, excitement, worry and change. Perinatal anxiety and depression, has no boundaries, it can affect anyone. It’s not always easy to identify and is often associated with shame and guilt. Feelings like “what’s wrong with me “ or “ I should be happy “ are common. We know that perinatal anxiety […]
October 19, 2017
The Panaceum Group Nursing team will be attending this year’s Midwest Baby and Kids Market. We will be joining other local services and organisations to provide information to the community about immunisations and the health services available at the Panaceum. Do you have questions about Immunisations? Does your child require catch up immunisations for school? Are you a new parent and want to ask about immunisations, the schedule and what is involved? Did you want to ask other questions about vaccinations for your child in high school? Did you know that the Panaceum group provide Immunisation services Monday to Friday? […]
October 12, 2017
What is Shoctober? Shoctober is a national recognised program in October, to increase the awareness of Defibrillation for individuals and in the workplace. Our heart functions using its own electrical current originating in two nodes within the walls of the heart. There are many reasons that this circuit can malfunction and cause the heart to not pump blood around the body efficiently and in some cases this can be life threatening. Defibrillation is part of the Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) sequence. Defibrillation is providing an electric shock to the heart to restore the optimal heart rhythm and therefore, the efficient […]
September 11, 2017
What is it? Asthma is a long-term lung condition. People with asthma have sensitive airways in their lungs which react to triggers, causing a ‘flare-up’. In a flare-up, the muscles around the airway squeeze tight, the airways swell and become narrow and there is more mucus. These things make it harder to breathe. An asthma flare-up can come on slowly (over hours, days or even weeks) or very quickly (over minutes). A sudden or severe asthma flare-up is sometimes called an asthma attack. Triggers can be anything from exercise, allergies or smoking, to respiratory infections or the cold weather; […]
July 11, 2017
National Diabetes Week is a key event across Australia dedicated to raising awareness within the community about the prevalence and impact of diabetes. Did you know….. Geraldton, according to NDSS data is the third highest ranking place in WA with Diabetes 1 Australian is diagnosed with diabetes every 5 minutes It is the fastest growing chronic condition in Australia In 2013, diabetes caused 5.1 million deaths globally At least 30% of all hospital beds in WA are taken up by people with diabetes complications More than 124, 000 West Australians are currently living with diabetes and roughly the same number […]
July 6, 2017
COMING SOON! Panaceum Group is excited to announce that as part of its commitment to its patients and its continued investment to the Midwest Community that University Medical Practice will be relocating and will be renamed to “Panaceum Seacrest” A purpose built, multidisciplinary family medical centre is under construction at the new Woolworths shopping centre in Wandina, 75 Barrett Drive. The practice will be home to General Practitioners, Allied Health services and onsite pathology for our patients convenience. New patients are welcome! For regular updates please follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UniversityMedicalPractice/ and https://www.panaceum.com.au/