Tiredness, seemingly unexplainable weight gain and headaches can all be symptoms of iron deficiency.

Understanding that your symptoms might be linked to low iron is the first step towards solving the problem.

Learn more here.

Now is the perfect time to harness the excited energy you’re feeling and channel it into creating a plan for ensuring that your Christmas is both joyful and healthy – yes, you can have both!

Here are our five tips for a healthy, happy Christmas and how you can get a head start on them now.

Summer is just around the corner. To help you to stay cool, stay hydrated and maximise your wellness this summer, we’ve compiled our best tips for a happy, healthy summer.

Check them out here – and don’t forget to slip slop slap seek and slide this summer!

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This is a good time to raise awareness, check in with your loved ones and make sure your knowledge of breast cancer is up to date. Learn more about the signs and symptoms of breast cancer and what you should watch out for here.

There are a range of reasons why people are choosing to eat less meat and opt for other sources of protein. If you’re planning to make the switch, it’s important that you make sure you are receiving all of the right proteins in your diet.

Being a teenager is an exciting, interesting and often intense time. While this time is wonderful for many of us, it can also be overwhelming. 

Learn how to approach adolescent mental health here.

It is the middle of winter – the days are cold, it’s raining more often, and everyone is huddling inside – which means that flu season is upon us. 147,155 Australians have already dealt with the flu this year.

Here are 8 of our top tips to support recovery from the flu.

Interestingly, the winter season can increase your chances of getting sick, although it may not be for the reason that you think.

There is little evidence that the rain itself causes a cold, but chilly winter conditions lead to several factors that may increase the prevalence of colds and flus.

Diabetes is a serious condition. It is complex and can affect all parts of the body, requiring ongoing management. It is a chronic condition where your body struggles to convert food into energy properly.

In people with diabetes, the body struggles to produce and use enough insulin to turn glucose into energy and reduce its levels in our blood.

Some medical conditions are very hard to live with - an experience that’s often made worse because people misunderstood or minimise them. People equate a migraine with a bad headache, think flu is just a bad cold, or believe irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) means a bit of a tummy ache.

Those living with IBS tell a different story - though sometimes they don’t tell it all because they feel too embarrassed.

There is important information for our patients regarding our changes to fees which will be effective 11 April 2022. We will be introducing minor fees for pensioners, concession card holders, and children over 12 years old in order to continue providing our high quality services.

It already seems a long time since the New Year. Did you make some resolutions on January 1st? How are you going with them?

Here are a few ways to give yourself an edge and help you stick to your resolutions.

Lungs work all day and night, taking in about 20,000 breaths every 24 hours. So, it’s not surprising that air quality influences health. And, given that we spend large amounts of time indoors, it’s worth doing everything possible to improve the quality of indoor air. That will help to reduce chronic conditions like asthma and allergies and also helps to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

Here’s how to improve indoor air quality at home.

Seasonal asthma involves two conditions – allergies and asthma – overlapping to create the worst of both worlds.

Seasonal asthma can be triggered by allergies to pollen, mould, mildew or the weather. Managing it well involves understanding which particular allergens are a problem and reducing exposure to them. It also involves creating a treatment plan for the allergies and an asthma action plan to manage the asthma symptoms. Here’s what’s involved.

We’re now offering the Pfizer vaccine and have plenty of appointments available.

Right now, we Queenslanders have a wonderful window of opportunity to get vaccinated before the virus reappears in our community.

Viruses mutate. That’s just what they do. Sometimes, though, they mutate in ways that are challenging to manage and that’s what’s happening with the virus that causes COVID-19.

The World Health Organization keeps an eye on these changes and now lists 4 variants of concern, including the Delta variant which is sweeping through NSW, Victoria and the ACT.

To jab or not to jab, that is the question these days. After Brisbane’s recent schools outbreak and with COVID creeping closer to the NSW-Queensland border, many patients are keen to protect themselves by getting vaccinated.

Peregian Family Medical Centre is now offering the Astrazeneca vaccine and we encourage you to book your spot.

Why do you come to see your GP? There are probably lots of different reasons. Maybe you’ve got a short-term illness, perhaps you’ve received a serious diagnosis, or maybe you need a mole check or a repeat prescription.

The point is there’s usually something immediate that brings you in. A health assessment is a little bit different though. It draws on your GP’s broad knowledge of many different health conditions and our strong belief that prevention is better than treatment.

Ever wondered what a GP Management Plan is?

Despite its dull name, a GP Management Plan can be tremendously helpful for anyone living with a chronic condition like diabetes, asthma, arthritis, stroke or heart disease.

Living with a chronic condition is rarely easy. Carefully planned care can help to reduce its impact and slow its progression. Here’s what a GPMP can do and how to get one.

Life gets busy and stressful, robbing you of time and sleep. It seems easier to grab a takeaway and another beer rather than cook a healthy meal. It’s more appealing to lie in bed than exercise. It’s easier to stay home alone than put the effort into relationships.

As time goes on, those small decisions can have a big impact on your health. Here are 10 unhealthy habits that may have crept into your life and some tips on how to change them for the better.