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COPD is a term which covers emphysema, chronic bronchitis and chronic asthma. About 20% of people with COPD also have asthma, and this is known as COPD/Asthma overload syndrome.

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 any medical complaint, the top diagnosis is likely to be cancer!  

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.

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! 

As many of you will already be aware, from December 2017 Australia changed the program for screening for cervical cancer.