COVID and appointments

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Patients can make telehealth or face to face appointments with your doctor by booking by phone. Face to face appointments can also be made by booking online. Patients are required to wear a mask for appointments and sanitize hands before entering the building. Surfaces are wiped...

After Hours Service

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The Cottage Surgery can provide 24 hour medical care. The surgery is open 8am-6pm on Mondays to Fridays and 8am-12pm on Saturday mornings. After hours, we have a locum service which can provide doctor house calls to you at home on 13 74 25

Chronic Disease Clinics

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Chronic Disease Clinics   The Cottage Surgery runs chronic disease clinics for our patients in the areas of : Diabetes Heart Disease COPD/Emphysema The clinics utilise the skills of our experienced registered nurses as well as the patients regular GP to improve quality of care....

Rice with Almonds & Mushrooms

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Rice with almonds, mushrooms and celery Preparation time: 15 minutes   Cooking time: 30 minutes Serves: 4 Ingredients 1 1/2 cups white rice, calrose 1/2 cup brown rice, calrose 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 teaspoon sesame oil 1/2 cup meat or ham, lean, finely sliced 4 mushrooms,...

Prawn & Avocado salad

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  Prawn & Avocado salad – serves 4 450 g sweet potato, peeled and cut into small pieces olive oil, cooking spray 1 large iceberg lettuce, washed and sliced 50 g rocket leaves, washed 150 g snow peas, washed and trimmed 1 kg cooked king prawns, peeled, deveined and tails...

Everyday Exercise

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Sydney’s Northern Beaches offers fantastic opportunities for exercise. Exercise can come from everyday activities such as housework, gardening and walking to the shops. Taking the stairs, stretching, dancing, playing with children and walking everywhere all build fitness...

Zucchini & Vegetable Slice

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Recipe for health 1 large zuchini grated 1 medium carrot grated 1 medium onion grated 2 cloves garlic crushed Approx 100 gms finely chopped lean ham   Add Combined 5 beaten eggs 1 cup grated low fat cheese 2 table spoons unsaturated oil (40ml)   Fold In 1 and a quarter...

Alzheimer’s Disease Explained

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Alzheimer’s Disease shows itself as worsening memory, thinking things through and behavior.  Early on this common form of dementia appears to be an exaggeration of what everyone experiences at time – losing things, difficulty finding the right word, slowness to...

Perinatal Depression in Men

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Postnatal depression in women is becoming more recognised. Although the problem often starts in pregnancy, it can takes months to be recognised after birth, when it affects the mother’s ability to care for her newborn.  What is poorly recognised is  that around 1 in 8 men...

Gambling Addiction

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Legend has it that Aussies will bet on two flies climbing up a wall!  Many people (70% of us) enjoy a lotto flutter, a punt on the Melbourne Cup or even the occasional night at a casino and do so responsibly.  Sadly for some people, gambling is a destructive problem affecting...