While You're Waiting
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, the organisation that sets the education and practice standards for Australia's 25 000 GPs, has developed this magazine to bring you accurate, informative and appropriate information about your health. Our magazine will bring you the best up to date, credible information that will help you - and help your GP to help you - to achieve and maintain better health. We will look at a range of topics including diet, exercise, and the usual suspects of alcohol, non-prescription drugs, and smoking, along with a wide range of other health issues.
June 2010: Men's health
Although GPs can provide advice and support when it comes to
lifestyle health factors such as drinking, prevention begins with
the individual. The role of your GP is to help you understand the
ways in which you can change your lifestyle in order to combat
ill health. We have gone one step further with this notion by
developing the M5 HEALTH ONLINE tool, which is aimed at
getting men to take an active role in focusing on their health
and wellbeing. This tool is designed to engage men with a
personalised experience that includes targeted health information
and interactive risk assessments, coupled with professional
ongoing support and advice.
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February 2010: Climb every mountain
This edition brings you an eclectic mix of stories,
and a range of advice on diet, exercise and preventive health.
Several well known Australians talk about health issues they
have had in their own lives, and they encourage us all to
act early if we are concerned about our health in any way.
Champion surfer Layne Beachley talks frankly about her battle
with chronic fatigue syndrome and the struggle to maintain
fitness and condition, whilst competing at an international
level. An inspiration to all young sports men and women.
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online
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June 2009: Life in the Fast Layne
This edition brings you an eclectic mix of stories,
and a range of advice on diet, exercise and preventive health.
Several well known Australians talk about health issues they
have had in their own lives, and they encourage us all to
act early if we are concerned about our health in any way.
Champion surfer Layne Beachley talks frankly about her battle
with chronic fatigue syndrome and the struggle to maintain
fitness and condition, whilst competing at an international
level. An inspiration to all young sports men and women.
March 2009: Men's road to healthy living
The first edition focuses on men's preventive health in line
with the M5 Project; a dedicated new movement that aims to break down
the barriers that prevent Australian men from going to see a GP. Did you
know that in Australia more than 5 men die every hour from potentially
preventable illnesses? Men die about 5 years younger than women and have
a higher death rate than women from cancer, heart disease, diabetes,
lung disease, accidents and suicide. And guess what? Men are much less
likely to visit a GP than women!
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