Feel better from the inside out: Guide to Bowel Health
Maintaining a healthy bowel is essential for overall well-being. Learn some proven strategies to keep you and your bowel healthy.
CategoriesDisease Prevention WellbeingWellbeing
Read articles on how to keep healthy from head to toe. It’s often not as easy to stay connected to healthy ideas when you’re living in the country, but we’ve got your back! Our articles give you ideas on how to be a Well-Being.
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CategoriesAgeing Disease Prevention WellbeingHow one doctor is improving health outcomes with social prescribing
Dr Kuljit Singh believes social prescribing helps rural health communities to improve health outcomes and combat loneliness. She encourages rural doctors to learn more and look into how they can incorporate programs into their rural health practice.
CategoriesDisease Prevention WellbeingEarly breast cancer diagnosis can save your life.
With over 20,000 Australians diagnosed with breast cancer every year, learning the signs and symptoms is very important.
Sadly, people with cancer who live rurally and remotely have a poorer chance of survival than people in cities. This is why early detection is so important – it can significantly improve your chances of survival.
CategoriesMental Health WellbeingThe benefits of yoga for mind and body
We’re big advocates of yoga as it’s such a gentle and relaxing way to look after your physical and mental health. Here we explore the long-term benefits for your mind and body.
CategoriesMental Health WellbeingWhy we’re wearing our craziest socks today
We look at the importance of breaking down the stigma around mental health in doctors and health practitioners.
CategoriesDisease Prevention Wellbeing80% of people with coeliac disease don’t know they have it – are you one of them?
Approximately 1 in 70 Australians have coeliac disease however 80% remain undiagnosed. Most Australians with coeliac disease don’t know it. Improved awareness of the condition has resulted in higher diagnosis rates in the past few years, however, there has also been an increase in the incidence of coeliac disease.
Rural Doctors Foundation recommend that if you have a close relative with coeliac disease, ask your local rural doctor for a blood test to screen for coeliac disease.
CategoriesDocs in the Bush Mental Health WellbeingHow lifestyle medicine can improve health and wellbeing
The real-life superheroes are our doctors, nurses and health workers out in rural communities.
We look at why they need to be cared for too and six ways to improve health and wellbeing through Lifestyle Medicine.
CategoriesDisease Prevention WellbeingHealth is a right, not a raffle
Rural Doctors Foundation reflects on what ‘My health, my right’ truly means for Australians off the beaten track.
CategoriesDisease Prevention Men's Health WellbeingOne man dies by suicide every minute: How you can support men’s mental health
One man dies by suicide every minute. Rural Doctors Foundation provides helpful information on what to do if you are worried about the mental health of the men in your life.
CategoriesAgeing Mental Health WellbeingAgeing well
Social connection is so important, particularly as we get older.
Having reached his sixties and enjoying being a grandfather, Tarun Sen Gupta is all about social connection.
