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    HEALTH

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    Dr Teah Mogae is a General Practitioner living in Hoppers Crossing. In the interest of protecting patient confidentiality, patient stories are often composites and used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or persons is entirely coincidental.

    VALUE FOR MONEY AT THE DOCTORS

    Here’s my thoughts on how to get the most out of a medical consultation.

    PLANNING TO REDUCE THE MENTAL LOAD

    It did sound like she was working three distinct shifts; a shift as a paramedic, another as a mother (especially with the overnight waking and settling), and another being a household manager. 

    TO JAB OR NOT TO JAB, THAT IS THE QUESTION…

    Healthy eating can help nourish the immune system’s army of defence but vaccines equip it with sophisticated weaponry as well. 

    WHY ARE MY KIDS ALWAYS SICK?

    ‘Surely something is wrong Dr Teah, I do not even remember when they had last been well.’

    MY HEALTHY LEARNING CORNER: THE IMPORTANCE OF HEART

    Before having something to eat after dinner, she would have to ask herself loudly, “Am I hungry or just bored, peckish, feeling tired or sad?”