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Smith & Co Naturopathic Medicine

Locality: Perth, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 9228 1833

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25.01.2022 There are some stellar perspectives on the impacts of COVID-19. Selected musings below: The Lancet’s latest editorial, COVID-19: remaking the social contract, is a concise, thought provoking read: it has taken a crisis of this scale to force the recognition that the basic role of a government is to serve and protect its peoplethat wellbeing has a higher value than gross domestic product.... The kind of societies that are set to emerge from this pandemic is far from clear, but our interconnectedness and interdependence at local, national, and global levels have never been more undeniable. A renewed and expanded social contract, one with health at the centre, could well be one legacy of COVID-19. https://www.thelancet.com//PIIS0140-6736(20)3098/fulltext The coronavirus has highlighted the way we regard the elderly and it’s worth deep examination: https://theconversation.com/how-coronavirus-exposes-the-way On a positive, ‘Hotels with Heart’ is a pilot program to protect some of the most vulnerable members of the Western Australian community, the homeless, from the impacts of COVID-19. The program participants, known as "community VIPs" are unable to self-isolate and many have chronic health issues so the aim is to keep people safe and out of hospital. The new service model could be scaled up to support vulnerable people if the pilot is successful: https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au//Hotel-rooms-pilot-t Researchers from The University of Queensland and the CSIRO have successfully demonstrated the presence of SARS-CoV2, the virus which leads to the disease COVID-19, in Australian untreated wastewater (sewage) - a fascinating way to survey disease prevalence in the community: https://www.csiro.au//Australian-researchers-trace-sewage- Mental health support: Rupi Kaur Poetry: https://www.facebook.com/rupikaurpoetry/ Brene Brown is known to many but if by chance you’ve missed her TED talks, you can find them here: https://www.ted.com/speakers/brene_brown. Netflix has a documentary Brene Brown: The Call to Courage: https://www.netflix.com/au/title/81010166 She’s also launched a podcast: Unlocking Us. Tune in here: https://brenebrown.com/podcast/introducing-unlocking-us/

22.01.2022 Smith & Co Naturopathic Medicine is still open to support your ongoing health. If you have an upcoming appointment with me, at this stage it can still be face to face. All practitioners at Perth Naturopathic & Herbal Clinic where I consult from conduct individual consultations, meaning there is usually only one person per practitioner in the clinic at any given time. We’ve all been inundated with good hygiene practices and these are of course in place at the clinic. If you h...Continue reading

08.01.2022 Smith & Co Naturopathic Medicine operating from Perth Naturopathic & Herbal Clinic is still open for face to face consultations for those who prefer this form of meeting, however phone or video consultations are encouraged. If you have an upcoming appointment, you will hear from me about your preferred way to chat. For anyone entering the clinic for ANY reason, you must present at reception for your temperature to be taken followed by immediate hand sanitising. If you are at...Continue reading

07.01.2022 The United Nations began celebrating International Women's Day in the International Women's Year, 1975. In 1977, March 8 was proclaimed as the United Nations Day for women's rights and world peace. In the day to day of clinical practice, I witness continuous health related gender disparity. Although there are very few options, contraceptive choice remains a difficult decision for many women. The other major issue is access to information patient results and reports. An imp...ortant principle of naturopathic philosophy is Docere naturopath as teacher. Explaining results and reports and empowering the patient is a fundamental driver of how I practice but obtaining copies is often difficult, despite referral letters and requests On a broader scale, the theme of this year’s International Women’s day is #Each for Equal, drawing attention to the idea that gender inequality isn’t a women’s issue, but an economic one. You can read more about it here: https://www.weforum.org//international-womens-day-2020-th/ Again this year, triple j, Double J and triple j Unearthed will be putting Girls To The Front for International Women’s Day, with 24 hours of amazing songs, stories and discussions from female-identifying artists, music programmers and presenters. Links here: https://www.abc.net.au//m/girls-to-the-front-2020/12029782 The attention given to women’s sport has thankfully increased and tonight Australia competes for the T20 World Cup. The final presents an opportunity to #FILLTHEMCG and set a new record for attendance at a women’s sporting fixture. The current record is 90,185, set at the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup final in the USA: https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1636869 Go Aussies!...and Happy International Women’s Day

07.01.2022 Naturopaths are the fabric of preventative health care. Keep in touch. We are doing what we have always done - quietly but passionately.