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Upwey Doctors

Locality: Upwey, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9754 7566

Address: 78-80 Main street Upwey 3158 Upwey, VIC, Australia

Website: https://www.upweydoctors.com.au

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23.01.2022 Your health is a priority and not negotiable. Now, more than ever, it’s important to keep your health and well being on track. Leaving home to get medical care is allowed. If you are sick and need help, we urge you to call us or make an appointment online via our website

22.01.2022 Today is R U OK day. "THERE'S MORE TO SAY AFTER R U OK? 2020 has been a challenging year for everyone and circumstances have made it even more important for us all to stay connected and, for those who are able, be willing to support those around us. ... In the lead-up to R U OK?Day we’ll help Australians know what to say when someone says they’re not OK and guide them through how they can continue a conversation that could change a life. You don’t have to be an expert to keep the conversation going when someone says they’re not OK. By knowing what to say you can help someone feel supported and access appropriate help long before they’re in crisis, which can make a really positive difference to their life." For more information, please head to www.ruok.org.au

20.01.2022 Your Health is our Priority Now, more than ever, it’s important to keep your health and well being on track. Leaving home to get medical care is allowed. If you are sick and need help, we urge you to call us or make an appointment online via our website

16.01.2022 The revelations we are now seeing in research is shedding light on our chronic disease epidemics. Our struggles with deadly infectious diseases that killed thou...sands during the world wars and those decades was pretty much halted by the discovery of Penicillin by Sir Alexander Fleming which earned him and his colleagues the Nobel Prize in 1945. However,today, we are dealing with a different monster - Chronic diseases of diabetes,autoimmune diseases,heart disease,arthritis etc and the human microbiome is linked to most if not all. Here are a list of conditions that we now know are strongly linked to a dysbiotic gut microbiome (not limited to) > Depression > Autism Spectrum Disorder > Anxiety Disorder > Emphysema > Asthma > Skin conditions > Obesity and weight issues > Cancer > Diabetes > Heart and cardiovascular disease > Oral infections > Rheumatoid Arthritis > Inflammatory Bowel Disease Now that you learnt about your precious co-inhabitants, let’s briefly discuss what we can do to help these little ones. It's important to know that when it comes to your gut friendly bacterial colonies, rather than the richness of a particular species of organism in your gut,the focus of any treatment should be to promote diversity of the colonies. Why this is important is because it is the compounds that these bacteria make that have varying effects in our bodies. While some bacteria make vitamins like B and K, others make enzymes to digest foods while some others synthesize precursors to serotonin (the feel good hormone) and others make short chain fatty acids (fuel for the gut cells). To explain this in simple terms, if you were at a musical show and there were just a couple of instruments used to create sound such as a drum and a guitar,you would pretty much call it a poor show as it had only two sounds and got boring. However,if the musical had a wide array that included a singer, a choir, guitarist, a drummer, a pianist, a violinist, a tambourine,flute,sitar etc,how melodious would all of these different sounds playing in symphony be? In the gut,this is called symbiosis (working together for betterment) as opposed to dysbiosis (operating in ways that cause dysfunction). Fixing a dysbiotic gut is of prime significance when it comes to treating chronic disease. As Hippocrates said centuries ago ‘All disease begins in the gut’. Specialised laboratories across Australia, US & Europe now have the capability to test for dysbiosis (Microbiome Analysis) but can be costly (not medicare funded) and generally beyond the scope of mainstream medicine. Nevertheless,the test provides vital information that then helps your integrated practitioner tailor your treatment plan. Once the pattern of dysbiosis is determined,treatment involves a process of weeding and feeding using an approach of > Dietary modification that removes foods that affect your gut and promote the use of microbiome building foods > Changes in food cooking practices that reduce/avoid gut damage > Amendments to eating patterns including time restricted eating > Good hydration through consumption of non caffeinated sugar free drinks,mainly water > Addition of probiotic rich foods to the diet > Targeted supplements to heal the gut lining and support the microbes > Specific strains of probiotics with or without herbal/conventional antibiotics as part of a schedule of treatment > Regular exercise to improve the wellness of your gut ecosystem > Restful sleep (believe it or not...your gut microbiome has a circadian rhythm too!) and stress reduction which all helps with the healing process Gut bacterial ecosystems shift in 2-3 days when we change lifestyle and dietary habits and maintaining good gut health thereafter requires persistence and ongoing awareness. You are unique and so is your gut microbiome and any treatment needs to be personalised to your specific needs. If you are sick with no light at the end of the tunnel and need a different set of lenses,you need to talk to an Integrated Medical Practitioner who will be able to look at these and other factors that have led to your ill health.

14.01.2022 Introducing Dr. Mya Moe Aung Dr. Aung (‘Mo’) is our new doctor and a very experienced GP,a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. Mo completed his basic medical degree from Myanmar (Burma) in 2003 following which he migrated to Australia in 2010 and worked at the Alice Springs Hospital for 5 years. He has since branched out into General Practice having worked in country Victoria and truly loves every aspect of family medicine. Outside of work, he is a very committed family man being married with kids and loves spending time with them. Dr.Mo's list is open and taking new patients and bookings can be made through the clinic website,app or via phone.

13.01.2022 Women’s health checks Women are recommended to have general check-ups every year with their GP. These check-ups typically involve talking to your GP about your medical history, your family’s history of disease and your lifestyle choices, such as diet, exercise habits, and whether or not your smoke or drink alcohol. It’s important to maintain regular check-ups with your GP to ensure you stay healthy and detect early warning signs of disease.... Health Checks from your GP can include: Cervical screening Heart health Diabetes health Breast cancer health Eye health Bowel cancer health Bone density health Immunisation history Skin health Fertility health Don’t delay getting your health checked. Speak to one of our GPs about your health. All appointments can be made through our online booking system -

12.01.2022 Our phone lines are down today. So we request patients who need appointments to book online via our website or using the clinic app. The clinic app is free to download on Apple or Google Play store Thank you for your patience and we should have things up and running shortly.

11.01.2022 Victoria is now officially in Stage 4 Lockdown with restrictions placed on certain businesses on operations. Medical care facilities remain exempt and as such we remain open to look after our community and families. Please be informed that the 5 km radius does not apply for medical care !... Appointments can be made as Telehealth or Face to Face and this is your choice. We have taken all precautions to ensure the practice is safe to attend. We advise all patients needing medical care to arrange to see your doctor as this is important. Our priority is to help and ensure your safety and well-being at this critical time. Bookings can be made anytime online through our website or by downloading our app!

08.01.2022 It's an extremely tough time for many families and there are mounting reports of increases in domestic and family violence. It is unfortunate circumstances but you do not have to put up with it.

07.01.2022 Want to improve your health and quality of life....

07.01.2022 We have only started thinking about the role of foods in our search for a cause for our current modern day chronic disease epidemic. This has been largely fuele...d by the knowledge we have been acquiring about our gut microbiome. For those who are science naive,the gut microbiome refers to the trillions of bacteria that reside within your colon that are not disease causing but rather are life giving,life forming and disease healing. Until 15-20 years ago,we knew little about these microorganisms that co-inhabit,whose DNA outnumber our own by a ratio of 10:1! It's news, right? It's good news because we now know that we are not human alone but rather we are a colony of microorganisms that function in symbiosis to keep us alive and healthy. Each of our microbiome is unique and is a footprint of health and vitality that is responsible for digestion and absorption of nutrients,regulation of hormones in the body,cell signalling and talk,production of vitamins and neurotransmitters and lots more. Ever wondered where 90% of the receptors for your happy hormone serotonin are? Ever wondered where 70% or more of the serotonin needed for optimal brain function is synthesized? You guessed it - The Gut. Now let’s think about our modern day western foods (I am not referring to foods that our ancestors grew up eating). Our foods have changed dramatically in the last 50-100 years,now largely consisting of highly processed and refined foods made with highly inflammatory ingredients. Cooking and eating home made foods is becoming increasingly difficult with our modern day work and family life and it's easier to ‘grab’ something on the way. Ever wondered how this is prepared and did you think about the nitty gritty of the cooking methods and the actual ingredients? You would if it were a drug, so why not here in this instance? Next week, I will share some amazing facts about the gut microbiome that will blow your mind away and get you thinking more deeply about the tenants residing inside of you. Guaranteed,when finished, you will be a better landlord (or want to be one at least)!

02.01.2022 We are pleased to announce the return of our much loved doctor,Dr. Lwin Thein who was on a short maternity break. Dr. Lwin starts work back on Monday July 6th. Bookings for her can be made via the Clinic App, Website or via phone For further information on her full... profile, please visit our website on www.upweydoctors.com.au See more

01.01.2022 Vitamin D is a misnomer and a big one too. After all these years,we now know that it is a pre hormone which gets activated in our bodies to 1,25 Dihydroxycholec...alciferol which is the active hormone. This is then responsible for a wide spectrum of signalling within the body from neuronal,immune, detoxification to other hormonal activities that maintain our bodied systems in equilibrium and perfect homeostasis (otherwise called Health & Vitality). Vitamin D is necessary for neuronal development and its importance was proven in a study published in the BJPsych Open (2017) involving 4429 mothers and children. The study followed the children for their first 6-7 years and assessed them through a scale called Social Responsiveness Scale [SRS]. The conclusion of the study was that mid-gestational Vitamin D deficiency was associated with an increased risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Though association does not prove causation,it is a strong directive to look closely at this little regarded vitamin we all tend to shoo-shoo.