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Melanoma March
Did you know 1 Australian dies from Melanoma every 6hrs! It is estimated that 16800 new diagnoses of Melanoma will be made this year. Some of the gang from PCMP walked around Tuggerah lake in support of Melanoma research on 30th March to raise money for research into Melanoma treatment and prevention. It was a…
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GP Practice Owner’s Conference 2024
In late May Drs Therese Cox, Taya Van Haren and Emily Stoddart travelled to Cairns to attend the GP Practice Owner’s Conference. It was a busy weekend filled with information, learning and making new friends. We left with plenty of ideas to bring back to Point Clare Medical Practice. There is a lot of new…
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Kidney Action Week 11th – 17th May
At PCMP we’ve been focusing on chronic kidney disease this term with teaching sessions and guest speakers. Now it’s Kidney Action Week! We’re asking all our patients to take kidney disease seriously by understanding your risk of getting this disease. Waiting for symptoms to appear is too late – you can lose 90% of kidney…
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Dr Taya Van Haren is Hiking for Healthy Hearts
This year, I’m taking part in Coastrek, a 60km walking challenge, proudly supporting the Heart Foundation. Along with thousands of other Coastrekkers, mostly women, I will be walking a really, really long way to improve my own health, fitness and wellbeing – and fundraise for heart health. There will be very sore legs, sweaty hair…