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Preventative Health

Nov 9, 2017

This podcast involves a short summary by Dr Shivi Rayar of some of the main points on tiredness based on chapter 75 on tiredness/fatigue from the book: John Murtagh's general practice (5th edition). Pg 791-797 covering various causes of tiredness and assessment/investigations that can be done by a general practitioner...


Oct 12, 2017

This podcast involves a brief summary by Dr Shivi Rayar of some of the important information on sleep from the Centre for Clinical Interventions website. It covers the importance of sleep, symptoms of poor sleep and tips to improve sleep. The podcast is based on the resource: Centre for Clinical Interventions at...


Sep 24, 2017

Alzheimer's Disease:

This podcast involves a summary by Dr Shivi Rayar on the very informative and interesting article "Dietary and lifestyle guidelines for the prevention of Alzheimer's Disease from the Journal "Neurobiology of Aging 35 (2014): S74-S78". The podcast covers a summary of the 7 main guidelines (from the...


Sep 1, 2017

This podcast is hosted by Dr Shivi Rayar where she interviews Karen Coburn a women’s health physiotherapist who works at Active Health Physiotherapy in Lesmurdie, on health issues surrounding the pelvic floor.  This podcast focuses on issues that women face when the pelvic floor does not function optimally...


Aug 14, 2017

This podcast is hosted by Dr Shivi Rayar where she interviews Dr Johan Janssen a cardiologist who works at Western Cardiology, on preventative advice for cardiovascular disease (CVD). The podcast covers various areas such as the Mediterranean diet and impact on CVD, how cardiovascular health affects the brain,...