Health & Wellbeing

SOUL SOUP With increased restrictions on how we live through COVID-19, we have all faced the challenges of changing to the times. Local charity, Soul Soup are a great example …

LAURA’S PLACE By Laura Kiln PgDip (CBT) (Child & Adolescence), BSc (Hons) CMHN As I sit here it’s Sunday evening across the Coast, I guess many parents are preparing their …

by Catherine Schasser Hi. Hello to you, the reader of these words. As we spend this time together, I’m curious about you. If we were together, I’d notice your surroundings, …

LYMPHATIC SOLUTIONS Exercise has many benefits for lymphoedema prevention, detection and recovery. Our Cancer Rehabilitation Specialist and Occupational Therapist, Kate Perkins, recently spoke with lymphoedema physiotherapist, honorary lecturer at Macquarie …

By ADRIENNE GARSIDE Though official data is probably some months away, it is clear to anyone looking that the current pandemic has caused children’s fear and anxiety to spike. The …

By Kathryn Barwick, Australian Breastfeeding Association Central Coast My boy, only minutes old, lay skin-to-skin across my chest, his head resting on my breast. I looked at him and I …

With Dr Mary Ling, Central Coast Breast and General Surgeon Around 1 in 10 cases of female breast cancer is due to a faulty gene passed through families from one …

Dr Farag answers your questions Congratulations on having a baby on the way! This is the most exciting time for you but unfortunately with the situation right now you are …

Here are five free apps that can help you navigate through your breast cancer diagnosis, treatment and life beyond.  With Dr Mary Ling, Central Coast Breast and General Surgeon  1 …

by Sarah Tolmie With the bush fires all calmed by March it seemed like finally we could exhale with relief and rebuild and resume lives and then the Coronavirus pandemic …