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Chronic Q Fever
November 3rd, 2015I often get emails, phone calls etc from patients having trouble with Q Fever causing long term persistent problems, or saying their Q fever is recurring. From my understanding of Q Fever, the disease does not ‘come back’ and patients cannot get ‘reinfected’ ( that is why vaccination is effective – once you have cleared […]
Stafford clinic has (sadly) closed
October 24th, 2015To our valued patients and suppliers It is with regret that I must advise that the Stafford clinic has closed permanently. The last day of trading was October 31st 2015. The Stafford clinic was amalgamated into the city clinic, and all patient records have been transferred into the clinic at 5th floor, 247 Adelaide Street, Brisbane CBD. […]
Lyssavirus : Look but don’t touch
September 14th, 2015This blog post has been updated today Sept 14, 2014 The report in the media about Lyssavirus being found in a flying fox in Brisbane is a good reminder about LOOK BUT DONT TOUCH. Flying fox are perfectly safe if you don’t touch them. Anyone who has had physical contact with a flying fox should seek […]
Q Fever – comment on The Quiet Curse
July 13th, 2015The ABC program Landline The Quiet Curse” recently featured the disease Q fever. This has generated a lot of enquiries about Q Fever to our clinic. Q Fever rarely attracts media attention and yet it is among the most costly and severe infectious diseases in Australia. Persons at occupational risk should be vaccinated. Our specialised […]
Useful iPhone Apps for Travel
June 24th, 2015I am sometimes asked about useful apps for Travellers – I must declare my bias in that I am in the iPhone camp so don’t know as much about android apps. There are lists online like this one of 50 but I use almost none of these. Here is my list of essentials Timescroller – […]
What if I have eaten ‘those Hepatitis A berries’
February 19th, 2015We have had numerous phone calls to the clinic regarding the media reports of persons contracting Hepatitis A from frozen berries in Australia e.g. this one. It is reported the berries were packed in a polluted river in China. This highlights how global our food sources have become, and even if we are not travelling, […]
MEDIA RELEASE ‘Love Your Lungs at 65 Years Young’ this Pneumonia Awareness Week Almost two-in-three Queensland seniors may be jeopardising their ‘golden years’ by not protecting against an often fatal lung infection, despite being at increased risk.1 Lung Foundation Australia’s ‘Love Your Lungs at 65 Years Young’ research released today reveals 94 per cent of […]
Don’t let soccer fever turn into yellow fever
April 16th, 2014MEDIA RELEASE 17 APRIL 2014 Queensland doctors are issuing Aussie fans and footballers heading to Brazil for the 2014 FIFA World Cup with a ‘yellow card for yellow fever’. Queensland travel health pioneer, Dr Deborah Mills, aka ‘Dr Deb’, Brisbane, is joining forces today (Thursday, April 17) with the Australian medical football team, the Docceroos, […]
Risk of death from scombroid poisoning astonishingly small
February 8th, 2014QLD media release WED, FEBRUARY 5, 2014 A form of fish poisoning resembling an allergic reaction that occurs within a few hours of eating histamine-contaminated fish – was reportedly responsible for the recent deaths of an Aussie mum and daughter. However according to Dr Deborah Mills (aka “Dr Deb”), Medical Director, Dr Deb The […]
QLD Schoolies flirting with health hazards offshore
November 11th, 2013Media Release 12 Nov 2013 Scores of Queensland teenagers celebrating ‘Schoolies Week’ (November 16-23) offshore are oblivious to potentially fatal health hazards, according to leading travel health pioneer, Dr Deb Mills. The Queensland Studies Authority (QSA) estimates 48,500 students will graduate from Queensland high schools this year, many of whom will celebrate the milestone at […]
