Lipoedema, also known as Painful Fat Syndrome is a progressive condition that occurs mostly in women.
The disease mainly affects the legs, although arms and other parts of the body can be affected. Legs appear heavy, swollen, shapeless and can be painful to the touch.
Lipoedema Australia Support Society is aimed at helping to raise awareness of the disease, advocating for and supporting women with Lipoedema.
For more information visit Lipoedema Australia’s Website.
Waitara Family Medical Practice will be closed on Monday 13th June for the Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday.
We will re-open at 09:00am Tuesday 14th June.
If you require medical assistance during public holidays, please call 1300 466 347 for Sydney Medical Service after hours GP, who do bulk billed home visits. 
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Want to know more? See if you could donate or call the Red Cross Blood Service on 13 14 95.
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The Julian Burns Trust will be at the Sydney Pregnancy, Babies & Children’s Expo to provide burns safety info to parents.
For FREE tickets visit the website
The MS Walk and Fun Run is organised every year to raise money and awareness for people living with Multiple Sclerosis. Help them achieve their fundrasing goal of $650,000!
Most symptoms of multiple sclerosis go unnoticed by everyone except the person living with them. One day they can alter your memory, the next your vision. Striking without warning and leaving no trace, they are invisible. 23,000 people are living with MS in Australia.
Join participants and take part in a 5km or 10km course at Sydney Olympic Park.
For more information or to register for the event, visit the MS Walk and Fun Run website.
Visit the WHO website for more information.
Exercise Right wants to empower people to exercise right for who they are and their condition.
Visit Exercise Right’s website for more information and follow stories of Exercise Right’s success!
National Hearing Care will be performing FREE hearing tests at Waitara Medical on;
Monday 30 May, 2016 from 09:00am – 12:00pm.
Appointments take 15 minutes, and can be made by calling reception on 8038 1070.
Please bring your medicare care to the appointment, and you must be over 25 to be eligible.
For more information about the hearing test visit National Hearing Care.
Waitara Family Medical Practice are now offering government funded and private flu vaccines.
Vaccination is the best form of protection against the flu!
Influenza, commonly known as the flu, spreads easily from person to person through infected droplets in the air and by hands. Vaccination is the single most effective way of preventing and stopping its spread. There is no live virus in the flu shot and the composition changes every year so it is important to be vaccinated against the flu annually.
The government provides free influenza vaccines to the following eligible people;
If you are not eligible for a free vaccine, you can still get vaccinated with a private vaccine; check the cost with the practice.
If you are interested in receiving your flu vaccination at Waitara Family Medical Practice,