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There is a great demand in Australia for blood donors. 1 in 3 Australians will need blood in their lifetime but only 1 in 30 actually donate.
There are many reasons why people may need blood donated by others. These may include:
-Bleeding during surgery
-Haemophilia
-Cancer
-Premature babies
-Bleeding due to an accident or injury
-Burn victims
If a person needs blood it will be received via a process called blood transfusion. The donor blood will be matched to the patients and then transfused using an injection […]

Two things our team at Ontario Medical Clinic like doing is raising money for great causes and eating yummy food. Cancer Council’s biggest morning tea allows us to do both at the same time!

1 in 2 Australians will be diagnosed with cancer by the age of 85. One dollar at a time we can make a real difference helping fund Cancer Council’s vital research, prevention and support service programs.

Get together a group of friends at home, in your community or […]

Thankyou to all of the patients who took the time to complete a practice survey for us in December/January. Your feedback is invaluable in helping us to continue to improve the service that we can offer you. We have now received the survey results back and will do our best over the coming months to make the changes, where possible, that you have taken the time to suggest to us.

Thankyou also to those who took the time […]

During the month of May you can help Kiss Goodbye MS by wearing red lipstick and sharing the message with a special Kiss Goodbye MS event.

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a condition of the central nervous system interfering with nerve impulses within the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves. MS affects over 23,000 people in Australia with most people diagnosed between the ages of 20-40 and 3 in 4 affected are women.

The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS are different […]

Based on a concept from a Catherine Ryan Hyde novel, Pay It Forward Day urges people around the world to commit random acts of kindness. It is a day to do good deeds, and instruct the recipient of your good deed to ‘pay it forward’ and return the good deed to another person.

Pay It Forward Day is about people from all walks of life giving to someone else and making a positive […]

World Parkinson’s Day is an opportunity to raise awareness of the condition, while also raising funds to continue research into a possible cure. Parkinson’s disease is a chronic, progressive neurological condition that affects a person’s control of their body movements. Twenty-five Australians are diagnosed every day, with approximately 80,000 Australians currently living with the condition.

The average age of diagnosis is 65 years, however younger people can be diagnosed with Parkinson’s too. This is referred to as Young Onset Parkinson’s.

Parkinson’s results […]

Working smoke alarms provide vital early warning in the event of a fire. Smoke alarms are essential to wake people if a fire breaks out as when people are asleep they can’t smell smoke. They give occupants early warning and time to evacuate safely.

A good time to remember to change your smoke alarm batteries is when you change your clocks twice a year, being when daylight saving time begins and ends. Daylight […]

Coeliac disease is a digestive and autoimmune disorder that results in damage to the lining of the small intestine when foods with gluten are eaten. Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye, barley and oats. Gluten causes damage to the lining of the small intestine (the part of the digestive system responsible for absorbing nutrients) and the damage to the intestine makes it hard for the body to absorb some nutrients. Even small amounts of gluten can cause harm, […]

Melanoma March is your chance to help end melanoma. March is Melanoma Institute Australia’s annual awareness and fundraising initiative, supporting life-changing melanoma research. In recent years, ground-breaking discoveries have tripled the life expectancy for advanced melanoma patients and while we’re moving closer to a cure, more research is needed to help the thousands of Australians diagnosed with melanoma each year.

By participating in one of our national Melanoma March events or by organising your own activity, challenge or event to ‘Move […]

National Close the Gap is a campaign achieving great results and this has only happened with community support. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people still die 10-17 years younger than non-indigenous Australians so closing the gap will not be done overnight. In 2006, 40 national organisations came together to form Close the Gap, Australia’s largest ever campaign to improve the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Working in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is one of […]