Brad McGregor talks to QWeekend about health and longevity.

August 9, 2022
Brad McGregor talks to QWeekend about health and longevity.   Keeping active and busy comes naturally to Maeve Cunnington, 74. As she walks the streets of West End in Brisbane three times a week listening to podcasts, opera or country music through her headphones, she takes notice of the architecture, explores different routes and collects...

Logan Healthy Living to target rising rates of type 2 diabetes

July 1, 2022
The University of Queensland and Griffith University have partnered with Health and Wellbeing Queensland to deliver a program that will tackle Logan’s rising rates of type 2 diabetes. The program, named Logan Healthy Living, will look to address the mental, emotional and social challenges faced by people living with or at risk of developing type...

A safe place for diabetes patients

July 1, 2022
The Logan Healthy Living program is taking its participants beyond the clinic walls, to help combat Type 2 Diabetes. Led by a team of allied health professionals, the Logan Healthy Living program tackles the mental, emotional, and social challenges facing clients living with or at risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Those who sign up...

Meadowbrook Medical Centre offers full wellness package

June 20, 2022
A focus on wellness and prevention, a holistic approach and a personal touch: these are some of the things that people expect from a GP surgery in 2022 – and rightly so, according to Darryl Grundy, CEO of UQ Healthcare. ‘People should expect a medical centre to deliver multi-disciplinary health care  that places the person...

Meadowbrook Medical Centre now open

June 20, 2022
DMA Partners collaborated with Horwell Group and UQ Health Care to deliver a state-of-the-art centre comprising 2,300sqm of medical and retail space.   Situated 200m from Logan Hospital in the heart of Logan’s emerging health and education precinct, Meadowbrook Medical will house specialists, allied health practitioners and medical imaging services.   Read the full article...

Logan Healthy Living set to transform lives in state’s diabetes hotspot

June 3, 2022
UQ Health Care has launched an innovative program, Logan Healthy Living, to tackle the region’s rising tide of chronic disease, with new data showing it is helping participants better manage their diabetes. Logan has the fifth highest rate of insulin-treated type 2 diabetes in the nation. Areas within the region have a diabetes death rate...

Fitness gamification for over 50s

October 11, 2021
UQ Healthy Living is helping over 50s in the fight against Alzheimer’s and Dementia, with a new digital game designed to train the body and brain. A cognitive training platform, the Dividat Senso is available at UQ Healthy Living’s new Members Studio, launched in partnership with The University of Queensland and UQ Health Care. UQ...

UQ Health Care provides University with Pfizer

September 15, 2021
UQ Health Care will deliver a Pfizer vaccination clinic at the St Lucia campus for UQ staff, students and their families. Pfizer is now available for age 12 to 60+. The Pfizer vaccination clinic The clinic will be operate out of UQ St Lucia Medical Centre and will open on Monday 20 September, for a...

Ground breaks on medical centre for Logan City Health Precinct

March 1, 2021
UQ Health Care CEO, Darryl Grundy, has joined project partners to ‘turn the sod’ on the Meadowbrook Medical Centre development, which forms part of a significant Health and Knowledge Precinct for the Logan and Greater Brisbane region. The $6m multi-level centre is located on a prominent corner of Logandowns Drive, 200m from Logan Hospital. It...

DAIRY IMPOSTERS: FRIEND OR FOE?

November 11, 2020
​OUR DIETITIAN PENNY OXBY DISCUSSES DAIRY MILK ALTERNATIVES FOR OVER 50s   Getting enough dietary calcium is vital to maintaining bone strength – yet less than half of Australians get their recommended daily intake of this important nutrient. We know that three to five serves of calcium rich foods daily is recommended, so is it time...