OH! Magazine - Australian Version April 2016 | Page 4

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STATS & FACTS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATES NOW AVAILBLE ONLINE
Australia’s newest medical e-consultation website
Dr Sicknote, has announced they now offer carers’
leave certificates. In a move set to ease the stress
levels of primary carers across the nation, Dr Sicknotes
latest technology innovation allows quicker and more
convenient access to medical certificates online. The
website provides a 100 per cent confidential, secure
and convenient way for patients to gain a medical
certificate for minor ailments and carers leave without
having to attend a medical clinic. In Australia, it is
estimated that nearly 5.5 million people between the
ages of 15 and 64 years have unpaid caring responsibilities
for relatives or friends. Dr Sicknote’s founder, Dr Sachin
Patel, recognised the need to set up a system that allows for
more convenience for carers to obtain certificates and
documentation for routine and minor medical procedures.
Dr Sicknote can be accessed at www.drsicknote.com.au and
medical certificates or repeat referrals are available
for $19.99.

IS STRESS CAUSING HAIR LOSS?
According to new research, one in three young people are
suffering hair loss and most believe stress is to blame. The
évolis® hair loss study of 1,245 Australians aged 18+ showed:
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One in three 18 to 24-year-olds have experienced hair
loss.
While the majority of older Australians attributed their
hair loss to aging, seven in 10 (67 per cent) said stress
was a factor, with the young and women most affected.
Losing their hair made almost three in 10 (29 per cent)
people feel anxious and 22 per cent feel depressed.
Those aged 18 to 34 were more likely to feel depressed
about it than older sufferers.
While the majority of those surveyed had experienced
some degree of hair loss, two in three (64 per cent) had
done nothing to disguise their thinning hair, such as
changing hairstyles or using styling products.

There are solutions available, including the new natural
alternative évolis®. Suitable for men and women, évolis®
tonics treat the most common types of hair loss by blocking
the FGF5 protein that research shows is the key trigger for
hairs to go from F