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URGENT ADDITIONS TO OUR NOTICE BOARD FOR JULY 2008!

The following came to our notice after the postings for this month were done.
We feel it is just so important that the Australian Public be made aware of these scams
so we are adding the information here now!

July 2008: The Australian community is warned to beware of death threat spam text messages from scammers pretending to be a hired hitman in order to extort thousands of dollars from their victims. Click here to go to ACCC site and read all about it!

This one is close to home.

June 2008: Doctors' clinics are warned to beware of aggressive marketing techniques engaged by some advertising companies offering listings in medical directories.
Click here to go to the ACCC site and read about it.

Remember, we are genuine Australian Medical Directories - Only deal with us!
Be aware of fraudsters. We are into our 7th year on the Internet. We are Australian owned and operated. Read about us by Clicking here.

If you suspect any communication you receive is not genuine report it immediately to the ACCC

Hello Everyone,
Welcome to our Doctors4U® Notice Board for July, 2008. The beginning of another new financial year!

Clexane was in the news last posting and still is. Check our main Directory page for details and recalled batches.

Flu time! Last month I mentioned that the National Institute of Clinical Studies (NICS) has launched the Fight Flu 2008 campaign. The campaign stresses the need to vaccinate health care workers and others considered to be at risk ahead of this year's influenza season.

We have a link on our main Directory page listed Are You At risk!

According to Accredited Practising Dietitians, boosting antioxidant-rich fruit and vegetables could be the best defence against winter sniffles and sneezes.

The Dietitians Association of Australia recommends eating a wide variety of fruit and vegetables in a range of colours, and choosing those in season over winter in order to get the right mix of antioxidants for a healthy immune system.

Accredited Practising Dietitian and DAA spokesperson Dr Trent Watson said that some people find it more enjoyable to overeat fatty comfort foods and hibernate indoors during the cooler months, but our immune systems often suffer as a result.

"Some studies have shown that carotenoids can help immune function, and the antioxidant allicin is said to have antiviral properties. But there is no silver bullet for a strong immune system. Eating a wide range of fruit and vegetables each day will give us the best mix of antioxidants, in the right amounts" said Dr Watson.

For a healthy immune system, Dr Watson also recommends eating enough zinc, found in lean red meat, fish, and poultry, as well as wholegrain cereals, legumes, reduced-fat dairy foods, and nuts. And according to a UK study involving more than 180 people, eating breakfast may also help fight off colds and flu. Along with stress, the researchers found that missing breakfast was linked to susceptibility to illnesses, such as the common cold.

Dr Watson said people who skipped breakfast were often tired and irritable later in the day, and were more likely to miss out on key nutrients and antioxidants. He suggested warm winter breakfast ideas like porridge with reduced-fat milk, or poached or boiled eggs on wholegrain toast, and some fruit.

"Even winter 'comfort' foods can provide antioxidants and need not be high in fat or kilojoules. Try nourishing winter staples like chunky vegetable and lentil soups, and slow-cooked casseroles made with lean meat and vegetables like sweet potato and carrot," said Dr Watson.

He said it was important to drink plenty of water during winter, and to keep up with exercise - a known immune system booster.

Nutrition Australia is a HealthInsite Information Partner, and has a wealth of information on shopping for good health, menu plans to get your diet back on track, and recipes, among other things. HealthInsite has topic pages on Nutrition and Diet Services, and Nutritional Disorders.

To see the Dietitians own Web site Click here and read more about it all!

Stop the Clot: Reducing blood clot risk for hospital patients

A new national prevention program to stop potentially lethal blood clots developing in private hospital patients was launched recently by the Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, The Hon Nicola Roxon.

Blood clots kill at least 2,000 people each year, and some 30,000 Australians are hospitalised each year because of blood clots. Hospital patients are at 25 times greater risk of developing a clot than air travellers.

The Stop the Clot program has been developed by the National Health and Medical Research Council's National Institute of Clinical Studies (NICS) and successfully implemented in over 40 public hospitals nationally. Now NICS is working with the private hospital sector to reduce the incidence of blood clots in private hospitals.

The Australian Government is committed to working with both public and private hospitals to raise standards and improve safety. The program is funded by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care to improve the assessment and management of venous thrombo embolism (VTE, DVT, or blood clot) risk in hospitalised patients.

"In my twenty years as an emergency physician, I treated too many patients suffering from blood clots, returning to hospital after being discharged. The luckier ones returned to emergency departments with leg pain and swelling and the prospect of chronic circulation problems in their legs. "Others came by ambulance - shocked, breathless, collapsed. Some came in cardiac arrest," said Professor Chris Baggoley, Chief Executive of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.

Minister Roxon stressed the urgent need to better manage high-risk patients in a bid to cut the VTE toll. "For those that survive, there are significant long term consequences and costs" she said. "Patients with VTE require diagnostic tests, treatment with blood thinning drugs, a longer hospital stay, and lifelong tests and treatment."

According to Professor Warwick Anderson, Chief Executive Officer of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), the Stop the Clot program uses a world-first whole-of-hospital approach to minimise the risk of blood clots.

"The key is identifying at-risk patients and managing them throughout their entire hospital stay from admission to discharge, and even post-discharge" he said.

"Simple management measures, such as the use of blood thinning drugs and compression stockings, systematically used across all departments can have a big impact. We know what we have to do to prevent blood clots occurring, but the challenge has been changing hospitals' systems and procedures to address the issue across the board."

Hospitals participating in the Stop the Clot program are supported by NICS to identify the key issues required to systematically integrate best practice guidelines into routine hospital care.

NICS, the NHMRC, and the Safety and Quality Commission are all proud HealthInsite Information Partners.

We at Doctors4U® thank the HealthInsite newsletters for the above. They are a Government body and their Newsletters are distributed free by email to subscribers every month. They are always good reading and include much information on health matters. You can actually subscribe to their newsletters by Clicking Here

Here is an extract from their May newsletter and is worth remembering.

" We recently received a telephone call from a fisherman somewhere on the Hawkesbury River in NSW who had just been lacerated by a catfish. It was quickly ascertained that he did not have access to a computer, and so directing him to any relevant information through HealthInsite would not have assisted him. It was suggested that he seek medical attention as soon as possible, much to the chagrin of his fishing buddy!

It is therefore timely to remind you that healthDirect Australia provides a nurse-based telephone triage service, and is available in the Australian Capital Territory, Western Australia, South Australia, and the Northern Territory.

This service is expected to commence rolling out in New South Wales from August 2008. The telephone number is 1 800 022 222 in the states and territories where the service is up and running, and we'd encourage you to put this number into your mobile's memory in the event that you find yourself in the middle of a river, or in a similarly isolated place in those states."

Good advice.

We recently received an email from Margaret who is the Communications, Media and Information Coordinator for Multicultural Mental Health Australia (MMHA).

MMHA is funded by the Federal Department of Health and Ageing in
Australia to promote mental health awareness and suicide prevention to
people from non-English speaking backgrounds.

They have just released a new series of multlingual fact sheets on mental
illness called the "What Is....." series. MMHA also worked with Vision
Australia to adapt these for the blind and those with a vision
impairment.

The topics covered include depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and
bipolar disorder. We have translated these into over 20 languages such
as Arabic, Farsi, Vietnamese and Greek.

MMHA have also produced another series of mental health fact sheets on
depression with beyondblue. These have also been translated into over 20
languages to ensure information about mental illness reaches everyone.

All agencies involved strongly believe these initiatives will assist in
breaking down the stigma associated with mental illness - especially
amongst our culturally and linguistically diverse community and
encourage people to seek help and support.

You can view these fact sheets by Clicking here and download them in the language of your choice.

They look excellent and cover many and varied fields. We at Doctors4U® sincerely thank Margaret for this information and the opportunity to promote these wonderful brochures.

We continue to receive many enquiries from Doctors as well as Nurses from overseas, wishing to work in Australia. To any Doctor or Health Professional contemplating such a move remember Queensland and other states are looking for Health Professionals.

You will find some links on our Main Directory Home page as well as these below:

Health Vacancies in Queensland:

Please see www.health.qld.gov.au/townsville/Employment/Allied_health.asp

And www.health.qld.gov.au/workforus/default.asp

Various Positions in health see www.seek.com.au/if.asp

Positions vacant general see www.seek.com.au

Also remember our Home page for "Recruit A Doc" and more.

If you are looking for a Goverment position remember the Australian Government Job Site and you can access the site by Clicking here

Everyone, stay safe.
The Editor
Doctors4U®
July, 2008.

Doctors4U® Medical Directories - Designed By People Who Care -
" For Health Professionals who care! "

Any comments posted here are not necessarily the express view of Doctors4U®

Hello Everyone,
Here we are with our latest updates and news for March 2008.
Well where do I start?

There has been that much happening at Doctors4U with more and more Doctors joining our listings every day and with e-mails from all over as usual. The latest today from Chile. We have gone Mobi as well, which I will explain later.

Many of our fellow Australians go on holidays overseas and need contact their Doctor in cases of emergency for details of previous medications, treatments etc. And to be able to find all our Directories on line from the other side of the World, complete with Telephone number and if a paid listing, fax, Web site and or e-mail address is of great benefit to those Doctors in the country they are visiting. In fact in some cases could save a life! That is why our Directories are just so important to the Health and well being of many.

And yet, as I said last month many of the Doctors practicing here in Australia will not support us by paying the smallest of fees. I just cannot comprehend when they are supposed to be in the business of saving lives.

Doctors4U® is now into its seventh year on the Internet with the Management spending many thousands of dollars out of their own pockets, to continue this very important service. As we now say " Doctors4U Medical Directories - Designed By Caring People - " For Caring Health Professionals." And we are so grateful to those caring health professionals who do support us to provide this much sought after service.

Obviously Google feel to have Medical records on line and available is the way of the future because in the US they are testing an online storage bank where individuals can store and access their medical records. The electronic system will allow patients to control their records and interact with multiple physicians, healthcare service providers and pharmacies. That is in the US. You can read more about it here .

Mobi - Have you heard of it? Well here is some info. There are four times as many mobile phones as there are PCs, and 1.8 billion people already have access to the mobile Web. Make no mistake, "mobile" is the wave of the future and MOBI domains are playing a key role in that wave. The world's first Internet domain specific to mobile devices. MOBI names have already been registered across 104 countries in just the first few months of availability.

High-end auto brands like BMW and Ferrari have their own MOBI sites. So do Scandinavian Air lines and Hilton Hotels. Even ESPN, Maxim and CNNMoney have gone mobile. A site can be accessed via cell phone, SmartPhone, Windows Mobile Device and RIM device (you DON'T need an iPhone to use MOBI).

With 2.2 billion cell phones in use today, mobile is the wave of the future.

Doctors4U® has purchased www.doctors4u.mobi , www.australiandoctors.mobi, and to support our Chemists www.chemists4u.mobi

OBESITY A lot has been reported lately about obesity with Children.

We include the following with the compliments of the Governments HealthInsite news letter:

A lesson in healthy lunchboxes

The Australian newspaper recently reported on a study done by the RMIT University's Parenting Research Centre that highlighted an urgent need to help educate parents to prepare healthier lunchboxes. The preliminary findings of the study revealed that almost three-quarters (72%) of children did not have any salad or vegetables in their lunchbox, and almost half (48%) had their total recommended daily amount of junk food (such as chocolate, chips, or cake) just in their lunchbox.

The study looked into the lunchboxes of 170 students aged five and six at five schools spread across Melbourne. RMIT University researcher, Dr Leah Brennan, said that the results were very worrying, especially given all of the available information and media campaigns focussing on healthy eating. We need to be doing something to help parents prepare a healthier lunchbox that has more vegetables, and fewer serves of extra foods, she said.

The NHMRC Dietary Guidelines for Children and Adolescents in Australia incorporating the Infant Feeding Guidelines for Health Workers recommends encouraging children and adolescents to eat plenty of vegetables, legumes, fruit, wholegrain cereals, and to include lean meat, poultry, fish, milks, cheese, yoghurt, and water in children's diets. The Guidelines also recommend limiting saturated fats, salt, and sugars.
They are obtainable here for printing or saving.

National Skin Cancer Awareness Campaign

The Australian Government has launched a new phase in its National Skin Cancer Awareness Campaign. The 13-24 year age group is the primary target audience for the campaign because it is this group that has been least likely to use adequate protection, and has the highest frequency of sunburn.

The Campaign aims to make young people aware of five effective ways to protect themselves from the sun:
seek shade, wear sun-protective clothing that covers as much of your body as possible,
put on a broad brimmed hat that shades your face, neck and ears
wear wrap-around sunglasses
apply SPF30+ broad-spectrum water-resistant sunscreen every two hours

The media release, Don't let your time in the sun catch up with you has more details about the campaign. Click here

Ovarian Cancer Awareness Week was from the: 24 February - 2 March 2008
However as this is a very important issue with many women not being aware of the warning signs.
To read more Click here

We are still receiving many enquiries from Doctors as well as Nurses from overseas, wishing to work in Australia. To any Doctor or Health Professional contemplating such a move remember Queensland and other states are looking for Health Professionals.

You will find some links on our Main Directory Home page as well as these below:

Health Vacancies in Queensland:

Please see www.health.qld.gov.au/townsville/Employment/Allied_health.asp

And www.health.qld.gov.au/workforus/default.asp

Various Positions in health see www.seek.com.au/if.asp

Doctors4U® Medical Directories - Designed By People Who Care -
" For Health Professionals who care! "

Any comments posted here are not necessarily the express view of Doctors4U®

Hello Everyone,
Well here we are again with February almost gone.

Firstly I would like to mention the floods in Northern Queensland. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all. And to all those entire wonderful Emergency people. All special people who give their services for free!

Remember there is assistance available through the Federal Government to all those people who have been adversely affected.

For more information on eligibility or if you have any enquiries please visit the Centrelink website or contact the Australian Government Flood Assistance hotline on 180 2333.

You will find application forms and more on the Centrelink Web site.

Also full marks to our RACQ for agreeing to pay any claims to those affected. Let's hope the other Insurance companies follow the RACQ's lead. These people have been through enough without having to endure more stress, wondering if their Insurance's are going to settle their claims or not.

We have been so busy as usual with our Doctors4U® Directories. We are receiving numerous enquiries daily from all over the world. Many from visitors visiting our shores.

Many enquiries are from people looking for Doctors and other Health Professionals who just cannot find what they are looking for in Yellow or White pages. That is why they contact us. And they say looking to find a Doctor in White pages is absolutely hopeless!

I quite believe them. One person recently told me he tried to find a Doctor by name and location and the results that came up were unbelievable. There was everything from Radio doctor to Pool doctor and many other Doctors. And none for the actual Doctor he was searching for. Yet he is definitely in the area searched. I just did a similar search and 100 different names came up - even to a windscreen repairer.

It is no wonder our Directories and so popular. You can search by name, location and Specialty and Doctors Bulk billing. And of course if looking for a Chemist by location.

Yet many Doctors write to us for a listing and as soon as we mention a small fee we never hear from them again! Can you believe it? I am amazed and disappointed because we are providing an important and useful service to the Community. We are now into our seventh year - Because we care! And we care for others other wise we wouldn't still be here.

Yet some Doctors will spend many hundreds of dollars for an ad in Yellow pages where it may never be seen like a listing in any one of our Directories. I feel people these days look first for the Internet before they turn to a printed reference material. The number of people on the Internet as of January this year, in Australia alone, was in excess of 15 million and increasing daily. Any listings in our Directories are also Tax deductible.

Our Directories are now so popular with people. In recent times we have received
e-mails enquiring if those Doctors that are not in our Directories are as capable as those that are.

Here is one we received. Senders name not included for various reasons.

" I was wondering if you don't find a doctor on your list, are they still a good qualified doctor?"

These are the type of e-mails we are receiving. As well as many others looking for Plastic Surgeons and recomendations. However as we say we cannot make any recomendations. All have to make their own decisions.

The Sleeping Pill Stilnox has been in the news lately with the untimely passing of Heath Ledger. We have included some information here about Stilnox.

And www.health.qld.gov.au/workforus/default.asp

Various Positions in health see www.seek.com.au/if.asp

Doctors4U® Medical Directories - By people who care -
" For Health Professionals who care! "

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE
FROM US ALL AT
Doctors4U®

More postings soon.

Below are the Employment links.

Employment:
We are still receiving many enquiries from Doctors as well as Nurses from overseas, wishing to work in Australia. To any Doctor or Health Professional contemplating such a move remember Queensland and other states are looking for Health Professionals.

You will find some links on our Main Directory Home page as well as these below:

Health Vacancies in Queensland:

Please see www.health.qld.gov.au/townsville/Employment/Allied_health.asp

And www.health.qld.gov.au/workforus/default.asp

Various Positions in health see www.seek.com.au/if.asp

Everyone, stay safe.

The Editor
Doctors4U®
January, 2008.

Hello Everyone,
Well here we are again with Christmas almost upon us after a wonderful year at Doctors4U of helping the Community.

We have helped thousands of people find Chemists and Pharmacies, Doctors, after hours Doctors, as well as Bulk billing Doctors and Specialists.

We have been providing this service every day of the week, 24x7 for almost 6 years now. And with Mobile phones being able to connect to the Internet the demand for our Services and various Health Professionals is absolutely awe-inspiring.

We receive many emails in appreciation of our services telling us how much better and easier it is to search our Directories in preference to Yellow or White pages. I feel we must agree. I know that many people give up on both Yellow and White pages in sheer frustration.

For you people looking for Pharmacies and to make it easy for you to locate a Chemist or Pharmacy we list them in every Capital City, as well as Cairns, the Gold Coast and Launceston. We list them by location.

Speaking of Pharmacies and the Internet, I feel I must mention again and warn you there are many fake on line pharmacies. Some who in fact have been using our name to give themselves credibility. The fake online pharmacies or chemists, as I call them, are unscrupulous persons who use the Internet and Spam emails to offer drugs and medicine at very cheap prices. Even without the need for a prescription from a doctor.

They are sending out Spam email designed to trick you into placing an order and giving your credit card details. They charge your card, but your order never arrives.
So please be very cautious and on the look out for these Spam emails.

Osteoarthritis.
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has recently released a new book about Osteoarthritis. It has been written for anyone who wants to learn about osteoarthritis, including people who have osteoarthritis, their families and friends. You can read about it on the Government's Health Web site by Clicking here

Babycino - A Therapy

A report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (http://www.aihw.gov.au/>, stated that more than 200 of Victoria's very premature babies have been having tiny drinks of caffeine to reduce their chances of cerebral palsy and cognitive disabilities.

The report noted that caffeine was the first treatment ever shown to reduce disabilities common in severely premature babies. Very premature babies tend to forget to breath and drop their oxygen and heart rates, but if given caffeine, they have far fewer of those pauses and the time they need on a ventilator is reduced.

The babies from the Royal Women's and Mercy Women's hospitals took part in a five-year trial involving more than 2000 pre-term births in Australia, the US, Canada, Europe and Israel. The baby's chance of death or disability drops 6% when having caffeine.

The results of the trial have been so successful that daily doses of caffeine are now routine treatment for Victorian babies as tiny as 500g, mixed with milk or given through an intravenous drip.

This will be my last Notice Board posting for this year and we will be back in 2008!

Keep those emails rolling in because we love to receive praise. It helps and we do ask those Doctors and Chemists who are not in our listings to please support your Directory!

Remember, listing with us in Australia's own Medical Directories can be an additional and very useful way of helping the Community.

And www.health.qld.gov.au/workforus/default.asp

Various Positions in health see www.seek.com.au/if.asp

Everyone, stay safe.

Take good care and have a Very Merry and safe Christmas and a wonderful 2008!

The Editor
Doctors4U®
December, 2007.

Doctors4U® Australia's own Internet Medical Directories reaching over 13 million people

Australia wide and 474 million people Worldwide.

A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year from us all at Doctors4U®

Hello Everyone,
Here I am again with our Notice Board postings. My apologies for the lateness however as usual we have been extremely busy with e-mail from all over the world. People who go on holidays, fall sick while away and need contact their Doctor and in many cases their Pharamcist.

People looking for employment from overseas continue to think we are an employment agency as well, so all in all many hours are spent on answering and sorting e-mails. Then of course we have all that SPAM! Even though it is unlawfull to Spam we still keep receiving many hundreds a day. As we often say here at Doctors4U the precious time consumed in sorting through this Spam by many Health Professionals and their staff could be better spent on other things. Where if they had an Extended listing or an Enlarged listing in one of our Directories they would get wonderful exposure and at the same time not be hassled with daily Spam mail.

As mentioned in my last posting We DO NOT SELL MEDICATIONS OR WATCHES!

Unscrupulous persons using OUR E-MAIL ADDRESS at Doctors4U to try and give themselves some authenticity some claiming we are the registered supplier of Viagra!.

One in particular from Canada. Yet on their own Web site they even provide a form to lodge complaints about Spam and any illegal e-mails, all of which is obviously a farce.

They send out millions of e-mails in our name hoping to receive orders for Viagra, Celebrex and other drugs at discount prices. And once the orders are received they are charged to a person's card and never filled! So everyone - Please be vigilant and never ever fall for these scams.

Then there are fake on line pharmacies. Fake online pharmacies or chemists are Unscrupulous persons who use the internet and spam emails to offer drugs and medicine at very cheap prices and even without the need for a prescription from a doctor.

Most of this type of spam email is designed trick you into giving your credit card details which they will use to your detriment. Or they may even download damaging files onto your computer.(like spyware and others)

Even if you actually do receive the products that you order, there is no guarantee that they are genuine. And if not they could easily be detrimental to your health! So people please be aware and be extra cautious. You can be assured that all those
Pharmacies and Chemists listed in any of our Directories are genuine.

They will also require a current prescription before they will send out any medicine that requires a script.

The Australian Government have a Web site on scams where you can check and also report any scams to them. To see their link on fake on line Pharmacies and the things to look for please Click here

Weight loss scams is another. They are also mentioned on the Government site and
well worth a look.

I mention again the Australian Government Health Site as it is a wealth of information for Health Professionals and others alike.

It is an Australian Government Initiative and it provides Australians with a 'safe' place to find health information and it's free of charge to anyone with internet access.

They provide posters, brochures and even fridge magnets free of charge to health professionals. Doctors can even obtain a supply for their Surgeries to hand out to their patients. When researching information on various health matters it is just so important to have the correct information and this site is the place to find it. You can see the site by Clicking here.

Employment: We are still receiving many enquiries from Doctors as well as Nurses from overseas, wishing to work in Australia. To any Doctor or Health Professional contemplating such a move remember Queensland and other states are looking for Health Professionals.

You will find some links on our Main Directory Home page as well as these below:

Health Vacancies in Queensland:

Please see www.health.qld.gov.au/townsville/Employment/Allied_health.asp

And www.health.qld.gov.au/workforus/default.asp

Various Positions in health see www.seek.com.au/if.asp

Everyone, stay safe, take care and good health.
The Editor
Doctors4U®
October, 2007.

Hello Everyone,
Well this time I again start with a warning to everyone. Please be aware! Unscrupulous people are continuing to send out Spam e-mails in our name in an attempt to get people to purchase medications, vitamins and even Watches.

There are unscrupulous people everywhere and the Internet is certainly no exception. From medications to lottery winnings - you will find them all here on the Internet! The latest are now using OUR E-MAIL ADDRESS at Doctors4U to try and give themselves some authenticity.

One in particular from Canada. Yet on their own Web site they even provide a form to lodge complaints about Spam and any illegal e-mails, all of which is obviously a farce.

They send out millions of e-mails in our name hoping to receive orders for Viagra, Celebrex and other drugs at discount prices. And once the orders are received they are charged to a person's card and never filled! So everyone - Please be vigilant and never ever fall for these scams.

The Australian Government have a Web site on scams and it can be seen by
Clicking here

Maybe it is part of the hazard for having a number of very popular Medical Directories on the Internet.

Every day more Australians turn to the Internet for health related information, yet studies continue to confirm the variable quality of health information available.

Many sites list Google ads. Many people on seeing those ads feel they are genuine and part of the Web site they are viewing. When in fact this is not true. Many take what they read on the Internet as gospel! Often Web site owners have these ads to make money because every time someone clicks on a "Google" ad they get paid.

You will never ever find this type of ad on our sites or in any of our Directories for this reason. And we have strict guidelines for any one wanting to advertise their business in any of our Directories. We will not list a business that is not prepared to display their ABN number because we feel if you are genuine, you should at least list your ABN. And we always insist on a street address and a telephone landline. We have refused many a listing over time for this reason.

HealthInsite an Australian Government Initiative provides Australians with a 'safe' place to find health information and it's free of charge to anyone with internet access.

And www.health.qld.gov.au/workforus/default.asp

Various Positions in health see www.seek.com.au/if.asp

Everyone, stay safe, take care and good health.
The Editor
Doctors4U®
August, 2007.

Hello Everyone,
Well this time I start with a warning to everyone seeking to purchase Medications and in fact anything from the Internet!

There are unscrupulous people everywhere and the Internet is certainly no exception. From chain letters to lottery winnings - you will find them all here on the Internet! The latest is unscrupulous people now using OUR E-MAIL ADDRESS at Doctors4U to try and give themselves some authenticity.

One in particular from Canada. Yet on their own Web site they even provide a form to lodge complaints about Spam and any illegal e-mails, all of which is obviously a farce.
They send out millions of e-mails in our name hoping to receive orders for Viagra, Celebrex and other drugs at discount prices. And once the orders are received they are charged to a person's card and then never filled!

So one and all, please be aware and never ever attempt to purchase anything from the other side of the World using your credit card unless you know they are reputable.

In fact even here in Australia I would be most cautious. There are so many businesses out there that will not even display their ABN number, yet alone a street address and many just operate from a mobile telephone. Daily we receive requests to exchange links and most we refuse because if they are not prepared to display their ABN number as well as a street address and telephone landline we will not even consider them.

Unfortunately at the present time people can send e-mails using other peoples' addresses other than their own and nothing can be done to prevent it. Hopefully this can be rectified very soon and we look forward to that day.

The Australian Government have a Web site on scams and it can be seen by
Clicking here

As usual we are receiving heaps of e-mails daily from all over. Many from people who go overseas then need to contact their Doctors for copy records and other information. We have to keep re-iterating that we are a listing service only! We cannot obtain peoples' personal records. We cannot and will not recommend any Medical Practitioner or Hospital.

We have even had requests to make appointments for patients. We have people enquiring about Diving test examinations and many people from overseas seeking information about Plastic Surgeons and more.

It is possible for such Specialists to have links to their own Web sites once they list with Doctors4U! And listing in one of our Directories is in many cases better than having their own Web site, and far less expensive. Remembering of course that once they obtain a paid listing any amendments can be made for the period of their listing for FREE! In fact this applies to any one obtaining a listing with us - even to the FREE ones.

Employment: We receive many enquiries each month from Doctors overseas wishing to work in Australia. To any Doctor contemplating such a move remember Queensland and other states are looking for Doctors.

You will find some links below which should assist you:

Health Vacancies in Queensland:

Please see www.health.qld.gov.au/townsville/Employment/Allied_health.asp

And www.health.qld.gov.au/workforus/default.asp

Various Positions in health see www.seek.com.au/if.asp

Everyone, stay safe, take care and good health.
The Editor
Doctors4U®
June, 2007.



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