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TROPIC • HEALTH

Tropic health Tropic Health is here to bring you a range of advice columns,
news, and updates from the region’s health and well-being sector.
Health is our region’s biggest employer, and facilities such as the
public and private hospitals service a diverse and challenging
Welcome to our expanded patient load.
health and well-being We’d love to hear from you as part of our expanded coverage. Contact
section, providing us if you’ve got some healthy news to share. If you’re a specialist, a
dental clinic, a fitness guru or a yoga studio, find out how we can help
greater coverage of this promote your health-related service, brand or business.
important sector. Talk to Tim on 0418 671 379 or email [email protected]

Heartbeat help Tropic it’s a minimally invasive diagnostic
tool. “We insert a catheter through
CARDIAC HELP
a blood vessel leading to the heart
A new procedure to diagnose irregular and these catheters have specialised
heartbeats is now available at Cairns electrodes on them so the electrical
Hospital with the opening of a signals in the heart can be assessed,”
second cardiac catheter laboratory, he said. “Once we can determine what
negating the need for patients to the problem is we can determine
travel south for the service. Known the treatment.” The heart can also
as an electrophysiology study, the be electrically stimulated during the
procedure assesses the electrical procedure if need be. Dr Ng said the
activity of the heart so cardiologists hospital can now also perform ablation
can better understand the underlying treatment for some of the most common
reason for arrhythmia. Cardiac causes of arrythmia and also implant
electrophysiologist Dr Kevin Ng told devices such as defibrillators. Dr Kevin Ng

The Healthy Hub at Cairns North With interesting new products
continues to inspire and excite with and small events happening
its unique approach to the modern during the week often introducing
health food store in Australia. local small business owners and
Bringing quality organic produce practitioners, you are sure to have a
directly from the region’s farmers. very different and exciting shopping
Inside its Moffat Street store and and food experience. The Healthy
creating incredible food in its fully Hub is a family friendly place with
plant based café. enclosed play area for children and
Proudly bringing you niche products an outdoor bench for pets.
from across the health food Sourcing from Australian and
industry and with new items on the international markets you can
menu, The Healthy Hub Shop and find a range of eco-friendly,
Café is nourishing your tastebuds cruelty free and ethically made
with organic coffee, signature products, reusables, pantry
pulled jackfruit nachos, gourmet essentials, personal care items and
burgers and, new on the menu, carefully chosen and researched
home made vegan sausage rolls, supplements from the
buffalo wing tacos and vegan hot top quality companies
dogs. The Café covers gluten free, across the natural Coming
soon to
keto and paleo options. health industry. Uber Eats

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