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Springhill Medical Group is committed to providing comprehensive care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the office and at local hospitals, Sutter Delta Medical Center and John Muir Medical Center – Concord Campus. Once a patient has become established in the practice they have access to all the resources of the group including a live 24 hr answering service, on-call physicians and timely appointments. When your Springhill Physician is on vacation or out of the office another physician in the group will be able to access your electronic medical record and provide urgent care.

In 2006 Springhill Medical Group implemented a new Electronic Medical Record system will allows our physicians to access patient records from any office site.  We receive lab results electronically from John Muir Lab and Quest lab making the results avaiable to our physicians as soon as they are reported by the lab. 

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Did you know that the leading cause of premature death in the United States is no other than cigarettes? A preventable death but it claims almost half a million lives each year. To the extent that the government required larger and more prominent warnings on cigarette packaging and advertisements as part of the strategy to help consumers quit smoking and prevent young people from starting. But despite of this it seems like tobacco users are not conscious about it.

The effects of cigarette smoking to human health are really serious and in fact deadly. There are approximately 4000 chemicals that are present in the chemical composition of cigarette and hundreds of which are toxic.
Smoking effects on the human body are destructive and widespread. The ingredients in cigarette affect everything from the internal functioning of the organs and target the efficiency of the body’s immune system. Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body. Smoking causes many diseases and reduces the health of smokers in general.

Here are some facts cigarette smoking can cause you. Toxic ingredients in cigarette smoke travel throughout the body, causing damage in several different ways. Carbon monoxide binds to hemoglobin in red blood cells, preventing affected cells from carrying a full load of oxygen. Cancer-causing agents (carcinogens) in tobacco smoke damage important genes that control the growth of cells, causing them to grow abnormally or to reproduce too rapidly. The carcinogen benzo(a)pyrene binds to cells in the airways and major organs of smokers. Smoking affects the function of the immune system and may increase the risk for respiratory and other infections. There are several likely ways that cigarette smoke does its damage. One is oxidative stress that mutates DNA, promotes atherosclerosis, and leads to chronic lung injury. Oxidative stress is thought to be the general mechanism behind the aging process, contributing to the development of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and COPD. The body produces antioxidants to help repair damaged cells. Smokers have lower levels of antioxidants in their blood than do nonsmokers. Smoking is associated with higher levels of chronic inflammation, another damaging process that may result in oxidative stress. Nicotine reaches the brain within 10 seconds after smoke is inhaled. It has been found in every part of the body and in breast milk.

Due to these facts, it is now known that cigarette smoking is deadly. An estimated 443, 000 deaths, or nearly one of every five years, each year has been noted in United States alone. It is more than the deaths caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides, and murders combined. Smoking causes an estimated 90% of all lung cancer deaths in men and 80% of all lung cancer deaths in women. An estimated 90% of all deaths from chronic obstructive lung disease are caused by smoking.

This is very bothering. That is just some of the diseases that one can get from cigarette smoking. Smoking can also increased heart heath risks, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease and cancer not to mention infertility, preterm delivery, stillbirth, low birth weight, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

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The Pad Property ManagementOur Property Management division manages over $250 million of investment property in Queensland. We offer specialist property management services in the areas of commercial and passive residential property management in Brisbane, Queensland.   Our Property Management Capability allow The Pad Property Management to manage units, houses, unit/townhouse developments, larger scale residential accommodation/developments with locations from the CBD to inner north, inner west, inner south and inner west portfolios broadening our market, in addition to offering a diversity of housing choice and broad pricing point to capture a larger market.

The Pad SalesOur sales team have over 15 years experience in the property industry with a strong commitment to results. We are experts in the residential property industry sector given our deep industry knowledge and understanding of the market. Some of our clients are now in the process of acquiring multiple investment properties and when coupled with our specialist Property Management team, our clients understand that their investment is well managed and will continue to derive a sustainable rental return in the future.

The Pad AdvisoryOur Advisory business provides a specialist service to our Group in the areas of Development Management, Property Finance, Feasibility and Financial Analysis and General Advisory. Our founder has over 15 years experience working as an Advisor in Property to both Corporate and Government having practiced as a senior property and tax lawyer with Freehills Lawyers in both Melbourne and Brisbane as well as head of Property Advisory at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Brisbane and head of Structured Transactions and Advisory Services for CB Richard Ellis, Brisbane. Damian brings a strong legal and financial background to the Group and professional approach to dealings with clients.