The Preventative Health Journal - Australia & New Zealand

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• Researchers and dads team up against obesity
  Hunter researchers and Dads will team up against obesity in a new research partnership between the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) and Coal and Allied.
• Pregnant women falling short on nutrition
  Pregnant women are skimping on fruit and vegetables and gaining too much weight, according to a new Australian study.
• Bone density tests crucial for menopausal women
  One of Australia’s leading osteoporosis experts has called on the Federal Government to provide free bone density tests to menopausal women in a bid to save taxpayers millions of dollars …
• Existing health care falling short
  Good health is about thriving; not just surviving says Dr Martin Harvey. He says much of today’s healthcare is focused on treatment of symptoms when equal priority should be given …
• Need to boost chronic disease prevention
  The nation’s largest independent disease prevention groups have called on the government to implement a comprehensive national obesity strategy following the release of a new study showing that obesity and …
• Osteoporosis drugs could unintentionally be risking lives
  A drug commonly used to treat osteoporosis sufferers could be putting users at risk of potentially life-threatening conditions such as blood clots and strokes.
• Herbal remedies scare report: let’s get the facts straight
  Setting the record straight on the recent scare report on herbal medicines by a South Australian academic, the Complementary HealthCare Council of Australia (CHC) said that much of the report …
• Benefits of gastric banding for severely obese teens
  Severely obese adolescents can benefit significantly from laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB), according to a landmark Australian study published in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
• New project to aid disease protection and diagnosis
  CSIRO has launched a new collaborative research cluster in Melbourne focused on establishing a ‘biobank’ of blood samples to be used in advancing research into the prediction and early diagnosis …
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