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A smokefree future

Posted: 01 Feb, 2010

An ambitious new strategy in the UK aims to halve the number of smokers from 21 to 10 per cent of the population by 2020, Secretary of State for Health Andy Burnham has announced.

SA kids have great teeth

Posted: 01 Feb, 2010

Health Minister John Hill has welcomed a report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare showing that South Australian children have the lowest rates of dental decay in Australia and dental health that’s amongst the best in the world.

Pilot study finds regular brain exercises key to healthy ageing

Posted: 25 Jan, 2010

Just two hours of brain exercises a week can markedly improve a person’s mental capacity and help fight age-related memory loss according to a recent study by Alzheimer’s Australia WA.

Febfast challenges Australians to give up alcohol for a month

Posted: 25 Jan, 2010

Around the nation, hundreds of Australians are getting ready to give up alcohol for the month of February as part of the FebFast challenge.

Fast food advertising proves self-regulation is a charade

Posted: 25 Jan, 2010

A major fast food outlet is making a mockery of self-regulation, flouting a recent ruling by the Advertising Standards Board (ASB) and continuing to broadcast ads for an unsuitable children’s meal, according to a coalition of peak health bodies.

New hope for preventing sight loss

Posted: 25 Jan, 2010

The cutting edge science of how vision works and how we may be able to prevent, repair or restore lost sight in future will be explored at an international scientific meeting in Sydney.

11 day course in hypnotherapy

Posted: 18 Jan, 2010

The Alistair Horscroft Mind Institute is offering tickets for a 11 day course that teaches you how to become a Clinical Hypnotherapist,  an NLP practitioner and a Past Life Regression therapist.

Nintendo Wii could prevent elderly falls

Posted: 18 Jan, 2010

The Nintendo Wii Balance Board could be a far cheaper alternative than professional diagnostic tests for clinicians to prevent falls in the elderly and those with neurological conditions such as stroke and Parkinson’s disease, a new study reveals.

$50,000 grant to assist diabetes research project

Posted: 17 Jan, 2010

A research project into exercise as a treatment for diabetes is one of two University of Canberra projects awarded ACT Government grants totalling $90,000.

Take 10 steps to weight loss success In 2010

Posted: 16 Jan, 2010

Forget the fads and ‘Take 10’ small steps to weight loss success – that is the message from dietitians to the thousands of Australians who will make losing weight their goal in 2010.

Research breakthrough on body’s immune system

Posted: 16 Dec, 2009

New research by the University of Adelaide could help explain why some people are more prone to Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis and other autoimmune diseases.

Tobacco tax and bowel screening should be 2010-11 budget priorities

Posted: 16 Dec, 2009

Increased tobacco tax and an expanded bowel cancer screening program should be priorities for the 2010-11 federal budget if the Rudd Government is to back its moves towards healthcare reform with decisive action, Cancer Council Australia has said.

Reducing carbon can improve health

Posted: 09 Dec, 2009

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) has called for the introduction of comprehensive policies to address climate change following the release of a series of six papers in The Lancet demonstrating that policies to tackle climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions can substantially improve health at the same time.

A Christmas gift alternative that will change lives

Posted: 09 Dec, 2009

The Fred Hollows Foundation has launched its Christmas Gift of Sight campaign which enables people to purchase a special gift card for their loved ones that will help save sight in the developing world.

Cutting hospital deaths by preventing blood clots

Posted: 09 Dec, 2009

Australians at risk of potentially fatal blood clots will benefit from NHMRC’s new Australian Guideline for the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE).

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