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Record attendance expected at health conference as natural health grows

Posted: 01 Jul, 2009

More than 550 healthcare professionals, naturopaths, massage & beauty therapists, pharmacists and health food retailers have already registered from around Australia, New Zealand, Japan and India to attend Australia’s largest Natural Health event - the Natural Health Conference and Expo, which will take place from 2-4 September 2009 at the AJC Convention Centre, Randwick, Sydney.

Putting dementia on the radar

Posted: 01 Jul, 2009

The projected doubling in the number of Australians who will have dementia by 2030 will have an unprecedented impact on the health system if governments don’t take immediate action, warns Alzheimer’s Australia CEO, Glenn Rees.

More supported needed for obesity, smoking and alcohol problems

Posted: 01 Jul, 2009

The AMA has written to Federal MPs and Senators urging them to support a number of key policy measures to reduce preventable health problems linked to excessive alcohol use, obesity and smoking.

Help prevent global antibiotic resistance

Posted: 01 Jul, 2009

It is that time of year again when it seems everyone around you has a cough or cold. While many people go to see their GP expecting to be prescribed antibiotics, the National Prescribing Service Ltd (NPS) urges people to try other remedies first.

Research proves Tai Chi benefits for arthritis

Posted: 19 Jun, 2009

A new study by The George Institute for International Health has found Tai Chi to have positive health benefits for musculoskeletal pain.

Hey man, take charge of your health

Posted: 19 Jun, 2009

AMA Queensland is urging all Queensland men to take greater care of their health and so reduce their chance of developing potentially preventable disease.

Face mask that kills swine flu readied for Australian pandemic

Posted: 19 Jun, 2009

With a four-fold increase in swine flu cases within the last week, Filligent, the Australian-led biotech company, is mobilising stocks of its anti-infective BioMask to help combat the spread of Influenza A (H1N1) across Australia.

Liver disease “shrunk” by blood-pressure drug

Posted: 19 Jun, 2009

A blood-pressure medicine has been shown to reverse the effects of early-stage liver failure in some patients.

Smoking cravings are down

Posted: 25 May, 2009

As millions of dollars continue to be spent on anti-smoking advertising, an Australian study has been the first to identify that anti-smoking advertisements reduce tobacco cravings in smokers but are not enough to make them quit

Child deaths drop sharply

Posted: 25 May, 2009

Deaths of children aged under five years have dropped by 27% globally since 1990, according to the latest World Health Organization (WHO) estimates.

Boost for hearing problems

Posted: 25 May, 2009

State-of-the art laboratories opened recently in Melbourne by Innovation Minister, Senator Kim Carr, will enhance Australia’s on-going world-leading research into preventing and treating hearing loss.

Time for action on Australia’s growing weight problem

Posted: 17 May, 2009

The nation’s largest independent disease prevention groups have called for immediate and serious action to control Australia’s growing weight problem following the release of new data showing 62% of Australians adults are now overweight or obese.

Reducing life expectancy problems in Australia

Posted: 17 May, 2009

Launched worldwide in Canberra, Australia, IBERA – Indigenous Body Education Resource Animations, is an innovative tool designed for Indigenous Australians, which aims to help ‘close the gap’ between Indigenous and non-Indigenous life expectancy rates in Australia.

Closing the regional gap a highlight of Rudd cancer plan

Posted: 17 May, 2009

The gap in cancer care outcomes between rural and metropolitan Australia should begin to close significantly thanks to $560 million in the 2009-10 Budget to build a network of regional cancer centres.

Fred Follows Foundation has best ever year

Posted: 17 May, 2009

The Fred Hollows Foundation has released its results for 2008, with a record 176,472 people receiving sight-saving eye operations and treatments and over 1.3 million patients being screened in 18 countries worldwide.