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Hey man, take charge of your health

Posted: 18 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: 18 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: 18 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: 24 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: 24 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: 24 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.

Osteopaths call for back pain support to be national priority

Posted: 11 May, 2009

The Australian Osteopathic Association (AOA) has supported calls for the Australian government to list back pain as a national health priority area in Australian, after the publication of an article in the Medical Journal of Australia.

Beware of fraudulent swine flu products

Posted: 11 May, 2009

The Complementary Healthcare Council and the Australian Self Medication Industry are warning consumers to stay away from complementary medicines or medications that claim to treat or prevent swine flu.

Don’t give up on cancer screening now

Posted: 11 May, 2009

Australians must remember that screening remains vital in the fight against bowel cancer says the country’s peak professional body for gastroenterologists.

Dementia: early detection is key

Posted: 11 May, 2009

The leader of dementia research in CSIRO’s Preventative Health National Research Flagship, Dr Cassandra Szoeke, says a new report highlights the challenge the nation faces with the number dementia sufferers predicted to double to 465,000 by 2030.

Kidney cancer drug: New Government subsidy

Posted: 03 May, 2009

Hundreds of patients being treated for renal cell carcinoma – a major form of kidney cancer – will benefit from Government-subsidised access to sunitinib (Sutent®) under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme from today.

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