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Australia’s first ever Preventive Health Agency will soon be established following the passage of important legislation in the House of Representatives.
Dr. Alan Brast, a medical trauma psychologist and medical hypnotherapist from San Francisco, will host a day event in Sydney where he will share his experiences and techniques on helping people who have suffered from cancer, abuse, PTS, trauma, rape, depression, insomnia and suicide.
CSIRO scientists in Adelaide are undertaking a study to test simple strategies to help parents get their kids off the couch and provide them with healthier foods.
New resources aimed at increasing awareness and diagnoses of osteoporosis in Australian men were launched today to mark World Osteoporosis Day.
Methods used for analysing a person’s risk of cardiovascular diseases are shedding new light on assessing and modifying a person’s risk of depression, according to a study from The Australian National
University.
The Save the Children report released earlier this week shows Indigenous children are three times more likely to die before their fifth birthday than non-Indigenous children.
The Rudd Government will provide $21 million for the first ever nationwide Partnership for Better Health Grants.
One in five Australians suffer from foot pain and a disproportionate number of men between 20-34 years suffer from untreated discomfort.
The KidsMatter Primary initiative, which aims to promote mental health, prevent mental illness and initiate early intervention where necessary among primary school students, is being funded with $12.2 million so that its initial pilot roll-out at 101 schools can be extende
After 3,000 years of mystery, the secrets of acupuncture have been unlocked by Curtin University of Technology researchers, according to Morry Silberstein.
Philips has launched a new Sleep Therapy System to treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Using intelligent technology, this new system simplifies patient management by monitoring patients and recognising when therapy needs are changing, while offering sophisticated comfort enhancements.
Advances in medical image processing may hold the key to helping scientists from Queensland University of Technology improve the diagnosis and treatment of osteoarthritis.
In an encouraging development, an investigational vaccine regimen has been shown to be well-tolerated and to have a modest effect in preventing HIV infection in a clinical trial involving more than 16,000 adult participants in Thailand.
A new book has been launched to provide practical, easy to understand information on nutrition and activity that is relevant to Australian parents and children from toddlers to teenagers.
In an Australian first, leading experts and organisations have agreed a position statement on screening for ovarian cancer, Australia’s leading cause of death from gynaecological malignancy.
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