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Could winning a battle with alcohol be helped by eating your greens and walking more? A national QUT study is […]
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Use of palliative care medicine services increasing with expenditure up by 80%
Over the past 5 years, Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) payments for all palliative medicine specialist services increased by almost 80%. […]
Workplace drinking program a stone cold success
A Flinders University program tackling the impact of drinking on Victorian workplaces has reduced incidences of binge drinking and coming […]
Poor sleep: sorting fact from fiction
Purveyors of sleep-inducing gadgets, therapies and pharmaceuticals have convinced a lot of us that we’re sleep-deprived insomniacs who need help […]
How robotic surgery and imaging are advancing healthcare
New facilities unveiled at the Institute of Academic Surgery put Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and the University of Sydney at […]
Government’s subsidised dental care plan
The University of Sydney’s Dean of Dentistry, Professor Chris Peck has cautiously welcomed the federal government’s plan to spend $5 […]
Cervical cancer screening saving lives
Nearly 6 in 10 women continue to participate in cervical screening programs in Australia, according to a report released today […]
Gender differences in mental health policy
Women experience higher rates of depression, anxiety and eating disorders than men but constantly fall through gaps in the health […]
Science on the move for health
Medical researchers have confirmed that by taking an additional 3,500 steps and spending an extra 45 minutes on the move […]
Australia making no progress to prevent obesity, alcohol harm
Australia’s investment in life-saving health promotion programs now lags well behind many other comparable Western countries, public health experts say. […]
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