A statistically significant decline in breast cancer rates amongst Australian women aged over 50 years has been linked to a decrease in the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), according to new … [Read more...]
Quit smoking medicine: new study notes more side effects
National Prescribing Service Limited (NPS) advises people with questions about the quit-smoking drug varenicline (marketed in Australia as Champix) to contact their doctor or pharmacist for … [Read more...]
Medicines and money: saving the family budget without compromising your health
Medicines can ‘swallow up’ a substantial chunk of the family budget … but the Autumn 2008 edition of MedicinesTalk explains simple ways to reduce spending on medicines without compromising your … [Read more...]
Shape Up With Olympic Athlete Kelly Sotherton
Oh no! Summer is almost upon you in the Northern Hemisphere and that means only one thing; running down the gym and tying yourself to the treadmill in a desperate attempt to fit into ‘that bikini’. … [Read more...]
Understanding Medical Research: A guide for participants
What is medical research? Medical research studies help us to provide information on health or disease, to learn how our bodies work, why we become ill, and what we can do to get and stay well. … [Read more...]
Why women need to participate more in medical research
Women are seriously under-represented in many areas of medical research studies, say researchers at the Jean Hailes Foundation for Women’s Health ahead of International Clinical Trials day … [Read more...]
What Women Really Think About Cosmetic Surgery, Body Image and Flaunting
According to a survey conducted for leading publication HealthSmart, one in two Australia women are open to having breast cosmetic surgery, and a similar proportion believe there’s a “time and place” … [Read more...]
Hormone Replacement Therapy
New international guidelines prove safety for women under 60 Hormone replacement therapy is a substitute for the oestrogen that the body has stopped producing. In this way it helps to reduce the … [Read more...]
Aussie Kids to Claim New Guiness World Record
On Friday, 10 May 2008 tens of thousands of Aussie kids around the country skipped as one to celebrate the 25th birthday of Heart Foundation Jump Rope for Heart in an attempt to break the Guinness … [Read more...]
Aussie Kids Skipping Towards a World Record
Heart Foundation Jump Rope for Heart is turning 25! To celebrate this milestone, Heart Foundation and Cartoon Network have invited school children across Australia to take part in a mass skipping … [Read more...]
Heart felt plea to midlife women: know your heart numbers
With cardiovascular disease (including heart disease and stroke) a leading cause of death for women and men, the Jean Hailes Foundation for Women’s Health is urging women to check their heart risk and … [Read more...]
AMA Position on Obesity
The Australian Medical Association today called on the food industry to take more responsibility in curbing Australia’s obesity epidemic. AMA President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, said governments should … [Read more...]
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
Monday, 28 April 2008 is World Day for Safety and Health at Work, an international campaign to promote safe, healthy, and decent work. This year, as in previous years, tripartite events will be taking … [Read more...]
Go red on Friday 13 June to support Heart Foundation ‘Go Red for Women Day’
The Heart Foundation will be turning black Friday red on 13 June 2008 with special Go Red for Women events across Australia. Heart disease is the number one killer of Australian women - a fact that … [Read more...]
Women delay perinatal depression help, to avoid medicines
About one in three women experience postnatal depression. Fifteen percent have more severe symptoms which can negatively affect the baby and lead to chronic depression, marital difficulties and … [Read more...]
Milk takes the pressure down
Drinking milk may help women lower their risk of developing high blood pressure. New research, published in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension, showed that women who consumed more … [Read more...]
New research reveals fatigue is causing havoc to women’s social and sex lives
Newspoll research* released today reveals a ‘fatigue phenomenon’ which is hitting women hard, interfering with their sex and social lives and is also making them clumsy, angry and impatient. Yet … [Read more...]
An apple a day really does keep the doctor away
A new health report released today advises us to get back to basics by eating an apple a day because, according to the science, they really can keep the doctor away. The Apple Report, a comprehensive … [Read more...]
Health and environmental concerns for women using conventional feminine hygiene products
Non-organic cotton is the most pesticide intensive crop on the planet. Pesticides are believed to be responsible for some of the more persistent dioxins in the environment and in recent years, the … [Read more...]
Shape-UpTips for mature women
Mature women today want more out their life, and they need the energy to keep going. Curves has been dedicated to studying women’s fitness for the past 10 years and their members report they feel … [Read more...]
Standards of Cystic Fibrosis Care Guidelines launched – a first for Australia
Australians living with the life-threatening condition, Cystic Fibrosis (CF), have reason to celebrate today with the launch of the Standards of Cystic Fibrosis Care Guidelines. The launch of the … [Read more...]
Warning against using cough and cold treatments on children under two
Cough and cold medicines formulated for children under 2 are being pulled from pharmacy shelves in the United Kingdom amid fears of accidental overdose. Responding to guidance issued by the … [Read more...]
New research reveals women avoid GPs more than men
When it comes to being healthy, it seems Australians are all talk and no action and women actually avoid GPs more than men. The secret’s out - Australian men are not as macho as they think they are. … [Read more...]
Defy the whims of fate: plan ahead with free booklet
When Kerrie’s husband was severely brain damaged after being hit by a car she thought her nightmare couldn’t get any worse. But it did – all because of the lack of a signature on a piece of … [Read more...]
Young Australians more likely to consume fibre optics than fibre-rich foods
Australian teenagers are ‘uptight’, ‘up and down’ and ‘out to the wrong lunch’, according to new research that exposes a massive shortfall in the consumption of foods required to prevent constipation, … [Read more...]
Push to raise the legal drinking age
The Rudd Government is moving to raise the legal drinking age to 21 in an effort to curb binge drinking among Australia's youth. Researchers, close to the issue such as Professor Jon Currie, director … [Read more...]
New research links fish oil with early recovery from psychosis
New ground breaking research in Australia shows a daily dose of fish oil will speed up the recovery rate of patients who have recently developed a psychotic illness by around 25 per cent. The study … [Read more...]
Parents push to end junk food generation
Australian parents are joining childhood obesity experts in urging the Federal government to support an international code on the marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages to children to be formally … [Read more...]
Leading childhood obesity expert calls for ban on junk food advertising
A leading childhood obesity expert is calling on federal, state and local governments to take steps to restrict the marketing of unhealthy food and drinks to children. Louise Baur, Professor of the … [Read more...]
A Chief Nurse for Australia
The Australian Government will establish a new position of Commonwealth Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer (CNMO) in recognition of the vital role nurses play in our health system. The CNMO will be a … [Read more...]
24 Hour Unplanned Pregnancy and Sexual Health Hotline
Marie Stopes International have launched a 24 hour hotline to provide Australians with free advice and support for unplanned pregnancy and sexual health issues. “When women are faced with an … [Read more...]
Aussie kids consume too much salt
The amount of salt being consumed by Australian children tops the agenda for International Salt Awareness Week. Research suggests Aussie kids consume over twice the recommended daily allowance of … [Read more...]
Young girls are dying to be thin
According to a report by Sydney's Daily Telegraph, girls as young as 8 are being admitted to hospital for eating disorders. More than 1000 girls under the age of 14 suffer from an eating disorder in … [Read more...]
New Treatment for Smokers but will it work?
I have a confession to make--I'm a smoker and have been for the past 18 years. I want to quit and have tried to kick the habit many times, but find the physical and psychological withdrawal … [Read more...]
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