Health and wellbeing blogger Leanne Philpott looks at all the reasons to love your lungs...
The lungs are the largest organ in the body and play a vital role in keeping the body healthy. In a single day we take between 20,000 and 30,000 breaths and it is these breaths of air that give the body the oxygen it needs to remain healthy and functioning well.
By lphilpott on 22/05/2013
Managing your health has never been easier with the new breed of apps designed to help patients keep on top of their meds, self-manage better than ever before and live a generally healthier life, writes Leanne Philpott
By lphilpott on 15/05/2013
Make lifestyle changes, reduce cancer risk
Simple lifestyle changes can help us reduce some of the risk of developing cancer: but some preventive measures are better-known than others. Most Australians are now aware that not smoking and reducing their UV exposure can help, but they may not be aware of other messages around diet, exercise and alcohol consumption.
By mhaggan on 13/05/2013
Too shy for Pap tests?
Pap tests to screen for cervical cancer are one of the most effective cancer prevention programs – yet nearly half of Australian women aged 20 to 69 don’t have their 2-yearly test. And 90% of women who are diagnosed with cervical cancer haven’t had the potentially lifesaving test.
By mhaggan on 10/05/2013
Australians want prostate drug on PBS
An overwhelming majority of Australians (81%) believe the government should act without delay to add a new prostate cancer medicine to the PBS, according to a national poll conducted by Galaxy Research.
The research was supported by Janssen Australia.
By jdoyle on 06/05/2013
Brain cancer: lethal yet understudied
Brain cancer is one of the most lethal, yet under-studied of all cancers – and can have a terrible impact on sufferers and their loved ones.
By mhaggan on 03/05/2013
Recipe: spicy popcorn
TV presenter and food writer Alana Lowes has joined the country’s biggest tea party as a national ambassador: helping Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea celebrate 20 years this May.
The Morning Tea attracts more than a million people each year to help raise funds for research into and awareness of cancer. Over the past 2 decades, it’s raised $110 million.
By mhaggan on 01/05/2013
My cancer, my voice
Bowel Cancer Australia is calling on health care workers to alert their bowel cancer patients to the ‘My cancer, my voice’ survey, which aims to better understand the specific experiences of people with bowel cancer and the effect the condition has on them.
By mhaggan on 23/04/2013
Ban solariums, says Cancer Council Queensland
Major misconceptions following the introduction of new regulations have renewed Cancer Council Queensland’s call for a statewide ban on solariums.
A national survey, featured in the Medical Journal of Australia, has revealed both adults and adolescents consider solariums safer under new legislation.
By mhaggan on 15/04/2013
We're in diabetes denial, report shows
More than two-thirds of Australians say they’re in excellent health: yet we have one of the highest rates of obesity among developed countries and 280 of us develop diabetes every day.
By mhaggan on 28/03/2013
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