Posts by Team VIVA!
Don’t be bone idle – Experts launch assessment tool to help curb bone fractures – June 16, 2016
New figures reveal a bone break every 3.4 minutes due to poor bone health An Australian-first bone health self-assessment tool designed to help consumers understand their bone fracture risk, is now available to all adults, including the 7.5 million Australians living with brittle bones.1 The ‘Know Your Bones’ online tool – an inaugural Garvan Institute…
Read MoreLyndal, 44: Mother-to-three & accountant recovering from breast cancer, PERTH
In 2015, happily married mother-to-three and accountant, Lyndal, 44, Perth, was diagnosed with stage II breast cancer. Two-and-a-half years prior to her diagnosis, Lyndal discovered a lump in her breast. After undergoing an immediate mammogram and an ultrasound performed at a breast clinic, she was assured there was no cause for alarm. So Lyndal continued…
Read MoreBelinda, 40: Forensic scientist, keen cyclist & CIA trial patient recovering from breast cancer, PERTH
The life of happily married forensic scientist and avid cyclist, Belinda, 40, Perth was turned upside down when she received a diagnosis of stage two breast cancer on October 13, 2015. The self-described “stoic, upbeat, positive person” initially noticed a distortion of her left breast in September, 2015 while rehabilitating from a shoulder injury. She…
Read MoreStephanie, 42, Pneumonia takes heavy toll on marketer & mother-of-two, SYDNEY
In July 2013, having just started a new role, then 39-year-old Sydney-based professional marketeer and mother-of-two, Stephanie, took ill. Plagued by a productive cough, fever and overwhelming exhaustion for weeks on end, Stephanie dangerously chose to soldier-on. Until one day, when she pulled up to the curb to collect her children from school, stepped out…
Read MoreLizzy, 32, Occupational therapist who survived a serious episode of pneumonia, COFFS HARBOUR
In 2012, while completing her final year of study to become an Occupational Therapist at Plymouth University, UK, Elizabeth, then 28, contracted Swine flu, which soon developed into a severe episode of pneumonia. Elizabeth became unwell after attending a New Year’s Eve party, and spent the first week of January, 2012, coughing severely and vomiting.…
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