Posts by Team VIVA!
Prioritising patients over profits – Australia’s first ‘for-benefit’ pharmaceutical company directing 100% of profits to patient support & medical research November 25, 2015
Today’s launch of the nation’s first ‘for-benefit’ pharmaceutical company will see 100 per cent of profits injected into local breast cancer patient support and medical research organisations. For Benefit Medicines’ (FBM) – an innovative social enterprise set to challenge the conventional for-profit pharmaceutical model – will distribute ALL profits from the sale of its two…
Read MoreKate – Mother & breast cancer survivor approaching retirement, MELBOURNE
Mother-to-three adult children, wife of 31 years, and former Program Manager at Cancer Council Victoria, Kate, Melbourne, was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer in June, 2008, and received treatment for the ensuing nine months. Despite attending annual routine mammograms for years, Kate missed one scheduled appointment, and a year later, was diagnosed with breast…
Read MoreElizabeth – 32 Mother, TV staffer & healthy lifestyle advocate, SYDNEY
In August, 2010, when 30 weeks pregnant, Elizabeth, then 26, was preparing to take a shower, when she brushed her thumb nail against an odd shaped lump in her breast. Not wishing to complicate her pregnancy, Elizabeth chose to delay mention of the lump to her doctor until after the birth of her son. When visiting…
Read MoreDoctors cite ‘post-antibiotic era’ has arrived with growing antibiotic resistance – November 23, 2015
Doctors are citing the ‘post-antibiotic era’ has arrived and that we’re not adequately prepared. Doctors have identified bacteria that can ‘shrug off’ colistin – the medication most commonly used as a last resort (when all other therapies have failed) for infections and disease in the human body. The threat has recently emerged after colistin was…
Read MoreKids Smart rescuing Aussie mums from formula shortage – November 12, 2015
As high quality, Australian-made, infant and toddler formula continues to fly off retail shelves, Australia’s market leading children’s supplement brand*, Kids Smart, is coming to the rescue. Today’s launch of Kids Smart Infant Formula and Toddler Milk, available exclusively to Chemist Warehouse nation-wide, should help curb the spiralling Chinese and local demand for trusted, home-grown…
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