Posts by Team VIVA!
Are you living with “Tech neck”? A 21st century health phenomenon – December 2, 2015
Do you spend hours each day, wedded to your computer? Are you guilty of spending most of the day slouched over, texting on your phone? Do you have neck pain that won’t subside? Despite all of its merits, our obsession with technology is damaging our health. ‘Tech neck’ or ‘text neck’ is caused by the…
Read More$1 million granted to research a solution to break Australia’s growing ice addiction – December 1, 2015
In a bid to tackle the growing public health issue of amphetamine addiction, The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has awarded more than $1 million to conduct the nation’s largest clinical trial of medical treatment for “ice” addiction to date. The urgency of this research stems from what has been described this year, as an ice…
Read MoreAndrea, 51 – Active mother-to-one & breast cancer survivor
Happily married mother to an adolescent daughter, Andrea, 51, Melbourne, leads a healthy lifestyle, playing netball, coaching basketball, and dragon boat racing with 20 fellow team paddlers. Her lifestyle nowadays however, is a far cry from 12 years ago, when she was living in Toronto, Canada, with her husband and four year old daughter, when…
Read MorePrioritising 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…
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