Posts by Team VIVA!

A new study by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital in Canada reveals the part of our brain responsible for the decisions we make. Released in the publication “Nature Communications”, researchers identified a region of the brain involved in planning and decision-making influences our decisions without our knowledge and independently of our rational…

Social media is a tool that has been increasingly adopted by healthcare professionals, pharmaceutical companies and patient associations. It has the power to create a strong, united community and creates an open line of communication for community action groups. Heavy regulation in the healthcare industry has, however, led to a lag in social media adaptation…

For many Australians, Christmas is the happiest time of year. For others however, Christmas can emphasise feelings of loneliness, which can in turn, lead to depression. According to Lifeline, deaths by suicide have reached a 10-year peak in Australia. Despite the increasing number of mental health services, programs and consciousness-raising initiatives, depression continues to be…

For years, cosmetic treatments promising a quick-fix   were hotly debated, but are nowadays considered the norm. No longer do we blink any eye at cosmetic injectable parties or online advertisements for  injectables, fillers and other cosmetic treatments that tend to pop up as frequently as clothing and fast-food ads. With cosmetic treatments increasingly skewed towards…