Posts by VIVA! Communications
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Today concludes Lung Cancer Awareness Month, a month dedicated to shining a light on Australia’s leading cause of cancer death. An estimated 13,250 Australians will be diagnosed with lung cancer this year and sadly, more than 8,600 will lose their life to the disease. The stigma around lung cancer, coupled with the devastating symptoms and…
Read MoreCurbing preventable disease with ‘SunSmart’ campaign marking National Skin Cancer Action Week
Cancer Council Australia and the Australasian College of Dermatologists have joined forces once again this year to celebrate National Skin Cancer Action Week (November 15 – 21), reinforcing the importance of being ‘SunSmart’ through sun protective measures and behavioural change. Having for many years supported the Australasian College of Dermatologists, the NSW Cancer Council, various…
Read MoreSaving lives and restoring hope – bringing eating disorders out of the Shadows
The ‘End Eating Disorders’ podcast has today (2 November 2020) launched. “There is always hope” – that’s the simple message for eating disorder sufferers at the heart of a brand new podcast, End Eating Disorders, hosted by Sunshine Coast-based Millie Thomas, who battled Anorexia Nervosa for 15 years and is now a certified Eating Disorder…
Read MoreCelebrating World Osteoporosis Day today
Did you know that globally, up to one-in-two women and one-in-five men aged 50 years and over will sustain an osteoporotic fracture during their remaining lifetime? Furthermore, by 2050, half of all hip-fractures globally are projected to occur in Asia Pacific (APAC) – the world’s most densely populated and fastest ageing region. Today (Tuesday, October…
Read MoreProstate Cancer Awareness Month
With over 16,700 new cases of prostate cancer every year, it is Australia’s most commonly diagnosed men’s cancer. Tragically, the disease claims the lives of more than 3,300 men each year. September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and Aussies are being invited to participate in ‘The Long Run’ – running, walking or wheeling 72km throughout…
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