Posts by VIVA! Communications
New heart-health app revealed
A revolutionary new app that gives a “heart health check” in 60 seconds using only a smart phone camera could ultimately replace the currently used echocardiography, according to a new paper published recently. By holding the phone up against a patient’s neck for one minute, the technology measures the tiny amount of displacement in the…
Read MoreVisiting GLOBALHealthPR HQ
VIVA! Communications’ Junior Account Manager, John Wanna, visited GLOBALHealthPR HQ – the world’s largest, independent health and science communications agency partnership, which we represent exclusively in Australia – and our American partner, Spectrum, in New York on August 22, 2017. Upon approaching the GHPR office, located close to the World Trade Centre, John was impressed…
Read MoreHow morning sickness feels!
Disclaimer – The author of this piece is male – he does not know what morning sickness feels like, but his wife does. This is his attempt to understand more. Pregnancy can be one of the most exciting times in the life of a pending new parent. As a male, you observe and work to…
Read MoreChannel 10’s The Bachelor championing Australia’s mental health
Life’s not all a bed of roses for the host of Channel 10’s The Bachelor. The Bachelor host and member of Brisbane’s HIT 105 breakfast radio team, Osher Günsberg, has been battling mental illness for many years now. In 2006, at his colleague’s insistence, he sought professional help for his anxiety. He was subsequently diagnosed…
Read MoreCracking the genetic code of clinical depression
The Australian arm to a huge international study into the genetics of depression is on its way to recruiting 20,000 participants to try to crack the genetic code to depression. The interim data released today has shown that more than two-thirds of Australian study participants have tried at least two antidepressants to treat their clinical…
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