Health Awareness
Michelle Bridges appointed Osteoporosis Australia’s Know Your Bones Ambassador
This week VIVA! Communications teamed with Osteoporosis Australia to announce the much-loved TV personality and health and wellness coach, Michelle Bridges, as the organisation’s national Know Your Bones Ambassador, to help raise awareness of risk factors for poor bone health and the evidence-based tool. Co-developed by Osteoporosis Australia and the Garvan Institute of Medical Research,…
Read MoreUnderstanding the impact of COVID-19 on Australians living with an eating disorder
Approximately one-in-20 Australians, and an estimated four to eight per cent of the Australian adult population, are living with an eating disorder. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve day by day, the InsideOut Institute for Eating Disorders has just launched an online survey to better understand how people living with an eating disorder are…
Read MoreMental health of Australians with asthma impacted by COVID-19
Early findings from a recent survey by Asthma Australia reveal 44 per cent of Australians with asthma experienced new or increasing symptoms of anxiety or depression during the COVID-19 pandemic, and one in four say the stress has been triggering their asthma. The findings, published in a report submitted to a Senate enquiry into the…
Read MoreImproving clinical standards for the screening, diagnosis & management of osteoporosis across APAC
The Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO), comprising 39 clinical experts from 19 countries and regions across Asia Pacific (APAC), and its proposed ‘Framework’ aims to drive, and facilitate benchmarking for the provision of quality osteoporosis care across the region. According to a co-authored APCO member and Chair viewpoint article published on Monday, June 22,…
Read MoreCEO of Epilepsy Action Australia slams “appalling” TikTok ‘seizure challenge’ trend
CEO of Epilepsy Action Australia, Carol Ireland, released a public statement yesterday, following a recent controversial viral trend on the video app TikTok, known as the “seizure challenge”. Ms Ireland commented she is “appalled that people are pretending to have seizures as if it’s a joke”. The latest challenge to have gone viral on TikTok,…
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