Health Awareness
AUS researchers seeking 3,500+ volunteers for world’s largest eating disorders genetics investigation
Study to pinpoint genes influencing risk of developing eating disorders Australian researchers are seeking more than 3,500 volunteers with first-hand experience of eating disorders to enrol in the local arm of the world’s largest ever genetic investigation into the complex, devastating illnesses. The ground-breaking Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative (EDGI) aims to identify hundreds of…
Read MoreChildhood Cancer Awareness Month
Every year, more than 950 Australian children and adolescents are diagnosed with cancer, with one third of those affected aged 0-4 years. Tragically, three of these children lose their lives to cancer every week. September is International Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, which works to raise awareness of the need for improved diagnosis and treatment for…
Read MoreR U OK? Day
Today (Thursday, September 10) marks the annual nationwide R U OK? Day and raising awareness of the importance of mental health is something very close to our hearts here at VIVA!. As well as working with countless clients in this space over the years, recently we made sure we were one of the first signatories…
Read MoreMichelle 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…
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