Health Industry News
Mental Health Week helping Australians ‘unfriend’ anxiety
As part of Mental Health Week (October 6-13, 2013), Australians are being asked to unfriend anxiety. Three million Australians are living with depression or anxiety. In fact, one-in-four of us experience anxiety. Research shows the number of Australian adults who report experiencing anxiety, has grown almost 40 per cent in the past four years. Anxiety…
Read MoreCorin Australia and Optimized Ortho enter exclusive partnership
An Australian-owned medical technology company and a global manufacturer and supplier of orthopaedic implants have just entered into an exclusive partnership for their total hip replacement products in Australia and New Zealand. The Australian-based Optimized Ortho and UK-founded Corin launched their innovative delivery platform for hip replacement products at the Australian Orthopaedic Association’s Annual Scientific…
Read More‘Look, but don’t touch’ urges Queensland rabies expert
A leading travel-health pioneer will issue Queenslanders with a public health warning today (Saturday, September 28) about the risks associated with a disease that kills an estimated 55,000 people each year. Dr Deborah Mills, known as ‘Dr Deb’ by her patients, is a highly respected authority on the prevention and treatment of rabies and the…
Read MoreHearing forum tackling ongoing stigma of hearing aids
A leading audiologist will address the stigma associated with using hearing aids and the damaging effects of ‘binge listening’ during a free ‘Expert Hearing’ Tweet Chat next Wednesday, October 2 from 1-2pm AEST. One-in-six (3.5 million) Australians are hearing impaired or deaf, while only one-in-five adults living with hearing loss wear hearing aids. Hearing aids…
Read More‘Look, but don’t touch’ urges Queensland rabies expert
Leading travel health pioneer will issue Queenslanders with a public health warning this Saturday, September 28 (World Rabies Day) about the risks associated with a disease that kills an estimated 55,000 people each year. This life-threatening virus, first discovered in Australian flying foxes (commonly known as ‘fruit bats’) in 1996, is responsible for three Australian…
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