Health Research & Education
A mother’s renewed appeal to the government to save her young daughter’s life – July 31, 2015
On December 1, 2014, the small aHUS Australian community celebrated with the PBS listing of Soliris (eculizumab) through Section 100: Highly Specialised Drugs Program for those who meet certain criteria, and the earmarking of $63 million in treatment funding over the next four years. Since then, our celebrations have begun to sour, as aHUS patients currently accessing…
Read MoreHIV patient reportedly in remission more than a decade post- treatment – July 31, 2015
In what has been dubbed the “world’s first report of long-term remission from HIV in a child,” an 18-year old French woman is now in remission from HIV, despite ceasing anti-viral medicines 12 years ago, when six years of age. Born with HIV transmitted by her mother in 1996, she was placed on four anti-viral…
Read MoreSloppy data entry putting childcare benefits for vaccinated kids at risk – Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Simple data entry errors by GP practice staff may be compromising the integrity of Australian Childhood Immunisation Register, according to a recent audit performed by the Department of Human Services Although generally well-managed, with Register data accuracy rates nudging 98 per cent, clerical errors could be putting families who choose to vaccinate their children, at…
Read MoreAutism linked to pre-eclampsia
A US study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Paediatrics involving more than 1,000 children has revealed the development of autism in children is twice as likely when a mother has experienced pre-eclampsia during birth. Pre-eclampsia – a condition that only occurs in pregnancy – is typically characterised by high blood pressure…
Read MoreTeam VIVA! turns pink to raise funds for women’s cancer research – November 12, 2014
On October 26, 2014 Adore Yoga, a local yoga studio in Mosman near VIVA! Communications’ office, organised a very special yoga class to raise money for women’s cancer research. VIVA! donated to the cause and supported Adore Yoga’s second Pink Yoga event with a team in pink. The region’s largest yoga class saw Team VIVA!…
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