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Want to tell the future? Shake my hand!
When meeting someone for the first time, you shake hands. Perhaps as a standard greeting to minimise any social awkwardness, or maybe to seal a deal. According to researchers, the handshake may offer genuine insights into an individual’s future. Published in medical journal PLOS ONE, new research from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis…
Read More‘Love Your Lungs at 65 Years Young’ this Pneumonia Awareness Week
Almost two-in-three Australian seniors may be jeopardising their ‘golden years’ by not protecting against an often fatal lung infection, despite being at increased risk. Lung Foundation Australia’s ‘Love Your Lungs at 65 Years Young’ research reveals 94 per cent of Australians aged 65 to 74 do not recognise age as a risk factor for pneumonia,…
Read MoreDon’t let soccer fever turn into yellow fever
THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE USE They’re gearing up to play a doctors-only soccer competition in Brazil, but the football-mad team of medicos isn’t about to risk a yellow card for yellow fever. Teaming with Queensland travel health pioneer, ‘Dr Deb’, Brisbane, the Docceroos will be urging all Aussies heading to Brazil for the…
Read MoreHeightening epilepsy awareness today – Purple Day (March 26, 2014)
Today we are teaming with the Epilepsy Foundation to release new research coinciding with Purple Day – a global, awareness raising initiative for epilepsy. Already today, the Epilepsy Foundation has raised $100,000 for this worthy cause, and is still counting! New research released by the Epilepsy Foundation today reveals almost one-in-two Australian adults living with…
Read MoreJust a little healthy love
With today being Valentines Day, it’s hard not to think about love. Spending time with that special someone, maybe meeting someone new and falling head over heels (for the first time, or all over again) in L-O-V-E, or finally working up the courage to share your feelings with that person you’ve had a crush on…
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