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Birthday season at VIVA!
For most people around the world, the modern tradition of birthday celebrations involves a party with family and friends, gifts, cards and blowing candles out on a cake while everyone sings “Happy Birthday!” to you. But why? Have you ever thought where the custom of celebrating birthdays comes from? Although the exact origin hasn’t been formally…
Read MoreImmunise Australia Budget package designed to keep kids vaccinations up-to-date – June 9, 2015
The Federal Government’s $26 million Immunise Australia Budget package aims to ensure busy parents in local areas keep their children’s vaccinations up to date and to dispel immunisation myths. Local immunisation providers, such as GPs, will be given an incentive to identify children in their practice who are overdue for vaccinations to ensure their immunisations…
Read More“My mother told me” – in celebration of our Mum’s today – May 10, 2015
Today is Mother’s Day (Sunday, May 10) – a truly special day of the year during which we celebrate everything wonderful about our Mum’s. To mark this occasion, Team VIVA! has chosen to share some influential words of wisdom from our Mum’s. Read on to learn how our Mum’s have shaped the people who we…
Read MoreNew research reveals a tuberculosis treatment may hold the key to overcoming phobias – May 5, 2015
Researchers from Macquarie University, Sydney may have uncovered an interesting new use for tuberculosis treatment, D-cycloserine. Further to antibiotic activity in treating tuberculosis, D-cycloserine partially attaches to nerve cell receptors responsible for nerve conduction strength and memory, and as a result, can enhance learning and memory processes. In the research study, it was administered to…
Read MoreShort people potentially at-risk of coronary heart disease – May 1, 2015
The shorter you are, the higher your risk could be for developing coronary heart disease, according to a new study coordinated by the University of Leicester. Researchers found every 6.35 centimetres of change in height could affect your risk of coronary heart disease by up to 13.5 per cent. They compared a 167cm person to…
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