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Lend your support to The World’s Greatest Shave
The World’s Greatest Shave, supporting blood cancer, will be held next week between March 12-to-15, 2015. It’s not too late to participate and there are various ways you can support the initiative, whether by attending an event, donating to a host, or taking on the challenge by shaving your head! According to the Leukaemia Foundation,…
Read MoreBowel Cancer research to receive $8.9 million boost
Claiming the lives of 3,980 Australians each year, bowel cancer is Australia’s second leading cause of cancer deaths. To help combat bowel cancer, national charity, Bowel Cancer Australia has pledged AUD$5.9 million towards establishing a professional Chair in bowel cancer research at the University of Sydney. In addition to Bowel Cancer Australia’s donation, external sources…
Read MoreNeedle-free vaccines on the horizon
If needles send a chill down your spine, there could be some good news ahead. This year, Australian researchers will commence adult trials to deliver vaccines through a tiny skin patch known as the “Nanopatch.” British researchers are working on a sugar pill delivery method utilising vaccines dried in sugar that are shaped into a…
Read MoreToo much sleep could increase stroke risk
A new study published in medical journal, Neurology on February 25, 2015 conducted by scientists at the University of Cambridge has linked too much sleep with an increased risk of stroke. The study found that for people who sleep more than eight hours per day the risk of stroke increases by up to four times,…
Read MoreAnxiety – a treatable mental health illness
A study by leading mental health charity, BeyondBlue, found one-in-four Australians mistakenly perceive anxiety as ‘stress’ and link it to a personality trait. Only half of 700 Australians surveyed between the ages of – 25 and – 45 knew anxiety was not part of someone’s personality trait. According to The Sydney Morning Herald, Georgie Harman,…
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