In the latest National Secondary Students’ Diet and Activity Survey, the Cancer Council and the National Heart Foundation research shows Australian teenagers are spending too much time in front of screens, including TV and online platforms, as well as video games. According to the updated National Secondary Students’ Diet and Activity Survey, in 2012/13, 77…

The Australian media has recently been saturated with reports of hepatitis A stemming from people eating frozen berries. A popular and ‘healthy’ snack, ‘Nanna’s’ brand frozen mixed berries, ‘Nanna’s’ frozen raspberries and ‘Creative Gourmet’ mixed berries have been recalled from Australian stockists as the culprits behind the hepatitis A outbreak. Packaged in China, the Nanna’s…

In an Australian-first, two pharmaceutical executives have been ranked in the top 50 of ‘Australia’s Most Influential Corporate Affairs Leaders’ by corporate affairs consultants, Salt & Shein. Sanofi’s Director of Public Affairs and Communications Japan-Pacific, Alan Brindell and AbbVie’s Director of Corporate Communications and Patient Relations Australia & New Zealand, Elizabeth Rex won the prestigious…

The Department of Human Services has just launched the Express Plus Medicare smartphone app, allowing parents to view their child’s immunisation history in the palm of their hand and to email the history to their child’s childcare centre or school. The app allows users to view their Medicare claim history and Medicare Safety Net balance and to…

Paracetamol poisoning is the leading cause of drug overdose among teenage (15-to-18 year old) girls, new figures reveal. According to the 2014 Health of Children and Young People in NSW report, 1,407 girls visited emergency departments in 2013 for illicit drug use, over-dose or poisoning – a significant surge from 951 in 2011. Temporarily gripped…