Posts Tagged ‘awareness’
GPs can expect to see at least double the number of dementia patients by 2054
Today we have chosen to reflect on a topic very close to our heart at VIVA! – a therapeutic area which we have specialised in for the past eight years – dementia. Dementia refers to a collection of symptoms that compromise memory, thinking and social and daily activities of life. The disease is progressive, &…
Read MoreTIME TO TALK ABOUT WOMEN’S HEARTS
Did you know that an estimated 1.2 million Australians are living with some form of cardiac, stroke or vascular disease. And that tragically, one woman loses their life every hour to heart disease – a disease which is 80 per cent preventable? Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD) represented the second leading cause of death in Australian…
Read MoreAussies need a nationally consistent vaccination approach
Following a decline in vaccination rates following the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report is calling for a united, consistent, national approach to vaccinate Australians following a decline in vaccination rates after the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Grattan Institute’s ‘A fair shot: How to close the vaccination gap’ report suggests taking…
Read MorePersonalised ‘eyevatar’ ray tracing technology unlocking HD vision
More than seven million Aussie adults living with the common eye conditions, myopia (shortsightedness) and astigmatism (eye imperfection), are set to benefit from the availability of next-generation, ray-tracing laser eye technology which is now available. VIVA! Communications partnered with PersonalEYES – the Vision Specialists on Saturday, December 2, 2023 to launch the novel ray-tracing technology…
Read MoreCelebrating 30 years of the ‘JDRF One Walk’ for Type 1 diabetes
This October 2023, the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation (JDRF) is celebrating 30 years of running the JDRF local One Walk. Striving to achieve a world free from Type 1 diabetes (T1D) courtesy of crucial, life-changing research, the JDRF One Walk event provides invaluable support to the T1D community, including the more than 130,000 Australians living with…
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