health calendar
Decembeard: beards for bowel health
Bowel Cancer Australia will join with Australians across the country starting Tuesday, December 1st to help raise funds and awareness about the disease which kills more than 2,200 men each …
Phones a breeding ground for microbes: University of Queensland study
Think twice before you reach for your mobile phone at lunch, says an expert from the University of Queensland: many phones are a breeding ground for microbes. UQ’s Dr Alysha …
Mums the focus of Be Medicinewise Week: Day One
During this year’s annual Be Medicinewise Week, Australians are encouraged to ‘be medicinewise at all ages and life stages’ and the focus for the first day of the campaign is …
Global celebrations for World Pharmacists Day
Pharmacists around the world are celebrating World Pharmacists Day today, says FIP. The International Pharmaceutical Federation says it has heard about a variety of events being prepared by its member …
Groups team up to help prevent suicide
Suicide prevention organisation R U OK? is calling on Australia to take a global lead in preventing suicide by making more effort to have regular, meaningful conversations with anyone who …
Pharmacists at the forefront of new QUIT4october pilot
Pharmacists are being placed front and centre of QUIT4october, a new Lung Foundation Australia pilot smoking cessation and social media initiative launched this month. Throughout September, Lung Foundation Australia will …
Women get bowel cancer too: new campaign
Bowel Cancer Australia has launched a women’s health campaign urging pharmacists to warn women that the disease affects both sexes equally. Pharmacists can raise awareness of bowel cancer in women, …
Bad asthma and allergy season ahead, says Asthma Council
Forecast high pollen levels in the air this spring in some states could leave up to seven million Australians who suffer from allergy struggling with sneezing, watery eyes, a running …
National Superhero Week takes off
Thousands of superheroes will next week take over workplaces and schools around the country with more than 200 organisations registered for National Superhero Week (August 31 to September 4) to …
Ovarian cancer myths still widespread
More than a quarter of Australians know somebody who has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and yet half believe – incorrectly – that ovarian cancer has no symptoms or don’t …
Cancer risk factors changing over time
As some of Australia’s cancer risk factors improve, others are worsening – with obesity becoming a significant contributor in developed countries. There are four major messages being disseminated for World …
RedFeb raises heart awareness
Australians need to grow their awareness of heart disease – particularly women, who are more likely to die of heart disease than breast cancer, a fact which isn’t widely known …