8 11, 2015

Smoking Risk Factor for chronic diseases

By |2015-11-08T20:00:15+10:00November 8th, 2015|Articles, Health Priorities in Australia, HSC PDHPE, What are the priority issues for improving Australia’s health?, What role do health care facilities and services play in achieving better health for all Australians?|0 Comments

Smoking is a risk factor for just about every chronic or lifestyle disease known to man. People who smoke place a greater burden on our health system. Smoking is linked with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, increases in CVD, diabetes, stroke, and pretty much every type of cancer. A recent article from channel nine reported [...]

3 11, 2015

Cancer Risk Factors

By |2015-11-02T12:35:36+10:00November 3rd, 2015|Articles, Health Priorities in Australia, HSC PDHPE, What are the priority issues for improving Australia’s health?|0 Comments

Cancer risk factors are a hot topic in the media since the International Agency for Research on Cancer and the World Health Organisation did a press release on cancer risk factors (26 October 2015) . This release on cancer risk factors has caused a great stir in the media, particularly amongst the Meat Corporations. The press release [...]

13 07, 2015

Regulating Alternative Health Care

By |2015-11-02T12:37:22+10:00July 13th, 2015|Articles, Health Priorities in Australia, HSC PDHPE, What role do health care facilities and services play in achieving better health for all Australians?|0 Comments

Recently a mother was arrested for neglecting her baby boy along with her naturopath who had given her poor advice. The baby had lost 1 Kg in a month, which left the child malnourished and requiring emergency care at hospital. The greater issues raised on The Project was the need to regulate the alternative health [...]

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