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Jan 18, 2012
FoodSwitch, an Australian-first iPhone app, has been launched today to help shoppers make healthier food choices in the supermarket and reduce high levels of fat, salt and sugar from their diets.
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Dec 22, 2011
I was very fit. Running 20km a week. I was trim and healthy and shocked to find out I had a heart condition at 37.
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Dec 22, 2011
As the world’s population ages, the impact from a million simple stumbles or broken bones will become substantial, and has forced falls prevention to become a public health priority.
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Dec 22, 2011
New stroke research to be undertaken by The George Institute for Global Health has been awarded AU$4.2 million by Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council, the largest ever investment for a research project in this area.
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Dec 22, 2011
The Institute welcomed renowned Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Mick Gooda to its support base in October 2011.
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Dec 22, 2011
Only once before in the history of the United Nations, has the General Assembly focused on a health issue.
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Dec 14, 2011
New research has shown that stroke patients are half as likely to have been prescribed preventative treatment that may reduce the risk of a repeat event, compared to patients with coronary artery disease.
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Nov 10, 2011
Professor Robyn Norton, Co-Director of The George Institute and The George Centre for Healthcare Innovation (a member of Oxford Martin School) addressed the significant challenges for governments globally and an opportunity for innovative minds to find practicable solutions in her seminar, "Safe Effective and Affordable Healthcare for a Bulging Population”.
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Oct 28, 2011
Recent media coverage of contentious salt reports set the cat among the pigeons within the health and nutrition arena
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Oct 28, 2011
Proving that money really does make the world go around, sta ggering new research has revealed that the rate of strokes in lower socioeconomic areas is 70% higher than those in more affluent areas.
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