It’s almost certain that you, someone in your family or a close friend will have some form of arthritis.
Arthritis, of which there are over 100 different types, is Australia’s major cause of pain and disability. Arthritis directly impacts around 4 million Australians and impacts indirectly on many millions more.
It’s an enormous economic cost burden...
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Archive for March, 2009
A joint attack on arthritis
Keeping skin looking good
Skin – it’s our largest and most visible organ; and generally it does a pretty good job of keeping all our other organs neatly packaged inside our body and out of harms way.
However, as a result of exposure (often over exposure), to unfriendly “elements” and occasional (sometimes frequent) neglect by its owner, skin can...
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TB control provides lessons in managing medicines
Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious disease. The organism which causes TB is carried by two billion people – a third of the world’s population – and there are an estimated two million deaths every year. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared TB to be a global health emergency and designated 24 March each...
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Natural terror causes long term stress too
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a prolonged and sometimes delayed anxiety disorder resulting from a traumatic event.
PTSD is a serious psychological reaction that some people develop after an overwhelmingly frightening or traumatic experience, especially an experience that threatens life or safety.
Most people who experience a traumatic event will have emotional and psychological reactions...
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