We may not officially complete the first decade of the third millennium until the end of this year, but as we approach February 2010, the noughties are well and truly gone.
No doubt also gone is all that cold turkey remaining with some of the other left-overs from Christmas dinner or New Year’s Eve celebrations.
Of...
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Whilst in Australia each year we are commemorating ANZAC Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) is raising awareness of a disease that affects about 40% of the world’s population and kills more than one million people annually.
April 25 is World Malaria Day.
Malaria was once much more widespread, but it was successfully eliminated from many...
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We all know that smoking is a major risk factor for many diseases including heart and blood vessel disease, osteoporosis and various cancers.
Perhaps less well known is the fact that smoking causes blindness. Smokers and people who have smoked are three times more likely to develop macular degeneration.
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New Year is usually the time we make those resolutions to change our less than ideal behaviour patterns – to exercise more, to eat more nutritious foods, to drink in moderation and to stop smoking.
However, with the stress that often accompanies the period around Christmas and New Year, a decision to stop smoking at...
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Now less than 20% of the Australian adult population smokes; and a significant proportion of this 20% would like to join the other 80% as non-smokers.
No surprise really that many (maybe most) smokers would quit if they could. We all know the dangers of tobacco smoking. Despite the prevalence of smoking in Australia being...
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