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Federal Budget: Health, education and social services

The Budget has the highest ever investment in education for the ACT. Also hospitals, childcare, and aged care.

What your face reveals

According to Chinese medicine, different face features tell us a story and can reveal imbalances in your wellbeing.

Shawls save lives: Encouraging Aboriginal women to get checked for breast cancer

Aboriginal women can get checked for breast cancer in style and safety, thanks to culturally appropriate shawls designed by a local artist.

Gas cooking is associated with worsening asthma in kids. But proper ventilation helps

Increasing evidence suggests cooking with gas may make asthma worse in children. However, proper use of range hoods could reduce that risk.

Organ donation to be recorded on ACT death certificates in Australian first

From today, families of organ donors will have the option to have their loved one’s donation recorded on the death register and on the donor’s death certificate.

Check your heart this Heart Week

Almost 10 years ago, Canberra local Glen Farrant thought he had only pulled a muscle as his chest began to ache. He had spent hours doing heavy lifting and at midnight, after a...

Official opening of Canberra Region Neurology and Pain Centre

Social photos at the Official opening of Canberra Region Neurology and Pain Centre, Woden. Photos: Kerrie Brewer.

More sleep or more exercise: the best time trade-offs for children’s health

More sleep could offset children’s excess indulgence over school holidays as new research from the University of South Australia shows the same health benefits may be achieved by either extra sleep or extra exercise.

Capital Pain & Rehabilitation Clinic: 20 years of solving the pain puzzle

Capital Pain & Rehabilitation Clinic is celebrating 20 years of assisting their patients with pain, through a multi-disciplinary approach that includes physical therapy, counselling and psychology, pain education and a wide range...

University of Canberra expands into Sydney Hills District

The University of Canberra has announced a new partnership with the Education Centre of Australia (ECA), allowing for the opening of a new Sydney Hills campus. The partnership with ECA will allow the...

COVID-19 cost more in 2020 than the world’s combined natural disasters in any of the past 20 years

What was the total cost of the COVID-19 pandemic last year? more than the world’s combined natural disasters in any of the past 20 years.

What are activated nuts?

Activated nuts are simply nuts that have been soaked in water for 12-24 hours and then slowly dried again so they are crisp.

Public health alert: Death Cap mushrooms increasing markedly in Canberra

The growth of Death Cap mushrooms in the ACT has increased significantly this week with the onset of autumn, prompting ACT Chief Health Officer Dr Kerryn Coleman today to again warn Canberrans not to eat or pick any wild mushrooms.

The 80/20 approach to wellbeing

One of the myths about wellbeing is that you almost have to get everything just right for your body and mind to be healthy and well.

Gawanggal mental health unit helps patients return to normal life

The newly refurbished Gawanggal mental health unit will help Canberrans with mental health conditions resume everyday life.

Meet Sonam Choden, ACT Woman of the Year

Growing up in Bhutan, Sonam Choden says her late father taught his children the importance of respecting women, including their mother who made many sacrifices.

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