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Walk-in Centres now treat children aged one year and older

Canberra’s nurse-led Walk-in Centres can now treat children aged one year and older for minor injuries and illnesses.

Sport, sleep or screens: app reveals ‘just right’ day for kids

Not too sport heavy, not too sleep-deprived – finding the ‘just right’ balance in a child’s busy day can be a challenge and a world-first app could provide a much-needed solution. Developed by...

Naked nutrition: Good Food Made Simple

“Food wasn’t meant to me hard.” Leah Itsines’ recipes combine love of food and healthy living to nurse ‘bad’ relationships with food back to health. It’s good food, made simple. Chicken katsu and...

Small bladder? You may benefit from pelvic floor exercises

They’re easy, free, and discreet, yet most women neglect the most effective method of preventing, treating, managing, and even curing urinary incontinence. Incontinence is the loss of bladder control, whether that’s a small...

Women’s Health Week 2022

It’s Women’s Health Week across Australia from 5 to 11 September – a campaign designed to encourage women to check in on their own health and wellbeing.

ACT government releases health plan for 2020s

The ACT Health Services Plan 2022-2030 sets out the priorities for Government-funded health services over the next eight years.

WWTA: CycleBar comes to Canberra

Canberra Daily tried and tested! CycleBar has come to Canberra. Immersive, multi-sensory, and led by trained instructors, CycleBar offers spin classes enhanced by high-energy playlists and real-time ‘CycleStats.’ “The whole time you’re plugged...

ACT Budget promises multi-million-dollar investment in health

The upcoming ACT Budget includes more funding for elective surgeries, osteoarthritic treatment, endoscopies, beds and maternal care at Calvary Hospital, and paediatrics.

Fellowships to support ACT’s new health research plan

The ACT Government has launched a strategic plan to foster cutting-edge health research and innovation in the Territory.

Australians’ health spending surges in last year of life

Australians in their last year of life spend 14 times as much on key health services than other Australians do, according to a new report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).

End of an era: The 10th and final Santa Speedo Shuffle

The bold goal for 2022’s Santa Speedo Shuffle is to raise $200,000, which will mean the event has raised $1 million for Cystic Fibrosis ACT in its lifetime. “If that’s the legacy that...

Can you balance on one leg for 10 seconds?

Those who passed the balance on one leg test had a much lower rate of mortality than those that failed the test.

1.3 million Australians living with diabetes: AIHW

More than 1.3 million Australians were diagnosed with diabetes between 2000 and 2020, according to a new report from the AIHW

ACT health services under major strain, 1 in 4 junior staff not at work

The ACT health system is looking at a grim couple of months, with COVID-19 cases expected to soar to up to 3,000 a day and rampant influenza strains spreading through the community.

Australia’s health report card: doing well, can do better

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s (AIHW) two-yearly health report card, Australia’s health 2022, was released today. 

Sports, not screens: the key to happier, healthier children

When children are involved in after-school activities, they’re more likely to feel happier and healthier than their counterparts who are glued to a screen.

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