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Five tips to help families eat right on a budget in 2009
9 January 2009With a new year often comes a new resolution to eat better and make healthier choices. But as the economy continues to struggle, many parents are left wondering how to provide healthy food options ... - more
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Higher protein meals help keep the fat away
1 December 2008A low kilojoule diet made up of higher protein meals improves the ability to burn fat among overweight and obese people and may be the key to shedding excess kilos, according to new Australian ... - more
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Obesity Vaccine Enters Clinical Trial
25 May 2005Cytos Biotechnology announced today that it has initiated a combined phase I/II clinical trial with the Immunodrug™ candidate CYT009- GhrQb, a therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of obesity. The ... - more
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Goodnight GORD! - Getting a better night's sleep with GORD
28 December 2007Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, or GORD, is one of the most common diseases affecting the adult population, especially the elderly. Up until now, it as been hard to gauge the effectiveness of ... - more
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Tacrolimus Trial Conducted for Transplant Recipients
26 September 2007A new study has highlighted low-dose tacrolimus based regimes may be the best method to prevent rejection in kidney transplant recipients. The study ... - more
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Hepatitis C Can Be Sexually Transmitted
25 April 2005The virus that causes hepatitis C (HCV) can be sexually transmitted and the risk is directly related to the frequency of intercourse, the findings from a new study suggest. However, the association ... - more
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Are you 1 in 100? Coeliac Awareness Week 13-20 March
5 March 2009Around 1% of the Australian population has coeliac disease. Currently fewer than one in five has been diagnosed. Up to 200,000 Australians have coeliac disease and don't know it. - more
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Salmon healthier than fish oil
20 December 2008Swallowing fish oil capsules for brain boosting, health-promoting omega-3 may be just as effective as tucking into a fillet of salmon. But if you want a dose of selenium as well - an element many New ... - more
Rating: 4.62/5 (13 votes)
10,000 Australians demand bowel cancer screening
21 July 2009A community-based Cancer Council advocacy campaign has motivated 10,000 Australians to call for expansion of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program, amid new research showing 93 percent of bowel ... - more
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Pet turtles: cute but contaminated with salmonella
6 February 2008The little glassy-eyed creatures may look cute and harmless, but small turtles can make people very ill. Turtles commonly carry bacteria called Salmonella on their outer skin and shell surfaces. ... - more
Rating: 4.30/5 (10 votes)
