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How Virtual Reality is Changing Rehabilitation, Preventative and Aged Healthcare
Virtual Reality (VR) is becoming more prominent in the medical world and it has finally landed as part of mainstream allied health treatments
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How to Overcome Dental Anxiety
Does the thought of going to the dentist make you nervous? You are not alone.
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XRHealth: Bringing Healthcare to Virtual Reality
The coronavirus pandemic has forced some radical changes upon people related to how they live their everyday lives. More people than ever before have been driven online for a good part of their day, with the Internet being integral for work, shopping, leisure, and, thanks to the rise of telehealth, healthcare practitioners are finding new and novel ways of interaction remotely with patients.
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Are Barbecues Bad for You?
Summer is fast approaching, and with the warmer weather on its way, grills across Australia will soon be coming out of hibernation ready for Barbecue Season! But is barbecuing bad for you? Read on to find out how you can get stuck into everyone’s favourite Aussie tradition, without sacrificing your health.
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Mental Health
What is an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)?
Everybody has mood swings from time to time, but these swings in mood are usually caused by environmental or emotional stimuli. Bipolar disorder (BPD), formerly known as “manic depression” is a chronic mental health condition characterised by extreme changes in mood that can last for days or weeks at a time. A person with bipolar disorder cycles between periods of feeling very “high” or euphoric (mania) and extremely low periods (depression), often without an identifiable triggering event.
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General Health
What is Blood Pressure and How is it Tested?
Blood pressure is a measure of the pressure with which blood is pumped through the arteries. This is not a static measurement, as blood pressure changes throughout the day to meet the needs of any given situation. Heavy physical exertion normally required more oxygen to be delivered to the limbs so the systolic blood pressure rises at this time. Likewise, blood pressure typically lowers when someone is at rest or asleep.
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General Health
How to Get the Most From Your Extras Cover
Extras cover, also sometimes referred to as ancillary cover or general cover is an addition to a private health insurance plan that helps cover costs of healthcare treatments that fall outside the scope of those that are covered by Medicare. Extras are either purchased as a separate policy or as part of a hospital cover policy, and typically fall into three categories, basic mid-level and high.
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Cancer
A Closer Look at Lung Cancer
Brain cancer patient Jess Guthro and researcher Professor Brian share their experiences with brain cancer and how research has improved methods for fighting the disease.
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Cancer
A Closer Look at Liver Cancer
To mark Liver Cancer Awareness Month this October, we’re taking a look at risk factors, symptoms and treatment of liver cancers here in Australia.
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Cancer
Immunotherapy Success in Cancer Treatment
The annual 2020 Young Tall Poppy Science awards were recently announced in August to recognise the achievements of Australia’s outstanding young scientific researchers and communicators.
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A Closer Look at Lung Cancer
Brain cancer patient Jess Guthro and researcher Professor Brian share their experiences with brain cancer and how research has improved methods for fighting the disease.
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Cancer
The Covid-19 Pandemic and Cancer Research
The world has no doubt changed due to the impact of COVID-19. We take a look at how the global pandemic is impacting cancer research. Interestingly, it’s not all bad news…
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COVID-19
Everything You Need To Know About Face Masks
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, more and more people have taken to wearing masks in public to slow the spread of COVID-19. As of August 2nd, 2020, face masks have become mandatory in Victoria, with every citizen of the state having to wear a mask when they leave the home. This is a vital step to combatting the further spread of the coronavirus in the state.
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COVID-19
Can I Self-Test for COVID-19 at Home?
The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) in the United States recently approved home test kits for COVID-19, but in Australia the TGA (Therapeutic Goods Association) warns against the purchase of any product promising to be an at-home COVID-19 testing kit.
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COVID-19
The COVID-19 Vaccine: Progress, Problems and Timeline
When it comes to trying to find and produce a vaccine for the novel coronavirus responsible for COVID-19, it’s all hands on deck. Labs around the world are working on hundreds of possible vaccine candidates that can move forward to testing and further scrutiny. The search for a vaccine is usually a process that takes years or even decades to accomplish, but the COVID-19 pandemic has brought virologists, immunologists and other scientists together in an all but unprecedented manner in order to allow life to return to whatever the new normal is in record time.
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General Health
Haemochromatosis - When You Have Too Much Iron In Your Body
Haemochromatosis (Iron Overload Disorder) causes people to absorb excessive iron from their diet and is a relatively common genetic disorder in Australia. Around one in 200 people of northern European descent (Causasians) have genetic risk factors for haemochromatosis that may lead to the development of the disease.
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General Health
Prediabetes: Causes, Symptoms and Complications
Prediabetes describes the condition of a person having blood sugar levels that are higher than normal but not high enough for a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. Rather than being a disease or condition in itself, prediabetes is a risk factor that greatly increases a person’s chance of developing type 2 diabetes as well as cardiovascular conditions including heart disease and stroke.
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Mental Health
Understanding Trauma and its Lasting Effects
Trauma is the experience of serious psychological stress typically associated with a life threatening or other stressful event
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General Health
Tuberculosis (TB): Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Tuberculosis is a potentially deadly disease caused by the Mycobacteria Tuberculosis bacteria. Commonly infecting the lungs, but capable of affecting any part of the body, Tuberculosis (more commonly known as TB) is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide and the leading cause from a single infectious agent, including more deaths than HIV/AIDS.
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