In 2008 the Australian government released its Closing the Gap Strategy, which laid out plans to achieve health equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
While Mediterranean regions are fighting it out for top healthy nation ranking, Australia is slipping. Spain has overtaken Italy as the world’s healthiest country, according
The link between type 2 diabetes and obesity is so strong that the condition, also known as obesity-dependent diabetes, is now referred to as “diabesity”.
Although health is core business for hospitals, junk food and soft drinks have long dominated kiosks and vending machines that line hospital foyers and corridors.
Sparse but increasing evidence points to a delicate balance between weight loss and weight gain in aging. While malnutrition afflicts a considerable segment of our
The Royal Commission into aged care, a system the authors described as “besieged by neglect”, is starting to deliver: this month the Australian government announced
Baby boomers could be changing the face of aging by seeking better health and quality of life, and embracing the wisdom that comes with age,
Going into aged care can be fraught with grief and other crippling emotions as people leave the homes and people they love, lose their independence
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