Monthly Archives: January 2010

Topics such as asthma, diabetes, cancer, arthritis, depression. The ground-breaking Australian Longitudinal Study of Women’s Health, now in its 16th year, has conducted four surveys over time on the same set of 40,000 women drawn from three age groups of cohorts. Other reproductive issues examined in the 2009 Women’s Health Australia report include contraception, fertility [...]

Cataract patients will now have certainty following an agreement reached between the Government and the Australian Society of Ophthalmologists.

The $2.5 million Strathpine GP Super Clinic opened two months ahead of schedule.

The Minister for Indigenous Health, Warren Snowdon, travelled to Ceduna in South Australia to launch a peak national body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers.

The Directory of Services for Older People 2010 is now available. The free directory provides important information for older people and their families with chapters on accessing aged care, legal rights, finance and health.

Louisa believes that e-health should be a completely voluntary system that people can either opt for or against.

Catherine believes health professionals in Australia could be better matched with the right health care services.

The Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery, Warren Snowdon, held a roundtable discussion on health reform at Cloncurry in Northern Queensland on Wednesday 27 January 2010.

Lynne would like to see more preventative, community based care to reduce the number of people needing acute care treatment in hospitals.

Carolyn would like to see a more holistic approach to the treating mental illness, and more focus on prevention and early intervention.