Health

Australia ranked in childhood diabetes top 10

Two children in Australia are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes each day, according to a new report.

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare study found that diabetes rates increased significantly between 2000 and 2004, but stabilised until 2008.

The Institute’s Anna-Marie Waters says the incidence of type 1 diabetes remains high in Australia compared with other countries.

“Australia has a very high rate of type 1 diabetes in children compared to many other countries,” she said.

“In in fact it’s one of the 10 OECD [Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development] countries with the highest rate of diabetes in children, so it still is a concern.”

Ms Waters says diabetes in children is creating a significant burden on families.

“It definitely creates a burden on the healthcare system, it also creates a burden for the children and their families because of the treatment they need to have, it’s a life-long condition so they need to have it for the rest of their lives,” she said.

Read more…Australia ranked in childhood diabetes top 10 – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

National Healthy Bones Week 2010

Welcome to National Healthy Bones Week 2010. National Healthy Bones
Week is an important awareness week hosted by Osteoporosis Australia
and Dairy Australia. The week highlights the importance of calcium in
the development and maintenance of healthy bones. Consuming adequate
calcium rich food, like dairy, is important for all Australians and it
is vitally important for growing kids!

There are some great activities and useful information available at the official Healthy Bones website – www.healthybones.com.au

Simply visit the website to find:
– Online schools competition details (great prizes for winning schools!).
– Calcium Cowculator – just drag and drop different foods into the giant mouth to find out the calcium content in different foods.
– Fun recipes ideas to ensure more calcium in your daily diet.
– Information on kids, teens, adults and seniors.

Remember it’s what’s inside that counts!

National Healthy Bones Week

1800 242 141

www.healthybones.com.au

Read more…Osteoporosis Australia News

Is champix safe

Champix – How champix works and safe to use?

Read more…Is champix safe – Wheretofindpedia

What do you think about cigarette pack warnings

Apparently the death related anti smoking messages make us more stressed, so we just keep on the smoking

CIGARETTE pack warnings that remind smokers of the fatal consequences of their habit may actually make them smoke more as a way to cope with the inevitability of death.

A small study by psychologists from the United States, Switzerland and Germany showed that warnings unrelated to death, such as “smoking makes you unattractive” or “smoking brings you and the people around you severe damage”, were more effective in changing smokers’ attitudes towards their habit.

This was especially the case in people who smoked to boost their self-esteem, such as youth who took up the habit to impress or fit in with their peers and others who thought smoking increased their social value, the researchers said.

“In general, when smokers are faced with death-related anti-smoking messages on cigarette packs, they produce active coping attempts as reflected in their willingness to continue the risky smoking behaviour,” the study said.

Read more…Cigarette pack warnings make stressed smokers light up | News.com.au

Radical laws to ban drinking at home

DRINKING a glass of wine in your own home could be illegal under extreme new liquor laws that rubber-stamp the use of no-go alcohol zones in NSW.

Stirring up images of 1930s’ prohibition in the US, the Iemma Government is using the total ban on alcohol in some Aboriginal communities as a blueprint.
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