Be cool: Don't risk food poisoning in school lunches
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An NSW Food Authority survey has found that school children in Australia are at heightened risk of food poisoning from the food inside their lunch boxes if they are not kept cool throughout the morning.
Published on Monday 8th of March 2010 06:46:12 AM
Student Health: Prevention is better than cure
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Your Australian student visa has been approved and you�re ready to study in the most respective schools in Australia. A new life, new environment and people, this will make like a start of your new grown-up life.
Published on Monday 8th of March 2010 06:46:12 AM
Harvard puts Swine Flu on iPhone - CeBIT Australia
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The prestigious Harvard Medical School is to use iPhone applications to deliver public e-health initiatives, including a campaign this month focusing on the H1N1 “Swine Flu” pandemic.
Published on Monday 8th of March 2010 06:46:12 AM
Consuming tea lowers the risk of cerebral vascular accident
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Australia - The team of Professor Binns, School of Public Health, Curtin University of Perth, shows that daily consumption of tea may reduce the risk of
Published on Monday 8th of March 2010 06:46:12 AM
The Global Plunder of Doctors and Nurses
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"The recent scare has served to reveal one of medicine’s great scandals: the systematic plunder of nurses and doctors from the developing world by the U.S. Europe, Canada and Australia. A study by the George Washington University School of Public Health found that 30 percent of the medical workers in Ghana, 41.4 percent in Haiti.."
Published on Monday 8th of March 2010 06:46:12 AM
Qld passengers cleared of swine flu
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Seven Queensland passengers who were on the flight with New Zealand school children who contracted swine flu have been cleared of the virus. The clearance came as Queensland health authorities continued to test 27 people for possible swine flu, but no cases had been confirmed across Australia.
Published on Monday 8th of March 2010 06:46:12 AM
Soil bacterium influenced by land management practices
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Researchers from Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin, Australia have found that the soil bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, which causes the emerging infectious disease melioidosis in humans and animals, is associated with land management changes such as livestock husbandry or residential gardening. The study, published January 20 in the
Published on Monday 8th of March 2010 06:46:12 AM
Kid in the Kitchen
Posted by admin / Under Health Schools Australia
This is health promotiing action that should be taken in ALL primary schools across Australia - make that in all western societies. It supports 'green' environments, 'green' food, decreases obesity levels, decreases the carbon footprint & creates positive well-being for the individual and their families. From Spade to Blade in the classroom ...
Published on Monday 8th of March 2010 06:46:12 AM
Kids teeth in Australia in decay mode
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An Australian research study shows that 97% of pre-school children in Australia are not brushing their teeth and gums correctly. In fact, one Australian health expert calls bad teeth: "leprosy of the mouth.'' Oh, yuck!
Published on Monday 8th of March 2010 06:46:12 AM
Top 10 Safety Tips for Travelling with Kids
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With children travelling overseas more than ever before with parents, schools or sporting clubs, Dr Deborah Mills, Australia’s foremost travel medicine specialist, has devised a list of the 10 most important travel health care tips for children.
Published on Monday 8th of March 2010 06:46:12 AM




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