If you have a mother, father, sister, brother or best friend, there’s every chance your life will be touched by cancer. No matter who you are, Daffodil Day is for you.
Jullian’s Story
Rosalie Adoncello placed her Daffodil Day box on the counter at her hairdressing salon each year, she never imagined it would be her own [...]
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What is Jeans for Genes?
Jeans for Genes is a major fundraiser of the Children’s Medical Research Institute. This includes Jeans for Genes Day, events, exhibitions and other FUNdraising events throughout the year.
Chances are you probably know someone who has a genetic disease, because one in twenty children are born with some form of [...]
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Friday 23 July, 2010 is Lifeline Australia’s Stress Down Day. This day is dedicated to reducing the burden of stress on our community, and will encourage people in schools and workplaces to have fun with their fellows, friends or family to reduce stress levels, have fun and raise funds for Lifeline. The money will go [...]
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Two years after Jane McGrath’s untimely death, her dream of providing every Australian breast cancer patient with access to a specialised nurse is on its way to becoming a reality.
The McGrath Foundation’s breast care nurses have supported 4500 newly diagnosed Australian families through their breast cancer experience in the last two years, the charity announced [...]
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SIDS and Kids is dedicated to saving the lives of babies and children during pregnancy, birth, infancy and childhood and to supporting bereaved families.
What is SIDS and perinatal death?
SIDS is the sudden and unexpected death of an infant under one year of age, with onset of the lethal episode apparently occurring during sleep, that remains [...]
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Make saving 30 lives a week an election priority
With a federal election approaching, both Government and Opposition will be seeking to convince you they have the best policies for Australia’s health.
Tackling bowel cancer – Australia’s second biggest cancer killer after lung cancer – should be a priority.
The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program is currently only [...]
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What is Anaphylaxis?
Anaphylaxis is the most severe form of allergic reaction and is potentially life threatening. It must be treated as a medical emergency, requiring immediate treatment and urgent medical attention.
Anaphylaxis is a generalised allergic reaction, which often involves more than one body system (e.g. skin, respiratory, gastro-intestinal, cardiovascular). A severe allergic reaction usually occurs [...]
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What is Motor Neurone Disease?
Motor neurone disease (MND) is the name given to a group of diseases in which the nerve cells (neurones) controlling the muscles that enable us to move, speak, breathe and swallow undergo degeneration and die. Motor function is controlled by upper motor neurones in the brain that descend to the spinal [...]
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THE Federal Opposition says Labor’s $500 million pledge for emergency departments is a blatant attempt to bribe premiers, while doctors argue more hospital beds are the key to cutting waiting times.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today announced public hospitals would share the extra cash in exchange for treating, referring or admitting emergency patients within four hours.
At [...]
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EMERGENCY department patients would have to wait no longer than four hours under a $500 million federal government sweetener to persuade the states to sign up to the controversial federal hospital takeover.
But the cash, to be spread over four years, will only be delivered if state premiers agree to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s new funding [...]
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