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... Australia mental illness is ranked third in terms of total burden of disease behind cancer and cardiovascular disease,” Professor Doran says. “As a serious public health problem the prevention of suicide hasn’t been adequately addressed in society or ...
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Asthma affects up to 10% of Australians and is the most common chronic disease complication during pregnancy. Poor asthma control during ... p=0.019). These forerunner studies identify an effective two-win prevention strategy for asthmatic mothers and their babies that greatly ... strategies for better health outcomes by reducing the enormous disease burden caused by allergic asthma. OVERALL HYPOTHESIS: Better ...
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... such as models of care, policies, procedures, and health prevention,” he said. Working towards sustainable health care funding “With new, often more expensive, technologies, changing disease profiles as the population ages, and a rising prevalence of chronic disease and complex conditions, Australia’s health expenditure is very ...
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... The men were tracked over a 40-year period using Sweden’s national disease register and test results from military conscription. Almost ... Eventually, exercise could be used as both a treatment and a form of prevention. Around 400,000 Australians suffer from epilepsy. Symptoms of the neurological disease include sudden spasms and seizures which can be debilitating and ...
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... The men were tracked over a 40-year period using Sweden’s national disease register and test results from military conscription. Almost ... Eventually, exercise could be used as both a treatment and a form of prevention. Around 400,000 Australians suffer from epilepsy. Symptoms of the neurological disease include sudden spasms and seizures which can be debilitating and ...
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... innovative partnerships between science and commercial entities for disease prevention and better therapies. These will become increasingly ... diseases such as cancer, diabetes, dementia, stroke, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory conditions and more will create an ...
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... activity and clinical exercise science as medicine for brain repair, prevention and optimising general health Disability advocacy Why did you ... her physiotherapy career working in heart failure and respiratory disease rehabilitation, drawing on her experience as a personal trainer, ...
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... work on the Australian Rural Mental Health Study, Farm Link suicide prevention project and XTEND study of social support has had a major ... an international research reputation in health promotion and the prevention of musculoskeletal pain. Earlier this year Dr Williams ...
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... Future Focus My aim is to get polytrauma recognized as a disease ( see relevant Editorial ) by the community, health care ... This will provide the necessary attention and focus on the prevention, treatment, and research on the most severely injured ... we are working on every possible angle of injury and trauma from prevention to rehabilitation. My special focus is to understand the ...
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... role of growth and body composition in the development of respiratory disease in pre-schoolers . From this, Dr Jensen hopes to develop primary prevention strategies. HCRF Chair Janelle Shakespeare expressed her deep ... in the early stages of life and Megan’s work in respiratory disease is vital to give babies the best start in life.” The bequest ...