Cheers Dry July-ers – you’re halfway through a month of no booze for your health! Cancer Council is toasting the commitment of thousands of Queenslanders to feel great and look good, while raising vital funds to support adults living with cancer this July. Dry July invites Aussies to give up alcohol for a month –…

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Every day in Australia, around 350 people are told they have a life-threatening cancer and sadly more than 115 people die of the disease. Cancer Council Queensland is calling on locals to make a date this Daffodil Day (August 22) to brighten the lives of Queenslanders impacted by cancer. This year, Cancer Council Queensland hopes…

Cancer Council has urged the state’s food manufacturers to abandon the daily intake guide and adopt Health Star Ratings, congratulating the Queensland Government for voting with other state and federal ministers to reinstate the scheme today. The Health Star Rating Scheme features ratings from half a star up to five stars and includes nutritional information…

Cancer Council Queensland has launched its new Living Mindfully telephone group program to benefit cancer patients and their families who are not able to travel to access support services. The Living Mindfully eight-week telephone group program will be launched on Thursday, July 31 and allow those who are too unwell, or who live regionally, to…

Cancer Council Queensland is calling on Queenslanders to practice more mindful eating to help curb rising rates of obesity and overweight. The call follows new research revealing many Queenslanders eat mindlessly, endangering their health. Nearly two-thirds of Queenslanders eat dinner in front of the TV at least five times a week, one in three Queenslanders…

Give up booze for the month of July, clear your head, focus on being healthy and at the same time support an important cause – Dry July is back for 2014! For the first time Cancer Council Queensland has been named a Dry July beneficiary, with funds contributing to the improvement of services provided at…

Queenslanders over the age of 50 are risking their lives rather than taking a simple bowel cancer screening test, with a report released today finding 643,000 Australians threw away a free National Bowel Cancer Screening Program kit in 2012-13. The findings have prompted Cancer Council Queensland to renew its call for all eligible Queenslanders to…

Queensland has the lowest rate of vitamin D deficiency nationally, dispelling the common concern that we don’t get enough sunshine in winter. The latest Australian Health Survey from the Australian Bureau of Statistics found 94 per cent of the Queensland population have adequate vitamin D levels during summer and 85 per cent of the population…

The majority of outdoor workers in Queensland say a skin cancer diagnosis is inevitable, according to new research from Cancer Council Queensland, QUT and Curtin University. Sun protection among outdoor workers surveyed four industries with a high proportion of outdoor workers – building/construction, rural/farming, local government and public sector. Around 70 per cent of all…