Cancer Council will today reveal the true cost of an unhealthy shop, as the organisation urges Queenslanders to adopt five simple habits for a healthier, happier life. Cancer Council’s Everyday Health Survey has revealed the top five habits for Queenslanders of all ages to live healthier, happier lives: 1. Be active every day. 2. Eat lots of…

Listen back to our 6 August #livewellbewell radio show! We chat new research about the impact of checking work emails after work, with Health & Wellbeing expert Sally Thibault, Women’s Health Magazine get us ready for Rio, She Brisbane help us get inspired through travel and we paint the radio show yellow for Daffodil Day!…

Ten Eyewitness News reporter Kristina Costalos will show support for someone she knows this Daffodil Day (August 26) as an official Cancer Council Queensland ambassador. Cancer Council Queensland will celebrate the iconic fundraiser during the entire month of August, with the official Daffodil Day 30-year anniversary date falling on Friday August 26. Kristina urged all…

Cancer Council is calling on Queenslanders to lace up their joggers and run to raise funds for a cancer free future through its newest campaign Get Moving, launched today. Cancer Council’s Get Moving encourages Queenslanders to get active and raise funds as part of Team CCQ in active events including Bridge 2 Brisbane, Color Run,…

Cancer Council has called for routine distress screening of cancer patients at point of diagnosis, following research findings that screening can prevent depression and improve quality of life. In one of the first large scale studies of its kind internationally, researchers used a ‘Distress Thermometer’ to assess the psychological and emotional state of Queensland men…

Listen back to our 30 July #livewellbewell radio show! Style Magazines joins host Katie Clift to find the best food trucks in Brisbane & chat makeup at the gym: should you wear it? Finder.com.au shares stats on Aussies and their tax returns, tweens2teen helps us deal with our teen’s attitudes & we chat 2016 superfoods…

New research has found computerised screening could improve the clinical management of head and neck cancer patients, providing an efficient and effective alternative to clinical screening for patients undergoing treatment. The joint study tested the effectiveness of a ScreenIT application to assess swallowing, nutrition and distress in head and neck cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and/or…

Cancer Council has applauded the Palaszczuk Government for providing local governments with extra funding to prepare for new smoking laws, set to take effect statewide in September. On September 1, new laws will ban smoking at public transport waiting points, pedestrian malls, aged care facilities, specified national parks and at or near children’s organised sporting…

In a world first trial Australian researchers have found robotic surgery for prostate cancer is no more effective than open prostatectomy at 12 weeks after surgery, contrary to widespread clinical advice. Robot-assisted surgery for prostate cancer has been rapidly adopted by health professionals over the past 16 years and is now the dominant surgical approach…

Listen back to our 23 July #livewellbewell radio show! We chat new research showing 60 is the new 40 with Health & Wellbeing expert Sally Thibault, Women’s Health Magazine reveal the top health trends of 2016, She Brisbane take us inside the world of women in rugby and Little Miss Organised helps us organise routines…