2017

Could your kitchen be damaging your diet?

Healthy eating and drinking

Looking to improve your diet? If you consider the kitchen as the heart of your home, you may want to think about how it affects your waistline! Kitchens are often rooms with multiple hats – not only are they a place to enjoy good food, it is often a family gathering spot, an entertainment centre,…

Smokes now a no-go in Queensland national parks

Campsites, barbecues, picnic areas, boat ramps and visitor information centres in national parks are now smoke free, with new laws taking effect in Queensland today. From February 1 2017, smoking is banned in Queensland national parks within 10 metres of in-use campsites and any public facility, including toilet blocks, shelters and picnic tables. Cancer Council…

We Can, I Can, Queensland can – this World Cancer Day, Saturday 4 February!

Dear Editor, This Saturday 4 February marks World Cancer Day – a global initiative focusing on the fight against cancer. World Cancer Day aims to save millions of preventable deaths each year by raising awareness and education about the disease, pressing governments and individuals across the world to take action. The theme for 2017 is…

Australia Day – without the binge and burn

As millions prepare to give cricket a crack, fire up the barbie or head to the beach – Cancer Council is calling on Queenslanders to put a healthy spin on their Australia Day celebrations! So, fill up your esky with hydrating drinks, swap your snags for lamb skewers and get your zinc on for a…

Lunchbox shocks spark warning for kids

Cancer Council will today reveal health shocks found in the average lunchbox, with parents preparing to pack the first of about 200 lunches per child over the year from today. Research shows many lunchboxes contain the recommended serves of fruit but can be alarmingly low on vegetables and high on hidden sugar and salt. Cancer…

Clinical trial funding set to save cancer patients from fatal infections

Discover cancer health professional events, education programs, forums and webinars offered by Cancer Council Queensland.

Griffith University scientists are working to save the lives of hundreds of cancer patients from fatal bloodstream infections during treatment, thanks to a $200,000 Cancer Council grant. About 400 cancer patients will lose their lives to bloodstream infections, not their cancer, each year in Australia, with more than 1600 potentially fatal infections occurring nationally. Cancer…

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