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Live Well, Be Well Radio – 18 June

Live well be well

Listen back to our 18 June #livewellbewell radio show! Style Magazines joins host Katie Clift to tell us why we need more sleep, and to help our winter colds go away! Finder.com.au helps us decipher mobile phone costs for wellbeing, tweens2teen have tips on parenting an athlete, and we chat new research showing very hot…

Coffee safe, but very hot beverages can cause cancer

Coffee drinkers worldwide will be relieved today following news from the International Agency for Research on Cancer that the popular beverage is not carcinogenic. Coffee drinking was evaluated by IARC in 1991, and classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans based on limited evidence from epidemiological studies that coffee causes bladder cancer. New findings, based on…

Aussies drop the ball on daily cardio, strength training for health

Physical Activity - running

The first study to examine whether Aussies are engaging in enough cardio and strength training for optimum health has found 85 per cent aren’t meeting the daily recommendations. Research published in BioMed Central was the first to assess whether Australians were meeting the national Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines, revised in 2012. The guidelines…

Live Well, Be Well Radio – 11 June

Live well be well

Listen back to our 11 June #livewellbewell radio show! We chat text neck with Sally Thibault – a growing health condition, Women’s Health Magazine help us build emotional resilience, She Brisbane teaches us about handling adversity as Mums and Little Miss Organised has tips on gettting your tea and coffee cupboard organised for winter! Listen…

Queensland, give up the junk this June!

Heathy Eating

Cancer Council is calling on Queenslanders to give up chips, chocolate and cream buns this month after new stats found 91 per cent of adults don’t eat enough vegetables for everyday health. The latest Preventive Health Survey shows only nine per cent of Queensland adults eat the five recommended serves of vegetables every day. Cancer…

One in three screen eating a swipe for bad health

SunSmart

New research shows one in three Queenslanders eat a meal in front of an electronic device every day, prompting an urgent health warning from Cancer Council Queensland. Cancer Council’s Everyday Health Survey found more than half of all Queenslanders eat in front of a TV, computer, phone or tablet at least four times a week,…

Live Well, Be Well Radio – 4 June

Live well be well

Listen back to our 4 June #livewellbewell radio show! Style Magazines joins host Katie Clift to discover what foods help us sleep better, finder.com.au reduce our credit card reliance, bmag explains how healthy vending machines are taking over Queensland and tweens2teen help us manage kids’ friendships – especially when they go sour. Listen now! Listen…

Indigenous cancer survival improves significantly, disparity remains

New research shows survival rates for Indigenous cancer patients has improved significantly since the late 90s, despite the Indigenous and non-Indigenous survival disparity remaining unchanged. The study, conducted by Cancer Council, Menzies School of Health Research and Queensland Health, found an additional 10 per cent of Indigenous patients can expect to survive at least five…

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