Welcome to 2014! A fresh new year to set some big goals for your health and wellbeing! Many of you may have already kick-started your resolutions with the best of intentions. Alarmingly though, stats show only 12 per cent of us will fulfil our New Year goals! Queensland has the third-highest obesity rate in the …
Australian childhood cancer death rates have dropped significantly over a decade, new Cancer Council Queensland research shows. The CCQ study*, published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, examined Australian childhood cancer mortality trends between 1998 and 2008. The study found significant decreases in childhood cancer death rates in the 11-year period surveyed, with the largest drops …
Stay IN this October and host a Girls’ Night In to raise awareness and funds to beat women’s cancers. It’s a great way to educate women about how they can prevent and detect cancer in a positive and engaging way, to encourage each other to take action. Girls’ Night In hosts are encouraged to spend a …
It’s descended upon Brisbane – 10,000 animals, 300 showbags, 20,000 toasted sandwiches, 13 tonnes of strawberries, 24 tonnes of ice cream… Believe it or not, among the tonnes of sugar and hundreds of showbags, there is a way you can head for a healthy spin at this year’s 136th Ekka! If you’re heading out for …
Every time I hear the words, I see a singing, dancing seagull sporting a broad-brimmed hat and oversized sun protective t-shirt! I bet I’ve got you humming the tune now too… We’ve heard about the importance of being SunSmart for decades – new research is confirming we’ve heeded the message too – for one, we’re …