Viewing Articles Posted in March 2013
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Flu Vaccine - how needs it?
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Flu vaccine; who really needs it? 20th March 2013 No. 1350
Each year in Australia, influenza causes an estimated 3,000 deaths in older people. There are also the economic costs to the community of more than one and a half million lost work days, 300,000 doctor visits and 18,000 people admitted to hospital.
However, it’s not just older people who are affected by the flu. T...
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Heading off head lice
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It’s normally considered that cockroaches and crocodiles are the great survivors from the dim distant past; but it appears even the humble head louse has been around for over 100,000 years. As irritating as head lice are, they are essentially harmless and there are even suggestions that they may be beneficial in stimulating some natural immunity against the much more dangerous body louse.Hea...
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Some South American help to manage arthritis
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Some South American help to manage arthritis 6th March 2013 No. 1348Llamas are domesticated animals native to the Americas and from the same family as camels and alpacas. Unlike alpacas, bred mostly for their fibre, lamas are more like camels in as much as they are widely used as pack animals.Now, it seems llamas may be able to help unlock the key to the treatment of a particular form ...
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Keeping well whilst getting older
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The prime objective of the Council on the Ageing (COTA) is to promote, improve and protect the circumstances and wellbeing of older people in Australia.COTA claims to be the voice of seniors over the age of 50; although in the 21st century most 50 year olds wouldn’t consider themselves old or even ageing. Regardless of our own age, we generally think of someone else as being old if they&rsqu...