Trailblazers dashing towards a dementia-friendly Brisbane 2032
Dementia Australia today acknowledged Brisbane City Council; Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art; University of Queensland’s Healthy Living Centre, and Art Museum; along with Iona College for their combined commitment to creating a dementia-friendly Brisbane as a strategic element of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. These…
“Boof” Lehmann vows to double his MyMarathon kilometres.
Former Test cricketer and Australian Cricket Team coach, Darren “Boof” Lehmann, is lacing up for a second year in the Heart Foundation’s MyMarathon – and in 2021 has vowed to double his kilometres in the charity’s annual fitness and fundraising challenge. MyMarathon participants will have the entire month of October to walk…
Fears 27,000 heart checks missed in pandemic could lead to wave of heart disease.
Nearly 350 heart attacks, strokes or heart-related deaths over the next five years could have been prevented if 27,000 Heart Health Checks had not been missed or delayed because of COVID-19, according to new modeling released by the Heart Foundation today. At least 27,000 Australians are likely to have missed…
Renters, mortgage-borrowers and regional Australians more likely to be overweight, obese.
A new report released today shows that Australians of working age who are paying off a mortgage or renting and those living in inner regional areas are more likely to be overweight or obese. The report by the Australian Institute of Health & Welfare (AIHW) highlights the links between overweight and…