Health & Lifestyle

Ovarian Cancer Awareness Ribbon Every eight hours, one Australian woman dies from ovarian cancer. Rare and devastatingly deadly, over 70% of women who are diagnosed are in the advanced stages of the disease, and thus have a miniscule 5-year survival rate. For October, the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation (OCRF) are...

Turramurra Rotary and Birthing Kit Foundation Australia (BKFA) are assembling birthing kits to prevent infections in childbirth. Inside, the kits will contain essential items such as soap, gloves, sterile blades, gauze wipes, and biodegradable plastic sheets. These kits will aid in the hygienic childbirth practices of developing nations, and ensure...

AT Adventist Aged Care, comprehensive services range from residential aged care and respite to Independent Living Units at facilities in Wahroonga, Hornsby, and Kings Langley. The co-location model means that the facilities provide residents with an integrated system of care that guides residents through comprehensive health services. Jeanette Love (pictured...

About one third of breast cancer patients have non-palpable cancers- cancers that cannot be felt. Before surgery, these lesions have to be located and ‘marked’ in some way, so surgeons know where the abnormal tissue is when they come to operate. This process is called ‘localisation’. Sydney Adventist Hospital recently...