Childhood Obesity Programs Don’t Work

Published on October 27, 2010 by Technology Slice

Childhood Obesity Programs Don’t Work – Most programs for childhood obesity have been of questionable effectiveness and therefore any new initiatives should be tried out on a small scale and with ‘incremental’ adoption says a report from the Productivity Commission. Smoking doubles dementia risk Heavy smoking increases the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and dementia [...]

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Kevin Rudd Announces Hospital Plan

Published on March 3, 2010 by Technology Slice

Kevin Rudd Announces Hospital Plan – The Rudd government has finally announced its plan to fix Australia’s public hospitals, with a $30.9 billion funding takeover as its centrepiece. The giant health and hospital reform program would result in the Commonwealth funding up to 60 per cent of all services, infrastructure and research costs in public [...]

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