December 2022: preventive health in the news
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A summary of media stories from December 2022 about the prevention of chronic disease and the social determinants of health with an Australian focus.
The list is not comprehensive and mainly focusses on topics relevant to the work of the Prevention Centre. Some articles may be behind paywalls but we try to avoid them.
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- Room with a feud: Apartment dwellers seek to ban neighbours from smoking on balconies
The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 December 2023 - Now here’s a deadline: We have until January 16 to help stop toxic vaping
The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 December 2023 - Is secondhand vaping a growing threat or ‘fake news’?
The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 December 2023 - I’ve indulged over the holidays. If I’m healthy the rest of the time, does it matter?
The Conversation, 29 December 2022 - Athletes dare to break the link between alcohol and sport, so let’s just do it
The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 December 2022 - New Centre of Disease Control must be free from political interference
Australian Financial Review, 22 December 2022 - Vaping: The tricks and loopholes e-cigarette and tobacco industries use to target young people
ABC News, 22 December 2022 - Hungry Jack’s, McDonald’s apps using ‘casino’ tactics may encourage unhealthy habits, expert says
ABC News, 21 December 2022 - Northern Territory alcohol laws to undergo government review, three years on from sweeping changes
ABC News, 20 December 2022 - Call to stop making shopping centre Santas look fat
News.com.au, 19 December 2022 - National Women’s Health Advisory Council to tackle medical misogyny in medicine and health care
ABC News, 19 December 2022 - Why do men die younger than women?
The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 December 2022 - Semaglutide is causing a social media frenzy. So what is it?
ABC News, 17 December 2022 - Does exercise really help ageing brains? New study raises questions
The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 December 2022 - Calls for zero-alcohol products to be subjected to same regulations as alcohol
ABC News, 16 December 2022 - Tax sugary drinks for the sake of your country’s health and economy, says World Health Organization
Croakey, 15 December 2022 - First Nations kids are more active when their parents are happy and supported
The Conversation, 15 December 2022 - Aotearoa provides guidance on the next phase of tobacco control measures in Australia: more of the same is not enough
Intouch Public Health, 15 December 2022 - Australia could follow NZ on total smoking ban
News.com.au, 15 December 2022 - Ad Standards rules Hungry Jack’s ad targeted children
Mumbrella, 14 December 2022 - Obesity-related cancers have quadrupled in a generation. It’s time for action.
Croakey, 14 December 2022 - The Lancet special edition on racism and ethnic equity in science, medicine and global health
Croakey, 13 December 2022 - New Zealand passes world-first tobacco law to ban smoking for next generation
The Guardian, 13 December 2022 - Remote community housing: holding government to account
MJA Insight+, 12 December 2022 - Loopholes deliver more alcohol-induced heartbreak
The Canberra Times, 10 December 2022 - The Stats Guy: Smoking, vaping and Australia’s pursuit of a healthier population
The New Daily, 10 December 2022 - The final puff: Can New Zealand quit smoking for good?
Science, 9 December 2022 - Sunak faces backlash over delay to junk food pre-watershed ads ban
The Guardian, 9 December 2022 - Tobacco shops will FINALLY be forced to put up health warnings about cigarettes – like ‘smoking kills 1,200 Americans a day’
Daily Mail, 9 December 2022 - The overlooked health hazard lurking in many homes
News GP, 8 December 2022 - Stricter enforcement of licensed premises is more effective than blanket ‘lock-out’ laws
UNSW Newsroom, 8 December 2022 - The price of ‘sugar free’: are sweeteners as harmless as we thought?
The Guardian, 8 December 2022 - Carrying the shopping bags and walking quickly up stairs helps you live longer
The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 December 2022 - New research identifies some food products aimed at toddlers are failing WHO guidelines around sugar content
ABC 7.30, 9 December 2022 - Labor launches women’s health council to tackle medical misogyny
The Guardian, 8 December 2022 - ‘Bodies start to cook’: poor housing in remote communities puts lives at risk in northern Australia heatwave
The Guardian, 8 December 2022 - Indigenous Australians’ unique oral microbiomes may add to chronic disease load
The National Tribune, 7 December 2022 - Many genes linked to alcohol and tobacco use are shared among diverse ancestries
The National Tribune, 7 December 2022 - Broken hearts are not just a figure of speech, and a trial targeting Takotsubo syndrome is underway
ABC News, 7 December 2022 - Boom in Australia breast milk sales and donations a risk to infants, expert says
The Guardian, 7 December 2022 - An ounce of prevention…is worth a pound of cure — which is why we need an Australian Centre for Disease Control charged with doing both
Inside Story, 6 December 2022 - Lifting national vegetable consumption is not an easy thing
The Canberra Times, 6 December 2022 - A light at the end of the inequality tunnel?
University of Melbourne Inside Business, 5 December 2022 - Incomplete picture hampering long COVID response
NewsGP, 5 December 2022 - Medicare needs to put patients first
Croakey, 5 December 2022 - Medicare no longer works for patients or doctors, Grattan Institute says
ABC News, 5 December 2022 - Vaping is becoming more and more prevalent among kids. Here’s what parents should know
ABC News, 5 December 2022 - Women’s health scorecard highlights need for institute
MJA Insight+, 5 December 2022 - Support for going sober in the bush as new program helps break the stigma of giving up alcohol
ABC News, 5 December 2022 - Why Big Tobacco’s attempts to rehabilitate its image are so dangerous
The Conversation, 4 December 2022 - Telling Americans to ‘eat better’ doesn’t work. We must make healthier food
The Guardian, 4 December 2022 - ‘Lives are at stake’: Australia returns to the nicotine frontline with vaping reform
The Guardian, 3 December 2022 - Hotbox food off the menu as truck drivers search for healthy tucker
ABC News, 3 December 2022 - ‘The worst kind of torture’: Why more over-40s are taking up extreme sports
Good Weekend, 2 December 2022 - On the National Health and Climate Strategy, how’s it shaping up?
Croakey, 2 December 2022 - Research shows the harmful effects of removing the Coronavirus Supplement
UNSW Newsroom, 2 December 2022 - Explainer: How bad is Australia’s vaping problem and how are teens getting nicotine vapes?
The Guardian, 2 December 2022 - ‘I’ve lost my children to vaping’: the tragic stories behind the soaring rates of youth addiction
The Guardian, 2 December 2022 - Food, nutrition and climate: What was on the table at COP27?
Intouch Public Health, 1 December 2022 - Banning menthol cigarettes and more health warnings are only the start. Australia could look to NZ for how to do tobacco control
The Conversation, 1 December 2022 - The drunker you get, the less likely you are to realise how drunk you are, study finds
ABC News, 1 December 2022 - Federal Government outlines sweeping tobacco control reforms and action on vaping
Croakey, 1 December 2022
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