January 2024: preventive health in the news

The list is not comprehensive and mainly focuses 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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• As we celebrate Medicare’s 40th birthday, here are four ways to grow a more resilient health system
  Croakey, 31 January 2024
• Vape stores clustered around schools and in the most disadvantaged suburbs, Australian study finds
  The Guardian, 31 January 2024
• Industry’s bogus ad scheme fails to protect children from alcohol exposure
  Intouch Public Health, 30 January 2024
• A lifeline not a lockup: Victoria’s new public intoxication response leads the way
  Croakey, 30 January 2024
• Outdoor activities in study’s spotlight after ‘very obvious decline’ in community engagement
  ABC News, 30 January 2024
• This salt alternative could help reduce blood pressure. So why are so few people using it?
  The Conversation, 30 January 2024
• Replacing table salt with ‘heart’ salt could save thousands of lives
  The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 January 2024
• Disposable vapes to be banned in UK as part of drive to curb youth vaping
  The Guardian, 29 January 2024
• The next generation of tobacco control measures
  MJA Insight+, 29 January 2024
• Inconsistencies in how medical schools teach women’s cardiac health
  MJA Insight+, 29 January 2024
• Childhood obesity surged during COVID-19 lockdowns, UK study finds
  9 News, 26 January 2024
• Heatwaves and cyclones are affecting the health of unborn babies in Australia, experts say
  ABC News, 25 January 2024
• Food strategies need ingredients like equity, justice, and sovereignty
  Intouch Public Health, 24 January 2024
• ‘Can you walk a kilometre?’ The question that predicts fracture risk
  UNSW Newsroom, 24 January 2024
• For the new vape laws to succeed, these 3 things need to happen – or users may look to the illicit market
  The Conversation, 24 January 2023
• Vaping is still on the rise despite ads targeting young Australians. Why isn’t the messaging working?
  ABC news, 22 January 2024
• Lack of fluoridated water a health risk for disadvantaged Queenslanders
  UQ News, 22 January 2024
• Urbanisation ‘contributing to health inequities’ for First Nations peoples
  MJA Insight+, 22 January 2024
• Aging workforce demands workplace health and safety rethink
  The Mandarin, 22 January 2024
• Life expectancy gap between men and women is shrinking
  Cosmos, 22 January 2024
• Australia being ‘left behind’ as federal research and development funding sinks to 30-year low
  The Guardian, 22 January 2024
• Groceries on special fly off Australian supermarket shelves at 70 times normal rate
  The Guardian, 21 January 2024
• Study pinpoints sex differences in dietary risk factors for CVD
  newsGP, 19 January 2024
• Bacon, eggs and a side of PR? How advertising shaped what we eat for breakfast
  ABC News, 19 January 2024
• This cancer is on the rise in women under 45, and no one knows why
  The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 January 2024
• Most of these tips for a healthy heart are familiar. But two little-known factors have emerged
  The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 January 2024
• Gamified at-home exercises can help to prevent falls in older people
  UNSW Newsroom, 17 January 2024
• Same-level workplace falls set to rise amid surge in older female workforce
  Monash University, 17 January 2024
• Women finally get a taste of the funding honeypot
  The Medical Republic
• Research reveals new hope for obesity-induced heart disease
  Deakin University news, 17 January 2024
• Australian students handed ‘wellbeing shots’ made by subsidiary of British American Tobacco – as experts fear new front in health wars
  The Guardian, 15 January 2024
• Deadly health impact of wood heater smoke
  MJA Insight+, 15 January 2024
• Bike deaths on Aussie roads have dropped over 30 years: BMJ
  Cosmos, 14 January 2024
• Personalised medicine for Indigenous Australians a step closer
  The Medical Republic, 11 January 2024
• WA government outlines proposed new liquor sale restrictions in regional towns
  ABC News, 8 January 2024
• COVID inquiry warning to plug Australia’s health gaps before next pandemic
  The Sydney Morning Herald, 2 January 2024
• From today, new regulations make it harder to access vapes. Here’s what’s changing
  The Conversation, 1 January 2024

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