by admin | 23 August, 2017 | General News
From July 2016, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will be rolled out across Australian states and territories, including Queensland. NDIS provides people-with-disabilities to have choice and control over their supports and services, and be funded for...
by admin | 23 August, 2017 | General News
Eating too much sugar increases the risk of painful tooth decay, weight gain and obesity, and a number of serious health complications later in life, warned Dr Alison Tedstone, Chief Nutritionist for Public Health England (PHE). Yet, the data show that many children...
by admin | 23 August, 2017 | General News
University of South Carolina’s Professor Steven Blair emphasised the importance of exercise over and above healthy diet and healthy lifestyle. Prof Blair has spent more than 40 years researching the impact of physical activity on health. Prof Blair believed that...
by admin | 17 April, 2013 | General News, Physiotherapy
About two-thirds of stroke sufferers across the globe survive and undergo rehabilitation. Even though rehabilitation can not reverse damage to the brain due to stroke, it certainly helps the individuals to achieve optimal independence and the best possible quality of...
by admin | 22 February, 2013 | General News
It is a known fact that physical activity helps in controlling diabetes, but recent studies have shown that it is possible to get the same positive results of physical exercise from passive stretching. Passive static stretching is the activity that results when...