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Jess: Personal Trainer and Life Changer
Meet Jess Dietrich. At 21 years old she is doing something with her life not many others are able to boast. Having left university to pursue her passion, she is now running a successful small business helping others create healthy and active lives. Jess knew early on that a life in the Health industry was something that […]
Health care sector to fund medical tourism
It has been revealed over the weekend that private health insurer NIB is set to sell surgical packages allowing Australians to travel internationally to receive treatments. Not only will these medical tourists be granted cheaper procedures and shorter waiting periods, NIB have promised a quality guarantee. Australian dentists are less than happy to hear of […]
Crackdown on food & fitness industries
It was announced yesterday that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission have launched an audit of take-away food and fitness franchises. The ACCC deputy chairman, Michael Schaper, stated that “In the ACCC’s next round of audits we will be looking at franchisors from the take-away food and health and fitness industries” While franchises which received […]
Is being fat a disease?
Australia’s top obesity experts have suggested we treat obesity as the life threatening disease it is. Under their proposed plan, Medicare would subsidise the costs of dietitians, physiotherapy and personal trainer costs in order to ease the financial burden of this health risk. The Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society will meet in Melbourne to […]
Will cuts to funding put students’ health at risk?
Newly appointed Minister for Education Christopher Pyne has sparked debate from university students across Australia this week, announcing the Coalition’s plans to scrap the Student Service’s and Amenities Fee. Pyne stated that the incoming Liberal government would not be “bound by the previous government’s policy decisions” particularly not a policy of “compulsory student unionism by […]
Red Canister Diaries 