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Free men’s health seminar

It’s one of those things that can be difficult to talk about, embarrassing to address and sometimes easier to leave untreated. Men’s health issues...

Solace for mentally ill

A caring place to call home. CRYSTAL Manor, a supported residential service, has been running for the past 35 years. Proprietor and manager Annesly Tisseverasinghe said...

Incontinence help

Endeavour Hills Medical Centre at 61 Heatherton Road, Endeavour Hills, offers comprehensive, professional and friendly services. Practice manager Catrina Cincotta said the centre has state-of-the-art...

Get the right balance

BALANCED Insight Psychology and Just for Kids Psychology in Endeavour Hills offers just what its name suggests, a balanced, relaxed and supportive environment for...

Driving an interest in truckies' health

By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS BERNIE Sullivan, a lean, strong truckie from Darwin, normally avoids medical check-ups like the plague. By chance, he took a pit stop at...

Monash Health needle-exchange staff fear job losses 

By ALECIA PINNER: apinner@mmpgroup.com.au STAFF at Monash Health are fighting changes to the Dandenong and Springvale needle-exchange program which they fear could eliminate their jobs. The Foster...

Well-being: Do men need meat?

By SHARON BROOKS RECENTLY I Googled, “Do men need meat?”. In 0.27 seconds there were 161 million results. Clearly there are no shortage of opinions....

Mental illness: To hell and back

By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS NOT many people could understand the ‘‘long haul’’ faced by Diane Bellette. A single mother, she has cared for her middle-aged son...

Cancer: Healthy outlook makes every day precious

By CATHERINE WATSON WATCHING Veronica Matajevac's sparkling eyes and hearing her ready laugh, you would think she was in the peak of health. Yet she has...

Rotary helping to beat bowel cancer

By KAREN COOMBS THE Rotary Club of Dandenong's community campaign raising awareness of bowel cancer is saving lives. Rotarian Trevor Harding, who has been organising the...

Dandenong Hospital nurses may take action

By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS NURSES may take industrial action over unresolved safety concerns at Dandenong Hospital’s emergency department since a 2011 state inquiry into the problem. Australian...

Mental health hub to 'save young people'

By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS HEADSPACE Dandenong, a long-awaited mental health service to save young people from "falling through the cracks" is set to open this month. Headspace Dandenong,...

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Locals have eyes on cup prize

Saturday’s standalone $500,000 Ladbrokes Cranbourne Cup (1600m) looks set to be one of the most open in recent memory with a strong local contingent...