Tag: health
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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Mayor and deputy roles settled
Greater Dandenong's next mayor and deputy mayor appears to be settled ahead of the formal election on Monday 18 November.
The ALP and long-term councillor...
