The Rural Health Education Foundation has made its forthcoming series of 2006 programs available as a single video subscription package.
Health professionals and other interested parties can now order the complete set of all programs produced by the Foundation in the 2006 calendar year, usually a minimum of twenty to …
read more »They changed the world. Now they’re about to change your practice.
The Baby Boomers, born between 1946 and 1964 - the generation that claimed they “wouldn’t trust anyone over thirty” - is now approaching retirement.
And they are likely to bring some unique healthcare challenges with them.
The Merck Sharp & Dohme University …
read more »The Rural Health Education Foundation will broadcast a special five-minute presentation about the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) at 7.55pm (Sydney time) on Tuesday 15 November 2005, immediately before the Foundation’s Falls Prevention broadcast.
The ACRRM presentation includes discussions by:
Dr Sue Page, President of the Rural Doctors …
read more »The Rural Health Education Foundation Chief Executive Officer, Don Perlgut, will address a major Australian conference on satellite communications on Tuesday 6 December 2005.
The SatCom Australia 2005 conference will take place at Sydney’s Sofitel Wentworth Hotel from 5 to 7 December.
Don Perlgut’s presentation, scheduled for 10.40am, is entitled “Expanding your …
read more »Professor Paul Worley, a board member of the Rural Health Education Foundation, was named by Australian Doctor in their list of 50 most influential people of 2005. A panel of seven ‘medical industry types’ were charged with determining the 50 people with the most influence over general practice.
The …
read more »The schedule of Rural Health Education Foundation’s programs has been altered to include repeat broadcasts of two popular programs. We have had many requests to re-broadcast the programs titled Prostate Cancer: Treatment and Access that was first broadcast in September 2004 and the Obesity and Overweight: It CAN …
read more »Suicide Prevention Australia recognises Rural Health Education Foundation’s valuable contribution to suicide prevention in Australia by awarding them with a Certificate of Commendation in the 2005 LIFE Awards.
The LIFE Awards were established by SPA in 2004 to recognise and honour the exceptional work of individuals and organisations involved in the …
read more »Ahead of the Rural Health Education Foundation’s forthcoming broadcast on Type 1 Diabetes, new research has revealed a significant increase in childhood diabetes in NSW.
The study, produced by the Children’s Hospital at Westmead and published this week by The Medical Journal of Australia, found that insulin-dependent diabetes in NSW …
read more »The program Absolutely Hypertension: An Update on Assessment, Risk and Management, originally broadcast in November 2004, is now available for purchase on interactive CD-ROM.
About the program
The program examines the importance of the level of blood pressure as a major determinant of an individual’s absolute risk for cardiovascular …
read more »The Rural Health Education Foundation has recently produced a series of two documentary-style television programs on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health issues, for broadcast on its national satellite network. The programs were taped in Alice Springs, Hermannsburg NT, Darwin, Bathurst Island, Townsville and Sydney.
The documentaries are on Aboriginal …
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