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Watch how you sit

17 May 12 | AUSTRALIANS have been warned to get off their backsides or risk long-term spinal damage and chronic diseases.

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Improve your health in 30 days

17 May 12 | WANT to feel better and improve your health? The 30-day Complete Health Improvement Program aims to help participants prevent common killer diseases and boost their health.

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19 Apr 12 | A GOOD diet is only part of the story for those who seek a healthy body - the other, and some say harder, part is exercise. A lack of motivation, not time, is the main cause for inadequate exercise.

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A good breakfast makes the day

19 Apr 12 | BREAKFAST is the most important meal of the day which is why it is important to get it right from a healthy diet viewpoint. Bacon, sausages and fried eggs may be naughty and nice but...

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A midwife crisis at John Hunter

19 Apr 12 | THE NSW Nurses Association has delivered an ultimatum to Hunter New England Health, who they say has failed to provide extra midwives for John Hunter and Maitland maternity services.

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Essential shot in the arm against flu

19 Apr 12 | NOBODY wants the sniffles and sneezes of the common cold - but flu is a different ball game. It can be deadly, especially to the very old and the very young.

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Mental health boost for New Horizons

12 Apr 12 | SUPPORT services for people with mental illness in Charlton will receive a $478,000 boost thanks to a federal government grant. New Horizons will receive the additional funding.

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