Departmental
This section of the website contains Departmental media releases from October 2003 to December 2003.
Date: 20/11/2003
Title: Diabetes and cardiovascular disease first to be addressed under the Primary Care Collaboratives Program
Description:
The Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing seeks an organisation, or consortium, to implement and manage the first two years of the Australian Primary Care Collaboratives Program.
Date: 3/11/2003
Title: Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) after air travel a small risk
Description:
An Australian study into the relationship between air travel and deep vein thrombosis (DVT), shows that there is a small but heightened risk of a person suffering from this condition following long-haul air travel.
Date: 30/9/2003
Title: Physical inactivity a major health risk factor
Description:
The Australian Government's Chief Medical Officer, Professor John Horvath, warns that inactivity rates with cigarette smoking, poor diet and alcohol misuse as a major health risk factor.
Date: 28/7/2003
Title: Renal expert named new Chief Medical Officer for Australia
Description:
The Secretary of the Australian Department of Health and Ageing, Jane Halton, has announced that renal specialist, Professor John Horvath AO, had been appointed the new Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer (CMO).
Date: 10/4/2003
Title: Health Department gets healthy
Description:
Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Kay Patterson and Minister for Ageing, Kevin Andrews, launch a new program to improve the health and wellbeing of staff at the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing.
Date: 28/3/2003
Title: Victorian Centres of Clinical Research Excellence
Description:
The Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, recognises five Victorian research institutions designated as Centres of Clinical Research Excellence.
