Around four million adults were Vitamin D deficient  in 2011 - 12 according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) . Ms Louise Gates, ABS Director of Health Statistics, said that while the rate of Vitamin D deficiency was relatively high - there were very few people who were severely deficient. [ + ]

AMA Victoria welcomes the Medical Board’s announcement that it will continue to fund the Victorian Doctors’ Health Program  for a further three years, as it considers its adoption at a national level. [ + ]

Enabling less highly-trained hospital workers to play a bigger role could improve jobs for doctors and nurses, save public hospitals nearly $430 million a year and fund treatment for more than 85,000 extra people, says a new Grattan Institute report. [ + ]

[caption id="attachment_7329" align="alignright" width="132"] Lee Thomas[/caption] [ + ]

[caption id="attachment_7451" align="alignright" width="442"] Dance for Parkinson's pilot program. Photographer Christian Tiger[/caption] [ + ]

[caption id="attachment_7441" align="alignright" width="200"] Dr Jackie Liddle[/caption] [ + ]

The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) has released a new position statement surrounding the diagnostic testing and management of Lyme disease in Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]

[caption id="attachment_7415" align="alignright" width="200"] Waiting for the Present (Brian Sanstrom)[/caption] [ + ]

Learning about brain scans and other biomedical imaging tools is now free to anyone anywhere who has access to a computer and the internet. [ + ]

[caption id="attachment_7366" align="alignright" width="160"] Professor Debra Thoms[/caption] [ + ]

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Australia is among the first countries in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Western Pacific Region to be declared measles-free. [ + ]

The first round of projects to give back healthy hours to the Southern Adelaide community has been announced by the Southern Adelaide Health Alliance (SAHA). [ + ]

Individuals with a higher socioeconomic status usually follow a healthy eating program and take better care of their health needs, while those on lower incomes are more likely to cut back on basic needs, according to recent research. [ + ]

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