• The Western Desert Kidney Health Project aiming to reduce disease and diabetes by 20 per cent over three years http://bit.ly/cziQDj
• Western desert Kidney Health Project – the detail http://bit.ly/96wy9k
• Concern for families & children in Aboriginal communities in WA driving more townships towards imposing alcohol bans http://bit.ly/bBZGe1
• Six of seven suicide deaths in the Top End were Aboriginal.Two 14 year olds and a 16yo boy were among those who died http://bit.ly/aUh743
• Brisbane Broncos winger Jharal Yow Yeh will visit remote indigenous communities to promote children’s ear health http://bit.ly/d1IgNL
• Smoking has been identified as the biggest contributor to the difference in life expectancy for Indigenous people. http://bit.ly/aEYaEm
• Diabetes Australia and VACCHO win top healthcare award on diabetes prevention resources http://bit.ly/aE9Hhi
• Professor O’Dea, director of the Sansom Institute of Health Research has been appointed to the board of Outback Stores http://bit.ly/agnLrz
• First Aboriginal nurse based at a major metropolitan hospital in NSW, Sister Bush, was known as a “cultural broker” http://bit.ly/9eaxQ9
• The rate of dementia in older Aboriginal Australians could be reduced by changes in health & lifestyle -epidemiologists http://bit.ly/94TEPa

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