Monthly Archives: September 2008

Media Release: China Reminds us of the Benefits of Breastfeeding (Sept 23rd, 2008)

September 23, 2008 – 12:42pm

The Use of Formula for Babies Presents Avoidable Dangers
Dr Lisa Amir, Lecturer at the Key Centre for Womens Health in Society, says powdered infant formula is not a sterile product and that it may contain bacteria. Click here to read Dr Amir’s opinion piece in The Age, 23 September 2008.

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McCaughey Centre 15-Sep-08: Visit by Karma Tshiteem, Royal Government of Bhutan

September 15, 2008 – 5:41pm

The McCaughey Centre and VicHealth jointly hosted a visit to Melbourne by Karma Tshiteem, Secretary of the Gross National Happiness Commission of Bhutan in early September. Mr Tshiteem spoke at and participated in a number of events organised by VicHealth, the Australia Bhutan Friendship Association (ABFA) and the McCaughey Centre during his time in Melbourne. [...]

By Amy | Posted in Knowledge Transfer, McCaughey Centre, Melbourne School of Population Health, Public Lecture | Comments Off

Professor Dallas English discusses Cancer Prevention at the Dean`s Lecture Series. Audio now available! (Sept 2nd, 2008)

September 2, 2008 – 10:50am

Dean’s Lecture Series, Tuesday 2 September 2008
Click here to listen to the audio from this event
Professor Dallas English, Chair of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic & Analytic Epidemiology, School of Population Health spoke at the Dean’s Lecture Series on Tuesday 2nd September, 2008
Cancer is a major killer in Australia, causing thirty percent [...]

By Helen | Posted in Centre for MEGA Epidemiology, Public Lecture | Comments Off

Media Release: Beat the bulge and stop cancer, says Professor Dallas English (Sept 1st, 2008)

September 1, 2008 – 11:54am

Media Release, Monday 1 September 2008
Australians need to tackle obesity and physical inactivity with the same intensity that they have smoking if they want to prevent cancer, says a University of Melbourne expert.
Professor Dallas English, in a lecture to be delivered at the University of Melbourne tomorrow (2 September), says there has been a major [...]

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