Remote Communities – 2SEA Southern Community Radio Sapphire Coast NSW

A quarter of First Nations Children are suffering from ear disease

Remote communities have higher rates of ear disease than First Nations children in Cities or regional towns. Although some of these are asymptomatic, accessible tests can show whether they are at risk of experiencing hearing loss. Hearing Australia has conducted research on 19,000 First Nations children and found that one in five were experiencing hearing …

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Siestas save lives in NT

The Wire / By The Wire

In the baking heat of the Northern Territory, air conditioning has become a fact of life, not a luxury. It has been found that now Territorians have become less able to deal with extreme heat than they did 40 years ago. Aboriginal people have for time immemorial dealt with heat in traditional ways. One is …

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Indigenous people fighting Diabetes

The Wire / By The Wire

Markers of diabetes management have been deteriorating during the COVID-19 pandemic as lockdowns and social distancing measures discourage people from seeking out regular health services. With diabetes disproportionately affecting Indigenous Australians, at almost four times the rate compared to non-Indigenous Australians, a new model-of-care comes as an exciting development. In the trial, led by Associate …

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