Category: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

High Blood Pressure Is a Silent Killer, but Experts Said Australia Is Not Doing Enough to Tackle It

Australia should not discount the danger of high blood pressure, which is the main culprit behind most death and disease in the country, a group of Australia’s leading experts has warned. While just over one in five adults–more than four million Australians–have high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, researchers found that many of them…


High Blood Pressure Is a Silent Killer, but Experts Say Australia Is Not Doing Enough

Australia should not discount the danger of high blood pressure, which is the main culprit behind most death and disease in the country, a group of Australia’s leading experts has warned. While just over one in five adults–more than four million Australians–have high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, researchers found that many of them…


Soldiers Felt Like ‘Villains’ When Returning Home: Veteran Suicide Commission

Australian Lance Corporal Ryan Goodwin returned home from Afghanistan in 2012 with no welcome-home parade, no fanfare, and no support for the traumatic injuries he suffered. Tormented by the horrors of war and unable to seek help from the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), Goodwin took his own life in December 2019. Goodwin’s family told his…