Latest News - Kidney Health Australia media releases
| 2 July 2008 - Organ transplantation funding a major boost for Kidney patients |
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Around 60% of all organ transplants carried out in Australia relate to the kidney. Kidney Health Australia today said the strategy and funding announcement by the Federal Government to improve organ donation would provide a major boost for Kidney Patients who are forced to wait an average of four to six years on dialysis for a transplant. Read more>
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| 30 June 2008 - De-clutter homes and raise funds for Kidney disease |
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Does the thought of sorting through items or opening up that overstuffed closet overwhelm you? What do you do with these unwanted belongings? Gobuygosell and Kidney Health Australia has launched Australia's first national online Anti Clutter website to help Australians purge items that they no longer need or use and de-clutter their homes, offices and their lives. Read more>
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| 30 June 2008 - Start the new Financial Year with a Health Check Up |
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One third of all admissions to public hospitals - 2000 patients every day is due to dialysis and the amount of kidney patients is growing at 8.5%. Kidney Health Australia is urging people to start the new financial year with a personal health audit. Read more>
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| 22 June 2008 - Running for Pierre |
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The spirit and memories of Pierre Gaspard who died in October 2007 after living with kidney disease, including two kidney transplants and more than a year on dialysis, was carried today by eleven runners in the Run Melbourne event this morning which started at Fed Square. Read more>
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| 12 June 2008 - Angels recognised in Queensland Parliament |
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The Queensland Parliament will be filled with Angels today when Kidney Health Australia releases its 2008 Operation Angel Awards to honour people and organisations who have made a significant contribution to helping people with Chronic Kidney Disease. Read more>
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| 5 June 2008 - Kidney Angels honoured in New South Wales |
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The New South Wales Health Minister, Reba Meagher, will be surrounded by Angels tonight at the Sydney Cricket Ground when she officially presents Kidney Health Australia's Operation Angel Awards. Read more>
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| 30 May 2008 - Smoking can triple the risk of Kidney disease |
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Kidney Health Australia today said smoking triples the risk of Kidney Disease. The Kidney Health Australia Medical Director, Dr Tim Mathew speaking on the eve of World NO Tobacco Day said the simplest, most important lifestyle habit to change to reduce the risk of kidney disease is to stop smoking. Read more>
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| 28 May 2008 - Kidney Health Week launched with Angels in Tasmanian Parliament |
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The Deputy Premier and Tasmanian Minister for Health and Human Services, Lara Giddings, will be surrounded by Angels at Parliament House this afternoon when she officially launches Kidney Health Week which focuses on detection, prevention and management of kidney disease to lower the number of dialysis patients. Read more>
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| 28 May 2008 - Kidney Health Week launched with Angels in Victorian Parliament |
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The Victorian Minister for Health, Daniel Andrews, will be surrounded by Angels at Parliament House this morning when he officially launches Kidney Health Week which focuses on detection, prevention and management of kidney disease to lower the number of dialysis patients. Read more>
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| 26 May 2008 - Kidney Health Week launched with Angels in Perth |
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The Western Australian Minister for Health, the Hon Jim McGinty will be surrounded by Angels this evening when he officially launches Kidney Health Week which focuses on detection, prevention and management of kidney disease to lower the number of dialysis patients. Read more>
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| 26 May 2008 - Angels recognized in fight against Kidney disease |
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Barbara Harvie, a renal nurse working at Canberra Hospital who has made a significant contribution for indigenous health, nursing education programs and resources, and Sheila Perryman a kidney patient who for forty six years has managed to avoid dialysis through diet and lifestyle changes, will both become part of Kidney Health Australia's Operation Angel Program. Read more>
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| 25 May 2008 - Kidney Health Australa celebrates 40th birthday with Angels |
Kidney Health Australia will celebrate its 40th Birthday with the recognition of forty Australians for their contribution to kidney health in Australia. Read more>
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| 24 May 2008 - Sky rocketing petrol prices threaten Kidney dialysis patients in regional and country areas |
Kidney Health Australia at the beginning of Kidney Health Week called for a review of the petrol safety net for Australia's dialysis patients who need to travel to hospitals up to three days a week to stay alive. Read more>
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| 23 May 2008 - Kidney Health Australa to rock Western Australia |
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Kidney Health Week, which commences tomorrow, will see the debut of a new unique rock band KHAOS - Kidney Health Australia On Stage. Every member of the unique band has a connection to kidney health and includes doctors, transplant recipients, dialysis patients and Kidney Health Australia staff. Read more>
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| 22 May 2008 - Billy Kidney starts the race for healthy Kidneys |
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Kidney Health Australia is using Kidney Health Week 2008 to promote kidney health awareness to schools with a program aimed at alerting people to the amazing role their kidneys play and by also promoting water as nature's choice of drink. Read more>
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| 20 May 2008 - Harley Davidson's roar of support for Tasmanian Hospital Renal Units |
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A roar of support from over two hundred finely tuned and gleaming motor bikes including the famous Harley Davidson machines that were part of the third annual Kidney Fundraising Bike Ride on February 23 has raised thousands of dollars for Kidney disease in Tasmania. Read more>
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| 16 May 2008 - Kidney Health Australia to attack binge drinking |
| Kidney Health Australia today said binge drinking needed to be attacked at an early stage and will begin promoting the importance of drinking water "NATURE'S CHOICE" to quench thirst to schools. Read more> |
| 8 May 2008 - Local Hospitals play key role in Kidney patients survival |
| Kidney Health Australia today said Chronic Kidney Disease was responsible for the highest number of hospital visits to public hospitals in Australia. Read more> |
| 5 May 2008 - Kidney Health Australia says no to Kidney trading |
| Kidney Health Australia has rejected any moves to buy and sell kidneys in Australia. Read more> |
| 2 May 2008 - Kidney Health Australia backs alcohol labelling |
| Kidney Health Australia has today backed moves by the Western Australian Government to implement warning labelling on Alcohol. Read more> |
| 21 April 2008 - The Times are a changing on Kidney disease |
| Kidney Health Australia has in their 2007 Annual Report signalled major positive changes in the fight against Kidney disease in Australia which may affect one in three Australians. Read more> |
| 14 April 2008 - Community seeks information on 'Silent Killer' |
Kidney Health Australia today said 20% increase in calls to the National Kidney Health Information Service (KHIS) 1800 helpline is due to increased public awareness of kidney disease. Read more>
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| 3 April 2008 - Kidney Health Australia says water is nature's choice |
Kidney Health Australia today said to satisfy thirst, water is the recommended fluid and nature's choice. See Drink water instead! our site. Water has no calories, is inexpensive and readily available. Though no single formula fits everyone, the amount of fluid you need to drink each day depends on your size, activity level and the weather. Read more> |
| 18 March 2008 - new KEY Program attempts to prevent kidney disease in Perth |
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| 18 March 2008 - Kidney Health Australia backs Brumby and Victorian Government on Chronic Disease |
Kidney Health Australia has urged all State Governments to follow Victoria's preventative health strategy and screen workers for chronic disease. The cost of treating kidney disease in Australia is rising by $50 million a year and will jump from $700 million in 2006 to $900 million in 2010 - The Economic Impact of Kidney Disease in Australia, report was undertaken by the George Institute of International Health eighteen months ago.
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| 13 March 2008 - AFL Star and Geelong Cats Kick a Goal on World Kidney Day |
Kidney Health Australia will use the celebration of World Kidney Day to recognise young Geelong Cats star Tom Lonergan as a Kidney Health Australia 'Angel' in recognition of his outstanding display of courage and inspiration to all patients suffering with Chronic Kidney Disease. Read more>
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| 11 March 2008 - Gift of Life Cost Donor $6000 |
Joe Ryan from Newcastle, who recently donated his kidney to his brother saving the community some $70,000 a year dialysis cost, said the Gift of Life had left him $6,000 out of pocket . Read more> |
| 11 March 2008 - Kidney Health Australia Backs Rudd On Binge Drinking |
Kidney Health Australia has backed the Federal Government's push on binge drinking saying it is a major attack on future health problems especially chronic disease. We are fully supportive of the campaign and would hope to see WATER, nature's choice of drink feature prominently as Australia has one of the best tap water's in the world. Read more> |
| 10 March 2008 - Political Parties urged to keep their Kidneys healthy |
Every day our Federal Parliament sits our elected representatives process 45,200 litres of blood. Kidney Health Australia said that 1 in 3 members of every political party is at increased risk of developing CKD and 1 in 7 members has at least one clinical sign of existing CKD. Read more> |
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7 March 2008 - YouTube could save lives!
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Only 5% of the people knew where their kidneys are, and what they do. Kidney Health Australia has turned to the website YouTube to increase awareness of Chronic Kidney Disease in Australia as part of its World Kidney Day schools' program. Read more> |
| 1 March 2008 - Chronic Disease threatens Health Budgets |
| Australia's health system needs to provide a framework of investigation for Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in the high risk category of patients to stem the rapid growth of Chronic Kidney Disease patients being placed on dialysis. One of the world's leading authorities on Chronic Kidney Disease and economic outcomes Professor Allan Collins today said "Chronic, non-communicable diseases (particularly cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease) have now replaced the communicable diseases as the leading threat to public health and health budgets worldwide according to the World Health Authority." Read more> |
| 28 February 2008 - Perth residents offered free Kidney Check as part of Australia's first national screening program for Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) |
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With 1 in 3 Australian adults at increased risk of developing CKD, Perth residents will be able to book in to have a free KEY health check - on 10, 13 and 14 March at The Boulevard Centre, 99 The Boulevard, Floreat between 9am -5pm. Those from wanting to take advantage of the free service should contact Kidney Health Australia (08) 9381 9311 to book a consultation. Read more>
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| 28 February 2008 - Amazing kidneys go to school - World Kidney Day, Thursday 13 March 2008 |
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Kidney Health Australia will use World Kidney Day to launch a national awareness campaign on the importance of Kidney Health to children and their parents with a strong focus on choosing water nature's choice as their drink of preference. 'Billy the Kidney' is leading a campaign using the theme Amazing Kidneys to promote key message that every day adults kidneys filter 200 litres of blood - a remarkable feat for two small organs the size of our fists which every year process 73,000 litres of blood. Read more>
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| 25 February 2008 - 500 million have some form of kidney damage. Only 2% of the people diagnosed with kidney disease knew they had it! |
| One of the world's leading authorities on Kidney Disease visiting Australia for a series of lectures and discussions on Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in the lead up to World Kidney Day said more than 500 million people worldwide - or about one adult in ten - have some form of kidney damage. Only 2% of the people diagnosed with kidney disease knew they had it! Read more> |
| 14 February 2008 - Kidney Health Australia welcomes Rudd commitment on Indigenous health |
| Kidney Health Australia today welcomed the commitment by the Federal Government to tackle the health issues facing Indigenous Australians with a concerted effort to close the seventeen year life expectancy gap between Indigenous Australians and the rest of the community. Read more> |
| 12 February 2008 - World kidney expert to visit Roxby Downs, Sth Australia |
| One of the world's leading experts on kidney disease will visit Roxby Downs later this month to observe Australia's first national screening program for chronic kidney disease. Read more> |
| 8 February 2008 - Kidney disease could increase risk of blindness threefold |
| Kidney Health Australia today said a major Australian study just published has identified for the first time a significant relationship between early age- related macular degeneration of the eye and early Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Read more> |
| 21 January 2008 - Warning on web health information |
| When you go onto the web to look for medical information make sure you get proper professional advice from your GP or specialist to avoid unproven health information. Read more> |
| 14 January 2008 - UK Government announces it will introduces screening for kidney disease |
| The UK Government has announced that it will introduce screening of patients for Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) as part of its National Health Service to introduce a more preventative strategy to cope with the growing public health problem of CKD. Read more> |
| 10 January 2008 - Townsville makes history as first location for Kidney screening progam in Australia |
| Townsville is set to take its place in history as the first location in Australia to undertake a screening program for Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) next month. Read more> |
| 31 December 2007 - Kidney Health Australia targets early detection of CKD in 2008 |
| Australia is urgently in need of an early detection program, as approximately 1 in 3 Australian adults are at risk of developing Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), which is the 7th most common cause of death exceeding diabetes, respiratory disease and suicide. Kidney Health Australia will celebrate its 40th birthday in 2008. Read more> |
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| 30 December 2007 - Rethink puts crucial nurse back on duty! |
| A plan to suspend vital emergency support to 30 home dialysis patients on the North Coast during some of the holiday season has been cancelled by the Health Department, which blamed a nurse manager for the idea. Read more Extract Sydney Morning Herald re NSW Home Dialysis support |
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| 30 December 2007 - 2 million Australians could have CKD |
Kidney Health Australia today warned Australia is losing the kidney disease battle, with deaths from kidney failure having doubled in the past twenty years with KHA saying there is an urgent need to review and upgrade the previous Federal Government policies on national early detection programs.
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| 27 December 2007 - Kidney Health Australia calls for investigation into removal of patient support for Home Dialysis patients |
| Kidney Health Australia today called for a full investigation by the NSW Health Minister the Hon Reba Meagher into the withdrawal of patient support services for kidney patients undertaking home dialysis over Christmas by North Coast Area Health. Read more> |
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| 10 December 2007 - Give the Gift of Life for Christmas |
| 53% of all organ transplants are kidney- related. The average wait for a kidney transplant in Australia is about four years, with waits of up to seven years not uncommon. One person a week is dying whilst waiting for transplant, according to Kidney Health Australia. Read more> |
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| 15 November 2007 - 50% of Kidney Patients affected by depression |
Two national health organisations have joined together to address the issue of mental health and kidney disease, with 50% of Australians with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) affected by depression.
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| 13 November 2007 - Australia's first Kidney Early Detection Program starts at Roxby Downs market stall |
| A market stall in the centre of the South Australian mining town Roxby Downs will provide the grass roots start of one of Australia's most important primary health care programs. Read more>. |
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| 13 November 2007 - Kidney Health Australia launches patients poll |
| Kidney Health Australia has commenced an online poll asking patients over 50 or those having diabetes or high blood pressure if they have had their kidneys checked by their local GP in the past year. Read more> |
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| 31 October 2007 - Kidney hero completes 20,000 km ride in Adelaide |
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Margie Raynor, a fifty two year old school teacher from Adelaide who has been riding around Australia to support people with kidney disease, completed her 20,000 kilometre journey today when she rode through a Guard of Honour in Elder Park, Adelaide. Read more>
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| 15 October 2007 - Better monitoring for kidney disease in Australia |
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Kidney Health Australia today said new recommendations released today in the Medical Journal of Australia by the Australasian Creatinine Consensus Working Group will improve the measurement and reporting of Kidney Disease at a general practice level in Australia. Read more>
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| 8 October 2007 - Kidney Kids take on challenge |
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Children affected by kidney disease will be the special guests at Challenge Stadium at Claremont as part of the Kidney Kids Capers Holiday program organised by Kidney Health Australia and supported by the renal unit of the Princess Margaret Hospital. Read more>
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| 25 September 2007 - Kidney Camp links kids in same boat |
| Pirates, salt water crocodiles, pythons, baby kangaroos, tree frogs, treasure hunts, flying foxes, and time in the bush are all on the agenda for this year's Kidney Kids Camp. Children affected by kidney disease will be the special guests at Camp Manyung, Mt Eliza Victoria on 24 - 28 September 2007. Read more> |
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23 September 2007 - The diary of a dialysis patient - Vicki
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Vicki has made a decision to purchase a kidney for transplant from overseas has been released today to every Member of State and Federal Parliament in Australia by Kidney Health Australia via a special email bulletin.
Vicki's story has become public today in the Sunday Telegraph in NSW Vicki, a forty year old from New South Wales, has been waiting for a kidney transplant for three years and details her weekly physical and personal fight for survival and the trials and tribulations of surviving on dialysis. Read more>
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10 September 2007 - Kidney health sector and patients under siege
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The Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology, and Kidney Health Australia have today
released a joint statement highlighting the plight of the Kidney Health sector saying medical staff
and patients are under siege. Read more>
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