Articles tagged Health and Wellbeing (9)
Women’s health: a key pathway to economic inclusion and empowerment
International Women's Day (IWD) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women – while also marking a call to action for accelerating gender equity.
New Medibank research reveals majority of Australians are lonely
Medibank has released new research revealing that as the pandemic enters its third calendar year, not only are more Australians self-reporting as feeling lonely, they are feeling lonelier for longer.
Australians encouraged to prioritise their health checks
Data from comprehensive health checks conducted on more than 500 executives, since the beginning of COVID, discovered potentially serious undiagnosed health issues.
Weight loss and exercise helping to manage osteoarthritis
An Australian first trial exploring whether diet and exercise may help people manage symptoms of osteoarthritis-related knee pain, has found 80% of participants achieved significant improvements in pain.
Medibank introduces COVID vaccination requirement for employees
Medibank today announced it will require retail and office employees to be vaccinated against COVID in order to attend a workplace or a work event, in a further show of support for Australia’s vaccination drive.
Swinburne and Medibank extend first-of-its-kind partnership
Swinburne and Medibank have renewed their three-year partnership to continue providing an integrated health services offering to the Swinburne community.
Health Research at Medibank: Linking GPs to the latest treatment info for osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis is one of the leading causes of chronic pain, disability & lost productivity in Australia. Although there is no cure, there are effective non-surgical treatments for osteoarthritis. So why aren’t more people getting the treatment they need?
Research to curb injury in women’s footy
With more women tackling contact sports like Australian football and soccer, the rate of knee injury among players is also on the rise. Medibank and La Trobe University are funding research to prevent ACL injuries.
Medibank works with La Trobe University and Optus on new COVID-19 research
Medibank co-invests in three new community health projects, with results published by February 2021.