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WANTED: participants for text message support program

06 Sep, 2017, 12:05 pm06 Sep, 2017, 12:06 pm Emma Smith 0 Comments Clara Chow, diabetes, heart disease, SupportMe, TEXTME

Do you have heart disease or type 2 diabetes? Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) wants you! Researchers from WSLHD

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Blacktown Mount Druitt Health Top 4 

All eyes on diabetes as the challenge is revealed

17 Jul, 2017, 11:05 am17 Jul, 2017, 3:03 pm Anne Markey 0 Comments diabetes, National Diabetes Week, Western Sydney Diabetes

Diabetes detection was the theme of this year’s National Diabetes Week – and it was a theme with enormous significance for Blacktown.

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Positive psychology expert Sue Langley is a guest speaker at the WSLHD employee wellbeing festival.
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Inspiring speakers headline WSLHD Wellbeing Festival

23 May, 2017, 8:22 am23 May, 2017, 8:22 am Anne Markey 0 Comments diabetes, speakers, stress, wellbeing, wellbeing festival, WSLHD

Up for a little inspiration? You’ll find it at the WSLHD Wellbeing Festival from May 29 – June 2. It

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Professor Wayne Hawthorne
Our People Research 

Wayne’s world offers hope to diabetes patients

16 Mar, 2017, 4:21 pm Anne Markey 0 Comments diabetes, research, wayne hawthorne

More than 30 years after he was recruited to Westmead Hospital to help pioneer pancreas transplantation in Australia, Professor Wayne

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News Research Spotlight 

‘Rethink your drink’ cans sugary drinks

13 Mar, 2017, 4:09 pm16 Mar, 2017, 4:39 pm Anne Markey 0 Comments diabetes, obesity, Population Health, soft drink, Westmead Hospital

Westmead Hospital is leading the charge against sugary drinks, banning the sale of sugar-sweetened beverages across the campus. On March

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AlertsView All

  • NSW further expands access to Japanese Encephalitis vaccine

    NSW further expands access to Japanese Encephalitis vaccine

    27 Jan, 2023, 10:18 am27 Jan, 2023, 10:18 am Jessica Chahine
  • Viral gastroenteritis on the rise in NSW

    Viral gastroenteritis on the rise in NSW

    18 Jan, 2023, 2:01 pm18 Jan, 2023, 2:01 pm Alyssa Terese
  • Thousands of western Sydney and NSW women to receive fertility treatment rebate

    Thousands of western Sydney and NSW women to receive fertility treatment rebate

    17 Jan, 2023, 3:11 pm17 Jan, 2023, 3:29 pm Alyssa Terese
  • Western Sydney urged to be aware of rare serious bacterial illnesses requiring urgent care

    Western Sydney urged to be aware of rare serious bacterial illnesses requiring urgent care

    09 Jan, 2023, 1:36 pm09 Jan, 2023, 1:37 pm Natalie Noordhuis

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