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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.
Events Health People 

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
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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  • Mass COVID-19 vaccination hub to be opened at Homebush

    Mass COVID-19 vaccination hub to be opened at Homebush

    07 Apr, 2021, 12:02 pm08 Apr, 2021, 8:37 pm Tim Dunlop
  • Australia-New Zealand travel bubble set to open on 18 April

    Australia-New Zealand travel bubble set to open on 18 April

    06 Apr, 2021, 2:12 pm06 Apr, 2021, 3:01 pm Tim Dunlop
  • New COVID-19 case locations in Byron Bay – 31 March

    New COVID-19 case locations in Byron Bay – 31 March

    31 Mar, 2021, 9:35 pm05 Apr, 2021, 7:43 pm Tim Dunlop
  • One locally acquired case in NSW, new Byron Bay restrictions – 31 March

    One locally acquired case in NSW, new Byron Bay restrictions – 31 March

    31 Mar, 2021, 11:46 am31 Mar, 2021, 9:36 pm Tim Dunlop

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