Media Release

Melbourne Grand Prix Link to World Kidney Day in Australia

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Kidney Health Australia

The sixteen year old grandson of Australia's most famous racing car legend Sir Jack Brabham, three times world Formula One Champion, will officially launch World Kidney Day in Australia on 11 March 2010 in Melbourne.

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Hospital Transplant Funding Supported by Kidney Health Australia and International Transplantation Society

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Kidney Health Australia

A $17 million three year program to cover the costs of transplants in Australian Hospitals has been supported by Kidney Health Australia and the International Transplantation Society. 

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Wearable Kidney would Change the Kidney Patients World

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Kidney Health Australia

Australasian Home Haemodialysis Workshop Brisbane 11-12 February 2010

A wearable kidney, which is worn like a belt and provides continuous dialysis, would change the lifestyle of people with failed kidneys and play a major role in the total reform of dialysis treatment in Australia and internationally.

 

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Sir Jack and Lady Margaret Brabham Pay Tribute to Dialysis Staff

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Kidney Health Australia

Australasian Home Haemodialysis Workshop Brisbane 11-12 February 2010

Sir Jack and Lady Margaret Brabham today paid a special tribute to renal nurses and staff of dialysis units saying that their long term involvement with patients and their families created a special bond.

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Call for National Water and Electricity Tariff for Home Dialysis Patients

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Kidney Health Australia

Australasian Home Haemodialysis Workshop Brisbane 11-12 February 2010

Australians with failed kidneys, who have chosen to undertake home dialysis and save the government up to $37,000 every year, should be protected against the skyrocketing costs of electricity and water by a national program which covers the cost of running life preserving home dialysis equipment.

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Salt is a Major National Health Hazard

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Kidney Health Australia

Salt Week 1 - 7 February 2010

Kidney Health Australia today said the latest medical research from the United States showing the reduction of salt in diets across the population could be as beneficial as interventions aimed at smoking cessation, weight reduction, or the use of blood pressure controlling drugs, is timely coinciding with Salt Week - 1- 7 February 2010.

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