Below is information and links on health and lifestyle issues.
Counselling Services and Family Relationships
The Family Relationship Advice Line is available from 8am to 8pm, Monday to Friday, and 10am to 4pm on Saturday (local time), except national public holidays. The Family Relationship Advice Line is a national telephone service established to assist families affected by relationship or separation issues. The Advice Line provides information on family relationship issues and advice on parenting arrangements after separation. It can also refer callers to local services that can provide assistance.
Family Relationship Advice Line 1800 050 321
Menstime is a counselling service that provides affordable counselling services to men either in an individual setting or in groups. www.menstime.com.au
beyondblue is a national, independent, not-for-profit organisation working to address issues associated with depression, anxiety and related substance misuse disorders in Australia. It is a bipartisan initiative of the Australian, state and territory governments with a key goal of raising community awareness about depression and reducing stigma associated with the illness. www.beyondblue.org.au
Mensline Australia is a dedicated service for men with relationship and family concerns. When you feel like it's all getting too much, help is as close as the phone www.menslineaus.org.au
Kinway is a state-wide provider of quality counselling and relationship education programs. They provide the following services: www.kinway.org.au/default.htm
Government Services
WA Consumer Health Services Directory This reference web site will help you access the vast range of health and community services provided by the WA State Government. It also includes some services offered by others. These services are provided for all Western Australians. www.health.wa.gov.au/home
Family Relationships Online provides all families (whether together or separated) with information and advice about family relationship issues. It allows families to find out about services that are funded by the Government that can assist them to build better relationships www.familyrelationships.gov.au
HealthInsite is an Australian Government initiative, funded by the Department of Health and Ageing. It aims to improve the health of Australians by providing easy access to quality information about human health www.healthinsite.gov.au/static/About_HealthInsite
The Better Health Channel The information on the site aims to help improve the health and wellbeing of the community. The website provides online health and medical information: www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au
PrivateHealth provides information about private health insurance, search for and compare selected features for all private health insurance products offered in www.privatehealth.gov.au
Heart Health
The Heart Foundation is an independent Australia-wide, non-profit health organisation, funded almost entirely by donations from Australians. The Heart Foundation's purpose is to improve the heart health of Australians and to reduce disability and death from heart, stroke and blood vessel disease by: www.heartfoundation.com.au
Sleep Apnoea
Sleep Apnoea This site provides information on the symptoms and treatment for Sleep apnoea. www.med.monash.edu.au/medicine/alfred/research/sleep/ob-apnoea.html
Sleep Apnoea Guide This site provides a comprehensive guide to sleep apnoea http://37minutes.com/sleep-apnea
Diabetes
Diabetes WA was founded in 1965 to support people living with diabetes. At the time, it was estimated that up to 25,000 people in Western Australia were living with diabetes. Today that number is estimated to be 100,000. www.diabeteswa.com.au
SMOKING
QUITLINE provides informations about the effect of smoking on your health and gives ideas to help you quit. http://www.quit.org.au/