Australia has one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world. Approximately 17,000 Australians are diagnosed with melanoma each year, with 1400 dying from it annually. It is estimated that a person has a 1 in 265 (or 0.38%) risk of dying from melanoma of the...
Antipsychotic drugs are a central treatment for schizophrenia but they have a myriad of side effects which can make continued adherence challenging. Weighing up whether it’s best for a patient to continue with a drug or slowly come off it is difficult and best handled...
Preconception care comprises counselling and the provision of biomedical, behavioural and social health interventions to optimise the health of women and their partners prior to pregnancy and improves health related outcomes for themselves and their children. Most...
Bowel cancer claims the lives of 5,354 Australians every year. Risk factors include older age, family history of the disease, and eating lots of red meat – especially processed meats like salami and bacon. Plant-based diets or plant-forward eating patterns focus...
Cardiovascular diseases cause 27% of deaths in Australia. Around 1.2 million Australians (6.2% of adults) have 1 or more heart or vascular conditions. For some people, sticking to a regular exercise habit comes easily but for others building the motivation to exercise...
Written by Joanna Mitchell, Tonic’s Business Communications Manager At the recent Adnews Media & Marketing event, our Tonic Ambassador Matthew Johnstone spoke about managing stress and building resilience in media. One of his key recommendations is...
Written by Joanna Mitchell, Tonic’s Business Communications Manager Agencies are notorious for long hours and tight deadlines and can easily become high-stress environments. In 2016, the Tonic team ran a health initiative across 20 media agencies nationwide,...
Opinion Piece by Managing Director, Dr Matthew Cullen Agency careers have always walked a line between glamour and grind. Long hours and tight deadlines are a package deal with the added fun and adrenaline of working in media. When stress and pressure begins to...
Opinion Piece by Commercial Director, Jack Mortlock It’s fair to say we’re living bigger lifestyles than ever before. The ‘lifestyle category’ takes in more activities now than it ever has. Travel is one example. Health and fitness is another. What not so long ago...
Psych Up co-host, Matthew, is an international speaker, author and creative consultant to clients such as The Black Dog Institute, The Golden Door Elysia, Geelong Grammar amongst other major corporates. Johnstone says he’s delighted to be co-hosting the...
Burn-out is a catch-all phrase for people who are tired, chronically stressed, have lost interest in their work and can’t find motivation. It’s a messy combination of symptoms where chronic stress gets conflated with depression, anxiety and tobacco, alcohol and other...
Hosted by renowned physician and media personality Dr Norman Swan, the “Psych Up” series aims to educate over-worked and stressed agency staff with simple, evidence-based ways to stay fit and healthy in today’s increasingly competitive media world. Dr. Swan gave...
