Pregnant? Who you gonna call?

A new pregnancy, birth and parenting phone line is now available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for mums and dads to access pregnancy help and information any time they need it. Deadly Vibe spoke to Bernice Gray the National Coordinator of the new Pregnancy, Birth and Baby Helpline about some of the […]

Can smoking give you cervical cancer?

Lungs aren’t the only part of the body that can develop cancer from smoking. We all know that smoking can cause lung cancer, but you may not know that it can also increase your risk of developing cervical cancer by up to 60 per cent. Recent statistics show that 49 per cent of Indigenous women […]

Health Round-Up

The latest in Indigenous health news from around Australia. Remote Babies at Risk Indigenous health researchers have found that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers who live in remote areas are 14 per cent less likely to have a healthy baby than mothers living in regional or city areas. Researchers from the School of Women’s […]

Becoming A Parent

When you become a parent, everything changes. Just like that. There isn’t a book, video or pep talk that can wholly prepare you for the responsibility of bringing a little being into the world, then bringing them up. Becoming a parent is also a very emotional experience, especially if you’re a first-timer. That said, it […]

A Growing Concern

Drinking alcohol can damage your unborn baby. Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is brain damage and other disorders that can be caused to children through women drinking during their pregnancy. This is because alcohol interferes with the normal development of a foetus (the baby growing in the womb). FASD includes: Foetal alcohol syndrome Growth retardation; […]