The Handband Blog
Medical ID guides, condition know-how and first-aid advice — written to help you and the people who look after you.
THE rate of diabetes has increased by up to 40 per cent over five years in coastal retirement areas of NSW and has reached worryingly high levels in western Sydney - areas of the state least able to d…
Wristbands for kids with food allergies — Australian guide to custom debossed silicone bands, school anaphylaxis safety, and what to write on each one.
Parents who feed their infants solid foods or cow's milk before the age of four months could put them at lower risk for peanut allergy, according to a new study. Researchers said introducing solids ea…
Friday 18 March 2011 is the Australian National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence. Schools are encouraged to hold activities to raise awareness of anti-bullying initiatives in their school c…
Sending a child with food allergies to summer camp? Practical questions to ask staff, safe snack ideas, EpiPen handling and allergy ID wristband basics.
The number of Australian children with type 1 diabetes is already high by international standards, but the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare estimates the number will jump a further 10 per ce…
YARMOUTH — On Monday, hospitals in southwestern Nova Scotia began placing yellow wristbands on patients considered to be at high risk of falling. The wristbands carry the words "fall risk" in large bl…
Half of NHS trusts are failing to comply with alerts designed to protect patients from harm, research suggests. Data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by the charity Action against Medical…
STAWELL - Skene Street School is selling inspirational wristbands and biros to help raise funds to put the finishing touches on its new facilities. Since students moved in at the beginning of 2011, mo…
Has your allergic reaction to a medication been properly recorded in your medical records so you are not at risk in future? Health reporter Elspeth McLean has some advice from her own experience of me…
An allergy expert says Australian children have the highest recorded rate of food allergies in the world and warns the statistics could translate into a wave of chronic diseases. An Australian study i…
Food allergies affect 1 in 10 Australian children. Latest statistics, symptoms, anaphylaxis risk, school management plus allergy alert wristbands that keep kids safe at school and events.
