While Victorian youngsters have been promising to donate money from their pockets for the Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal, a significant $16,405,534.65 has been hit in the final tally.

It is believed that risks of development of breast cancer in people with family history of the disease are primary. But, BreastScreen Victoria surveyors claimed that family history plays no role in women's risk of the disease.

When cigarette is known to be a sure-for killer, then why isn't its sale get banned on Earth? It is a big question towards the overall health ministry!

Well, in a recent research, it has been revealed that more than half of the Victorians think this way. Yes, they believe that the sale of cigarettes should be banned within a span of next 10 years.

It was in 2011 that telehealth rebate was introduced in Canberra. However, since then a number of changes have been introduced in the system, as per which now only people living in remote receives the rebate.

New legislations in some of the countries are supporting plain packaging ideas with printed health warnings on cigarette packaging to prompt smokers to quit their habit as it has severely devastating health effects upon them.

According to a recent snapshot of the state's health service, every day another 20 patients are added to Victoria's elective surgery waiting list. Due to this, since last year, an additional 7,000 patients have joined this continuously increasing queue.

Varied researches have proved that sunbeds are hazardous to health and can even cause skin cancer and thus NSW had put a ban on their use. As per a new report, the Victorian government is now being asked by the Victorian Co-operative Oncology Group (VCOG) to go on the same path.