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Deakin Life! program

Concerned about your health? Unsure about where to start? Do you just need some help?
The Life! program at Deakin University might be just what you need!
You will receive one individual health coaching session followed by five group sessions to help you with the following areas:

Nutrition

Exercise

Stress management

Sleep and relaxation

To assist you with your journey, you will:

receive a complimentary Life! workbook to guide you through these topics and to help you make lasting changes.

receive expert health coaching that is run by trained facilitators who are health professionals

information on courses running on campus at convenient times and locations

Limited space available!
This is a free program, funded by the Victorian Government and run by Diabetes Australia – Victoria.
For your eligibility, please take the online test. And if you score a point average of 12 or above, please contact Jacinta Sharpe.
Free Diabetes screening also available for Deakin Staff members and students!!! Contact Jacinta Sharpe for more information.

More information about Deakin Life! program(112 KB)

Medical maggots make a comeback

Maggots at Deakin's Waurn Ponds campus will be put to work on Bairnsdale ulcer wounds, to eat away dead flesh and improve healing in a pilot study being developed with Barwon Health.

Deakin microbiologist and researcher Dr Melanie Thomson yesterday said maggot use was just one olden-day remedy that could be employed in the apocalyptic age of antibiotic resistance and superbugs.

From the Geelong Advertiser
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