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Health and medical information you can trust
The Better Health Channel app helps you take control of your health and wellbeing by providing you with quality assured, reliable and trusted health information and services. The app includes:
• Extensive health and medical information about conditions and diseases, their symptoms, management and care.
• Treatments information - from simple lifestyle adjustments to medical procedures, associated risks and potential treatment alternatives.
• First aid procedures for a wide range of common injuries - from bites and burns to heat stroke and hypothermia.
• Suburb and postcode discovery and detailed map directions to Victorian health service providers such as doctors, dentists, pharmacists and physiotherapists
• Urgent medical help and advice contacts including Nurse On Call, Kids helpline, Poisons Information, Lifeline and more.
The app aims to help you and those close to you remain healthy, safe and well. It does not however replace professional advice or care provided by medical practitioners and other qualified health professionals.
Better Health Channel (www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au) provides Australians with trusted, up to date, reliable and independent health, medical and lifestyle information that is quality assured by the Victorian Government.
The Better Health Channel was established in May 1999 by the Victorian (Australia) State Government and is Australia's leading health, medical and lifestyle information website. It has received a number of awards and has consistently been ranked the No. 1 Health and Medical Website in Australia.