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  1. Healthy eating – school lunches

    Simple ways to make a child's school lunch healthier and nutritious.

  2. Heart disease and mental health

    Did you know that your mental health can affect your heart health and vice versa? Depression can affect how well people with heart disease recover, and increase their risk of further heart problems.

  3. Heat-related health problems

    Heat kills more Australians than any natural disaster. Find out how you can treat and prevent heat-related illness, including heatstroke, heat exhaustion, heat cramp and heat rash.

  4. Heavy periods

    About heavy periods (menorrhagia or abnormal uterine bleeding). Details on blood loss, symptoms, causes, health effects, diagnosis, treatment and where to get help.

  5. Hepatitis B – immunisation

    Immunisation against hepatitis B reduces the risk of infection in babies.

  6. Herbs

    Use herbs to enhance the flavour of virtually any dish, including desserts.

  7. Heroin

    Heroin is a depressant of the central nervous system, which means it slows down brain function and particularly the control of breathing.

  8. Heroin dependence - medication treatments

    Medication treatments for heroin dependence include methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone.

  9. HIV and women – having children

    All about women living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), conceiving a baby, HIV status, pregnancy, HIV services, childbirth, baby feeding, babies with HIV, HIV prevention and treatment.

  10. Holiday stress

    Holidays are supposed to offer relaxation and recuperation, but some people find them disappointingly stressful.