Health Report - Separate stories Podcast
1) The right amount of Vitamin D
Many people are told to take a vitamin D supplement, especially in winter when there's less sunshine, but you can have too much of it. We unpack the story of a UK man admitted to hospital with Vitamin...Show More
2) A standard to manage sepsis
Sepsis is a condition claiming thousands of Australian lives each year, but especially in the early stages its symptoms are very vague. Now, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthca...Show More
3) How best to tackle obesity
In 2009 Australia launched a National Preventive Health Strategy with the aim of being the healthiest country in the world by 2020. The strategy focused on tobacco use, alcohol use, and obesity. Altho...Show More
4) Health behaviour of teens in the pandemic
One of the measures taken to prevent virus transmission has been social distancing and lockdown, but these can have their own negative health impact. A study on the behaviour of teens undertaken durin...Show More
5) Trialling an artificial pancreas for diabetes and kidney disease
People with Type 1 diabetes need to monitor what's going on with their bodies because they can't make insulin—and it's vital in maintaining blood glucose. An imbalance can be dangerous and damage bloo...Show More
6) Targetting OMICRON variants
Updated versions of coronavirus vaccines targeting the Omicron variant have recently been announced by Pfizer and Moderna. There's been an impressive turnaround time and yet still the virus has contin...Show More
7) Coming to terms with long COVID
Australia has recorded a lot of COVID-19 cases, and about 10 per cent of affected people have had prolonged symptoms, consequently there are many stories from those who say they have long COVID but un...Show More
8) The links between mental health and mortality
Research on links between mental health and premature mortality has some disturbing conclusions—a mental health disorder can impact future mental health as well as physical health.
9) Indigenous thinking combats heart disease and stroke
The risk factors for heart disease or stroke are often high blood pressure, cholesterol, and maybe smoking. But Indigenous people think that the wisdom of culture can help combat these negative elemen...Show More
10) Speculating on an Australian Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
Does Australia need a Disease Control Centre? How would it operate, and what work would be done there?