Health Report - Full program Podcast
1) 11 July: Tackling obesity | Standards on how to handle sepsis | The right amount of Vitamin D
In 2009 Australia launched a National Preventive Health Strategy with the aim of being the healthiest country in the world by 2020—where we're at with it now. The Australian Commission on Safety and ...Show More
2) 4 July: Coming to terms with long COVID; Vaxes for variants; An artificial pancreas; Protecting pandemic teens
Australia has many stories from people who say they have long COVID but who are unable to access help | Updated versions of coronavirus vaccines targeting the Omicron variant have been announced, yet ...Show More
3) Speculating on an Australian Centre of Disease Control and Prevention; How Indigenous culture can protect the heart; Associations between mental health and mortality
What an Australian Centre for Disease Control might aim to be; An Indigenous perspective and research to engage culture for protection against cardiovascular disease and stroke; Research on links betw...Show More
4) Breast density and MRIs, diet and mental health, genomics and osteoarthritis
Breast density and MRIs, diet and mental health, genomics and osteoarthritis
28:35 | Jun 20th, 2022
5) The cancer risks that run through generations
The cancer risks that run through generations of families—and the growing frontier in medicine trying to change that.
6) Cancer treatment and 'time toxicity'; youth mental health and smoking; a paradox for cholesterol levels
The term 'time toxicity' expresses the idea that if treatment to extend a patient's life means lengthy periods in medical facilities, it may be time wasted; In Australia smoking has decreased generall...Show More
7) Abortion access, lipid profiling; quality of life and cancer drugs; exercise and kids' heart surgery
Those at greatest risk from unplanned pregnancy are often least able to access it; Study on 800 different lipids to check your metabolic risk and health profile; It's important to ask if someone's lif...Show More
8) What is monkeypox and where is it coming from? treating the rise in melanoma cases; better stroke management; comparing data on mental health conditions against immune-related diseases
Combating monkeypox with increased vaccination—and monitoring polio cases in Ukraine; Treating the increasing number of melanoma cases; A faster and more mobile way to diagnose stroke; Comparing data ...Show More
9) Considering health issues ahead of an election
Ahead of the election, The Health Report hosts a discussion between experts about the pressing health issues. What are the most pronounced problems, and what health questions have not been raised at a...Show More
10) Mortality mapped to electorates, prostate surgery and relationships, how doctors can better treat Indigenous patients
The risk of premature mortality has been mapped on to federal electorates and Australia's lack of response to the disparity contrasts with that of the UK. The effects of prostate surgery affect the m...Show More