Think: Health

Episodes

1. 80

   #80 - Hatred of sound

   CLEAN VERSION: This version of the podcast does not contain any trigger sounds. From when I was about 5 or 6, my dad, sister and I would sit at the dining table during dinner and practice our multiplication tables. We did this for a number of years until one day I remember I couldn’t do it…

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   Dec 6, 2017

   27 min
2. 80

   #80 - Hatred of sound

   TRIGGER WARNING: For those with a sensitivity to particular sounds. From when I was about 5 or 6, my dad, sister and I would sit at the dining table during dinner and practice our multiplication tables. We did this for a number of years until one day I remember I couldn’t do it anymore, and that...

   Dec 3, 2017

   27 min
3. 79

   #79 - Noise pollution

   This show originally aired on Think: Sustainability. Noise pollution is the only cardiovascular risk that can't be resolved by doctors or medications, it's purely up to the politicians. Speakers: Kirsten Parris - Associate Professor of Urban Ecology at the University of Melbourne. Thomas Muenzel…

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   Nov 26, 2017

   19 min
4. 78

   #78 - Why chlamydia rates are on the rise

   Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the country with more than 70,000 notifications of the infection in 2016 alone. These statistics come from the Kirby Institute’s latest paper looking at the state of Australia’s sexual health. But unlike other sexually transmitted...

   Nov 19, 2017

   21 min
5. 77

   #77 - The eye is a window into your brain

   You’ve probably heard the expression ‘the eye is the window to the soul’, but what about ‘the eye is a window to what’s happening in your brain’? A growing body of research is looking to the eye as an indicator of neurological disease expressed through something called bio-markers. These markers...

   Nov 12, 2017

   27 min
6. 76

   #76 - Why our bodies are run by mechanical forces

   Not very often is it that a new field emerges in the world of medical science, let alone one to this scale. Mechanobiology understands the body as a dynamic system, measured by the mechanical forces which form it - your heartbeat, your blood pressure and the signals being sent to the brain. When...

   Nov 5, 2017

   26 min
7. 75

   #75 - The lack of data around youth homelessness

   On any given night, more than 100,000 Australians are homeless with more than one third of those being between the ages of 12 and 25. Although we have an equipped understanding of why youth become homeless, the data around their physical and mental wellbeing continues to fall through the cracks....

   Oct 29, 2017

   22 min