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Health Report — 259 episodes
Why you should speed up your steps, even just in short bursts.
Validation for people living with chronic pain
Same work but no training pathway for unaccredited registrars
Will this help more men get prostate checkups?
BMI fails the test as a predictor of disease risk
Kate has a history of anorexia. Why was she prescribed weight loss jabs?
An Alzheimer's blood test is on the way. What could that mean for you?
When is a child ready for their own smartphone?
What can you really learn from a biological ageing test?
Who should be allowed to prescribe medications?
Could a sleep supplement help reduce chronic pain?
Should we ban the use of controversial herbicide, paraquat?
Bird flu has reached Australia. Now what?
Good and bad news on alcohol and disease risk
A crackdown on unregulated peptides
Does exercise lower your biological age?
The habits that protect your mental health
Peptides: who's using them and what's in them?
Ebola outbreak: how it spreads and prospects for a vaccine
Do you need surgery after an ACL tear?
'Fitspo' content and mental health
Markers of irritable bowel syndrome
What do we know about brain fog in menopause?
Can ChatGPT Health tell when you should go to hospital?
Treating a medical emergency ... in space
What to expect this flu season
3D printing in healthcare
Ultra-processed foods and behaviour in kids
MDMA therapy's side effects
Are Australian kids eating too much salt?
Can AI chatbots be good therapists?
Wait, does exercise help osteoarthritis?
Prescribing exercise for mental health
The cost shock of specialist care
Going to ChatGPT for health advice?
What are the benefits of having a dry January?
Can AI make personalised medicine accessible?
Walking the Camino with knee osteoarthritis
Is Dr Google fuelling your hypochondria?
Uncovering the brain circuit for creativity
Swapping salt for a heart healthier option
Indigenous babies born with more gut bugs
Taking women's pain seriously in healthcare
Why do people become dentists?
Could you give up caffeine for six months?
Got gut issues? Don't assume it's gluten
Pain isn't all in your head — but psychotherapy can help
Racial inequity in our medical devices
Challenging weight bias in the doctor’s office
Does human genome editing cross a line?
Low FODMAP diet for chronic endometriosis pain
Daylight saving: Can changing clocks harm your health?
Why does Trump think paracetamol causes autism?
Trump links paracetamol with autism. What’s the evidence?
Time to ditch the blue puffer for asthma
Do you take health advice from influencers?
Mapping the brain using the placebo effect
Could your baby’s skincare routine have lifelong benefits?
Long term relief for low back pain
Can an ultraprocessed diet ever be healthy?
Is your no-sugar drink really the healthier option?
The pros and cons of mental time travel
What bat parents and human parents have in common
How to add 14 years to your lifespan
Mapping the environmental exposures that impact human health
Harnessing the immune system to fight cancer
The man using AI to try treat his dog's cancer
What do hyenas have to do with human health?
Is it too easy to get a prescription for medicinal cannabis?
Exercise packs a punch in fending off cancer
Can you predict how smart a baby will be in adulthood?
Deepfake scammers have stolen Norman’s voice
Want to heal your gut? Here's the evidence
You don’t have to snore to have sleep apnea
Left or right arm? The site of your booster vaccine matters
Would you trust AI to make a life or death decision?
Is misinformation fuelling our measles outbreaks?
Using food to help treat depression
Helping pregnant women stop smoking — safely
The key to creativity? You might be overthinking it
Why there's no quick fix for osteoarthritis
Dr Google could be making your health anxiety worse
Early dementia signs from the body not the brain
Listening to influencers could give you an incidentaloma
Why some women are in the dark about breast density
Bowel cancer is happening younger — so why aren't people getting screened?
As bird flu mutates, are eggs still safe to eat?
How an online coach can keep your brain young
A Stroke of Luck: Kylie's story
A Stroke of Luck: Gillian's story
A Stroke of Luck: Downs and ups of recovery
A Stroke of Luck: Asking for help
Why BMI is being sidelined in the diagnosis of obesity
How much sugar are you feeding your toddler?
What's your sports bra got to do with your knees?
Why aren't kids getting the food they need at childcare?
Could a bacterial strain spark bowel cancer?
Should you exercise more or get surgery for knee pain?
Are they natty, or are they taking steroids to get buff?
Why these fertility experts are worried about plastic
Chair yoga: as good as the real thing?
Why Australia's called the 'allergy capital of the world'
Can your noisy knees predict the future?
Another Trump presidency could give kids more cavities
Inside the lab growing sheets of replacement skin
The parkrun phenomenon — and which runners keep coming back
Why are thousands of bags of blood being binned instead of donated?
Not all screens are equal — some help kids with mental health conditions
Got ADHD? There's a chance you have dyslexia too
The key to living past a hundred? Lie about your age
Why don't we screen everyone for high risk genes?
The man who dated his own kidney stone
Playing sport might protect against concussion harms
Your phone might help you get a good night's sleep
Struggling to keep kids off screens? Here’s how to reduce the harm
Going for a bush walk? Your microbiome will thank you
Sport has two sex categories, but biology isn't that simple
The 'fertility' test that isn't a fertility test
The running group chasing pain relief
Small steps to boost teen mental health
Making pleasure accessible to every body
Your winter blues might be seasonal depression
Counting steps or minutes: How to track exercise
What space travel tells us about ageing
Can you cut a common cold short?
A plan of attack for migraine sufferers
Life-saving changes that could detect breast cancers earlier
Maintaining your mental fitness – and a new culprit for Alzheimer's disease?
The 'sweet poison' fructose myth, and outgrowing childhood allergies
Are cows giving us bird flu? And everything we (don't) know about nanoplastics
Iron for long-COVID, 'holy grail' flu shots, and prolonged grief disorder
Sports bras support knees, bird flu in milk, and health after prison release
Cow's milk for babies, therapy for trauma, and lives saved by COVID vaccines
Norman Swan on what is schizophrenia?
Treating UTIs (without cranberry juice) and re-examining gender care
When your private health won't pay, and flu vaccine options
The bacteria causing bowel cancer, and how to make indoor air safer
ADHD medication a lifesaver? Will cancer treatment damage your ovaries?
Scrapping the term Long-COVID? Is toddler food bad? And the sick quitter effect
Short sleep and diabetes | Menopause and mood | VR patients and emergency
Exercise and depression | Melanoma and access to treatment | Comprehensive research on Sarcoidosis
CORONACAST BONUSCAST: New numbers around (super rare) vaccine side effects
News on long COVID and indoor air quality | Visualising plaque in your arteries | An under-tested blood fat | Kids' risk of poor health in the youth justice system
Insomnia, sun exposure | Low-carb diets | Sodium in food | Hepatitis in kids | Social prescribing
Food for kids in childhood centres—are their brains being starved? | Getting an autism diagnosis as an adult
Why fentanyl isn't so big in Australia? | Risks of under-vaccination | Breast cancer after an early scare | AI shaking up radiology
GLP1 agonists and weight loss | Opioids and cancer pain | Don't neglect dental care | Some back pain resolves, some lingers | Synaesthesia
Australian immunisation rates drop | What are 'incidentalomas'?
'Life and potential death': Being diagnosed with cancer while pregnant
Care and detection of younger onset dementia | Breastfeeding aversion
Where does Australia stand on drug decriminalisation?
ADHD clinics and the diagnosis explosion | Chat GPT and virtual health care
Invigorating ice baths | Waves in the dying brain | Gaming and exercise
Body dysmorphic disorder | Benefits of a low-salt diet | Primary aldosteronism | How a country buys its drugs
Concerns about a cancer therapy | Promise and risk in health AI | Where are all the psychiatrists? | Tackling high blood pressure
Respiratory illnesses in China | ACL injury in women | GP referrals to psychiatrists
CORONACAST BONUSCAST: The latest wave, a new vaccine and let's talk about lockdowns
Weighing the data on legal cannabis | Overuse of antimicrobials | Delayed cord cutting in premature babies
Senate report on ADHD | ABC Birth Project responses | Yellow fever and mosquito-borne diseases | Assessing our spending on health
Narcolepsy and its strange symptoms | Body clocks and our sleep
Vitamin C, COVID, and cancer | Hand arthritis, and new treatment | Birthing in the COVID world | Blood cancer treatment advances
Atrial fibrillation, catheter ablation, stroke, and dementia | A bank for poo | Survey to improve care in general practice
A new treatment for PTSD | Why blood pressure cuff size matters | Diversity of participants in cancer trials
The Voice is a health issue—hearing again the reasons why | Diabetes and cause of death
The versatility of 3D printing in healthcare—for prosthetics, training surgeons, scaffolds, and new skin for burns
Pre-operative assessments | Kids, sinusitis, and antibiotics | Kids, fainting, and an unusual heart rhythm | Knee replacements and digital rehab
The science of sleep
A clearer view of diagnostic error | Monkeys, semaglutide, and addiction | Exercise and gamification
The latest research on Long COVID | Healing worms | Talking about weight loss
Learning from Mexican food nutrition labels | Perils of sitting | Misleading fertility tests | Which uterine surgery is better?
New ovarian cancer test | Testosterone | How the PAP test began | A deep look at sleep
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome | Vigorous Incidental Lifestyle Physical Activity | Cochlear implants
Importance of The Voice for Aboriginal health | Bush tucker and health in Balgo
Metastatic breast cancer | Free gene analysis for rare cancers | Best exercises to lower blood pressure
New Australian guidelines for cardio vascular disease | Phone-connected device can collect heart rhythm data | Panel discussion on reducing red and processed meat consumption
Ketamine for depression | Ultrasound instead of X-ray | WHO on Aspartame and dietary guidelines
Women and strength training | sports food nutrition and labelling | subjective memory study in twins | opioids not beneficial for back pain
Improving diagnosis and care in younger onset dementia | Recognising and overcoming breastfeeding aversion
Health in the news this week | opioid deprescribing | Parkinsons and contaminants | tonsillectomy in adults
Talking and tragedy | Psychedelic-assisted therapy and harms | Cannabis in pregnancy | Chronic low back pain
Electrical signals in the dying brain | A positive film about palliative care | New government system to assess trials
Medication searches and obesity correlations | Diabetes and exercise benefits | Peripheral artery disease and women
Could the shingles vaccine lower dementia risk? And ADHD clinics cashing in on demand
Warnings about artificial sweeteners | ultra-processed foods and depression | strategies to reduce medical waste
Gene therapy approval advances for Duchenne MD | Psychotherapy for depression in pregnancy | Child neglect links to poor health later | Protection against eye injury
Health bots give good empathy but how about medical advice? | hormonal contraception and depression risk | new lung cancer screening program
Normalising menopause | Prostate cancer treatment | Life after an organ transplant | New requirements for cosmetic procedures
A virtual assistant fluent in sign language | Biodiversity loss and human health | Quitting vaping | RSV vaccine
Where Australia stands on drug decriminalisation
'Life and potential death': Being diagnosed with cancer while pregnant
Rise in injecting drug use | Schizophrenia and sudden death | Change needed in bypass surgery | Breakthrough in cause of fatigue
Bone marrow registry's recruitment drive | Trials and errors of alopecia treatment | Prostate cancer screening
What changed TGA's mind on psychedelics | The health gap | Proposed vaping ban | Eye drops for short-sightedness
Psychedelic decision under scrutiny | Calcium scoring for heart health | Removing fallopian tubes to prevent cancer
Screen time for kids | Lymphoedema awareness | Impact of COVID on organ donation
Psilocybin promotor's response | Mothers immune system and mental health | Relief for those who can't burp
Psilocybin and MDMA | ice baths | antidepressants for pain
Knee arthritis and stem cells | Alzheimer's and women | spider venom and hearts | Maturity-onset diabetes and genetic testing
Health news—for Medicare, and for psilocybin and MDMA | kilo creep and knee osteoarthritis | financial reward for weight loss | making healthy weight possible for a population
ADHD and access to care | heart transplant tech | sarcoma and heritability
Safety of generic medicines in Australia | Intermittent fasting | Keeping track of mental well-being
What do royals die of—and how have their deaths shaped history?
Mild cognitive impairment | Alzheimer's | ASMR | atrial fibrilation
The cancer risks that run through generations
Ventilation | Wearables | Telomeres
The lowdown on longevity
Genes, macular degeneration, and Alzheimer's disease | Glaucoma | Blood pressure control
Omega 3 fatty acid supplements in pregnancy | The ageing process and autophagy | Dark Winter: a book about biological attacks, accidents, and COVID-19
The Birth Project | A decision aid when considering genetic screening in pregnancy | Australia's national strategy for maternity care
Effect on the body of zero G | Measuring mental health services | Genetic analysis and cerebral palsy
14 November: Paracetamol overdoses | Health literacy is a societal responsibility | Can spine stimulators treat back pain?
How we safeguard big health data | Linked data predicts health trends | More clarity needed on harms in clinical trials | Assessing mitochondrial donation as a preventive measure for some disorders
October 31: Magda's Big National Health Check | The shocking rise in alcohol-induced deaths
More needs to be known about concussion | what is it about elections and hospital building | ultra-processed foods affect your diet | a music pillow calms pre-op patients
17 October: new thinking on Alzheimer's | wider health effects of weight stigma | Danish cardio-vascular screening trial results
10 October: When is memory decline a worry? | How to change your eating habits | Robotic surgery for prostate cancer | A leading researcher in women and cancer has died
3 October: The silent rise of chronic kidney disease | Improving care for Indigenous youth with diabetes
26 September: The benefit of 10,000 steps | The risk of too much TV | Getting restless kids to sleep
What do royals die of — and how have their deaths shaped history?
12 September: Safe drinking | Obesity and cancer | Cardiovascular risk in autoimmune disorders | A new malaria vaccine
5 September: Melanoma detection | Yoga for heart health | Stroke risk | Life-changing gene therapy
29 August: Plant-based vs keto diets | Vitamin toxicity | Added sugar labels | COVID-19 genetics
22 August: Early time-restricted eating | Healthy produce prescriptions | Weight management with GPs
15 August: Myocarditis | Alcohol marketing | Methadone stigma | Social housing
8 August: Cervical cancer screening | Miscarriage and stroke risk | BCG vaccine and kids | Shingles update
1 August: Ventilation | Vitamin D | Shingles
25 July: Health services in the final year of life; clarity for legal wording on voluntary assisted dying; social inequity and heart attack; climate and mental health
18 July: Living with COVID ain't rosy; Why vax boosters are necessary; Exercise won't fix poor diet
11 July: Tackling obesity | Standards on how to handle sepsis | The right amount of Vitamin D
4 July: Coming to terms with long COVID; Vaxes for variants; An artificial pancreas; Protecting pandemic teens
Speculating on an Australian Centre of Disease Control and Prevention; How Indigenous culture can protect the heart; Associations between mental health and mortality
Breast density and MRIs, diet and mental health, genomics and osteoarthritis
The cancer risks that run through generations
Cancer treatment and 'time toxicity'; youth mental health and smoking; a paradox for cholesterol levels
Abortion access, lipid profiling; quality of life and cancer drugs; exercise and kids' heart surgery
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
Considering health issues ahead of an election
Mortality mapped to electorates, prostate surgery and relationships, how doctors can better treat Indigenous patients
Climate and new virus vectors; advice on prescribing opioids for pain; triggers for an oesophagal problem; cost of macular disease medication
The lowdown on longevity
Chimeras in medicine, Pt2—avatars; What's to be done about tinnitus
Chimeras in medicine: xenotransplantation
Effect of pain medication on immunity; impact of the Budget on GPs and healthcare; importance of planning global vaccination
Research on passive antibodies to combat Omicron | Is Transient Ischaemic Attack an obsolete term? | Treating blood pressure may affect blood flow to the brain? | How hormones and hypertension are related
The changing demographic of blood groups; diet to ease MS; relationship of mental health and dementia
Japanese Encephalitis vectors; climate change and effect on health; archival heart transplant; and data behind decreased heart attacks
Out of pocket health costs; faecal microbiome transplants; stomas
COVID didn't come from a lab; can you trust blood pressure monitors; your preference for more—or perhaps less—health care; studying concussion and head knocks
Developments in heart transplants; Achilles tendon rupture intel; and cardiomyopathy in meth users
Living younger for longer; tingles as intervention for anxiety; finding pancreatic cancer early
Tech and physical activity; Insomnia and depression; Retinal age; and early intervention as treatment for BPD
What happens after omicron; action on blood pressure; coronary artery disease; BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations
What COVID-normal might mean; hearing loss and screening kids; depression and inflammation; genes and the heart
Navigating the pandemic: Dr Anthony Fauci
Substance use omnibus: Protecting kids from drug and alcohol misuse; the relationship of alcohol in pregnancy and kids later use; drinking culture and avoiding the pressure to drink;
Rising ICE use in Australia; and an account of the difficulty in quitting
The enduring stigma surrounding Borderline Personality Disorder
The day I lost my mind
Psychedelic drugs and psychotherapy; evaluating a cancer therapy; mental health and your heart; exercise and your brain