All episodes
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
Report on Omicron reinfection rates; screen use after concussion; exercise after concussion; infant formula and cognitive development
The new variant Omicron; platelet-rich plasma in knees and ankles; and Parkinson's possible connection to influenza
Stillbirth in lockdown, health risks for adolescents, sleep disorder with fly-in fly-out rosters, senescent cancer cells
Youth mental health care; COVID vaccines of the future; balancing cancer treatment and vaccination
Women's health: menopause and cardiovascular risk; efficacy of vaginal laser use; remedies for incontinence; tools to improve breast cancer screening
What to know about buying and using rapid antigen tests | chimeras in medicine part 2 | more snakebite information
Chimeras in medicine: xenotransplantation
COVID-19 boosters; the big uptake for digital health; cholesterol in different age groups; amputation decision aid
Malaria and vector-borne diseases, the Hippocratic Oath, the best way to treat snake bite
The widespread gender bias in healthcare
Who gets care if hospitals become overwhelmed?; colorectal cancer risks; and the myth of placebos
The enduring stigma surrounding Borderline Personality Disorder
The first year of COVID; the 'molecular messages' sent during exercise; is orthopaedic surgery over prescribed?; and can a combination pill transform how blood pressure is treated?
Vaccine rates in Indigenous communities; the origins of The Black Death; understanding illness caused by ticks; and the trial of Theranos founder begins
Can substituting salt save lives?; the science of the COVID modelling; and Toxoplasma Gondii and cognitive decline
Have we misunderstood the Doherty modelling?; High viral loads in vaccinated people; COVID risks to children; and substance use and the developing teenage brain
How can ventilation be improved to protect against COVID; post-op lung complications in patients who isolated before surgery; what's it like living with tinnitus?; and calls to do more to prevent chronic disease
The modelling on the pathway out of the pandemic; why critical care for women having heart attacks is being delayed; and alcohol use and anxiety
The frontline of the NSW COVID outbreak; the race to find more effective COVID treatments; and COVID risk for people living with mood disorders
COVID vaccine trials for young children; COVID's mental health toll on Indigenous communities; should bilateral cataract surgery be done on the same day?; and the link between bone loss and cognitive decline
Managing resources in the pandemic; review of COVID research; low value care; and how to prevent kids misusing alcohol
Growing COVID crisis in NSW; the origins of COVID; vaccine protection for people with blood cancers; and can exercise help those with poor sleep quality?
The pathway out of the pandemic; the harms of alcohol in pregnancy; supporting pregnant women with SUDs; and is low carb always best?
COVID threats emerge across Australia; trial shows promise for managing diabetes and hypertension; could a new class of drugs help prevent end stage kidney disease?; and the harm of long working hours
Alzheimer’s drug has experts divided; rising ICE use in Australia; the disappointing results of a study aimed at improving ovarian cancer survival rates
Navigating the pandemic: Dr Anthony Fauci
Are grommets over prescribed in children?; Kangaroo care and infant mortality; long term survival following a heart attack; should biological sex be considered in cancer care?
Australian atlas of healthcare variation; dangerous sunburn; targetted radiation therapy; antibody testing for vaccine efficacy
Spend less time sitting; cumulative weight gain; ancestors and our microbiome; new look biobanking
Male and female life expectancy; sinonasal inflammation and your brain; eye injury prevention; the virus and RNA transcription
Modelling vaccination plans; development of preterm babies; bronchiolitis in infants; Q&A
Effectiveness of paracetamol, cannabidiol over the counter, the health of Australians in 2030, and depression in people with dementia
Firearms regulation; multiple sclerosis and a new approach, Italian findings about schizophrenia, the ongoing health of cancer survivors