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Health Report - Full program podcast
Hosted by ABC Radio · EN
Specialist and mainstream audiences alike rely on the Health Report to bring clarity to health and medical issues from social, scientific and political points of view.
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11 July: Tackling obesity | Standards on how to handle sepsis | The right amount of Vitamin D
Jul 11, 202200:28:35Tap to summarizeIn 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 Quality in Healthcare has created a national clinical care standard for diagnosis and treatment. 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.
Transcribe →4 July: Coming to terms with long COVID; Vaxes for variants; An artificial pancreas; Protecting pandemic teens
Jul 4, 202200:28:35Tap to summarizeAustralia 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 the virus still mutates | People with Type 1 diabetes need to monitor their blood glucose but automatic systems are being trialled to assist them | A study on the behaviour of teens undertaken during the pandemic identified some of the particular health risks for this group.
Transcribe →Speculating on an Australian Centre of Disease Control and Prevention; How Indigenous culture can protect the heart; Associations between mental health and mortality
Jun 27, 202200:28:35Tap to summarizeWhat 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 between mental health and mortality concludes that both mental and physical health can be adversely impacted.
Transcribe →Breast density and MRIs, diet and mental health, genomics and osteoarthritis
Jun 20, 202200:28:35Tap to summarizeThere may be a link between what you eat and your mental health—also, avoiding overtreatment for breast cancer; predicting your risk of osteoarthritis; and whether mammogram results should inform women about breast density.
Transcribe →The cancer risks that run through generations
Jun 13, 202200:28:36Tap to summarizeThe cancer risks that run through generations of families—and the growing frontier in medicine trying to change that.
Transcribe →Cancer treatment and 'time toxicity'; youth mental health and smoking; a paradox for cholesterol levels
Jun 6, 202200:28:34Tap to summarizeThe 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 generally, but tobacco use is higher than average in young people with mental health issues; The bad form of cholesterol is LDL — low-density lipoprotein, and high-density lipoprotein is the good form. An new study suggests there's a limit on how high HDL should be.
Transcribe →Abortion access, lipid profiling; quality of life and cancer drugs; exercise and kids' heart surgery
May 30, 202200:28:35Tap to summarizeThose 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 life will be improved by taking cancer drugs; Heart defects in kids may need surgery but new research considers exercise as a key to improving their life expectancy.
Transcribe →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
May 23, 202200:28:33Tap to summarizeCombating 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 on some mental health conditions against immune disorders.
Transcribe →Considering health issues ahead of an election
May 16, 202200:28:35Tap to summarizeAhead 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 all?
Transcribe →Mortality mapped to electorates, prostate surgery and relationships, how doctors can better treat Indigenous patients
May 9, 202200:28:34Tap to summarizeThe 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 man and his partner—and sometimes it means a change to sexual function. Doctors can struggle to communicate with Aboriginal patients—a podcast featuring Aboriginal elders offers advice on delivering culturally safe healthcare.
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