Health Report - Full program podcast

ABC (Australia)

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.

Episodes

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