5 September: Melanoma detection | Yoga for heart health | Stroke risk | Life-
changing gene therapy
Sept. 5, 2022
Vital health and medical news.
Tags: science & medicine, health
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29 August: Plant-based vs keto diets | Vitamin toxicity | Added sugar labels |
COVID-19 genetics
Aug. 29, 2022
Vital health and medical news.
22 August: Early time-restricted eating | Healthy produce prescriptions |
Weight management with GPs
Aug. 22, 2022
Exploring how changing your diet—or even your eating schedule—can improve your long-term health outcomes.
Vital health and medical news.
8 August: Cervical cancer screening | Miscarriage and stroke risk | BCG
vaccine and kids | Shingles update
Aug. 8, 2022
An option for cervical cancer screening could be a game-changer and miscarriages or stillbirths may bring an increased risk of stroke
With COVID there are more protective measures to take—and there's a historical parallel | The results of a trial of vitamin D supplementation find no evidence to support vitamin D supplements | Shingles can be a painful disease and those over 70 can have a free vaccination, but not the …
The amount of money to spend on health care in the last year of someone's life is debatable. | The vital eligibility criterion for voluntary assisted dying in Australia is a problematic issue for doctors. | For a heart attack you want the best care possible—but where you live can …
18 July: Living with COVID ain't rosy; Why vax boosters are necessary;
Exercise won't fix poor diet
July 18, 2022
Some immunologists are concerned that COVID-19 is not travelling as expected. An internationally respected immunologist had four doses of COVID vaccine but now recovering from heart failure after getting the virus. There are still community questions about the value of getting a fourth vaccine dose—we asked a vaccine development expert …
11 July: Tackling obesity | Standards on how to handle sepsis | The right
amount of Vitamin D
July 11, 2022
In 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 …
4 July: Coming to terms with long COVID; Vaxes for variants; An artificial
pancreas; Protecting pandemic teens
July 4, 2022
Australia 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 …
What 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.
There 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.
The cancer risks that run through generations of families—and the growing frontier in medicine trying to change that.
Cancer treatment and 'time toxicity'; youth mental health and smoking; a
paradox for cholesterol levels
June 6, 2022
The 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 …
Abortion access, lipid profiling; quality of life and cancer drugs; exercise
and kids' heart surgery
May 30, 2022
Those 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 …
Combating 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.
Ahead 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?
The 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 …
Global warming will probably mean that wildlife travels more and mixes with other species—and an effect will be to spread unfamiliar viruses; There is new guidance to help hospital doctors and clinicians prescribing opioids for pain; A disorder of the oesophagus creates symptoms similar to reflux or allergies, but the …
It's expected now that we will generally live longer, but what really interests people is how to spend their longer life in good health—what to do now in order to set a good foundation.