50 episodes
Health Report - Separate stories podcast ABC listen
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- Health & Fitness
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4.4 • 77 Ratings
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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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What the 'next Berlin patient' means for HIV treatment
The world's largest conference on HIV and AIDS has been underway in Berlin to discuss developments and breakthroughs in the field.
One major story out of the conference is the remission of a patient with HIV using a new treatment method.
Also, we discuss a study into mammal-to-mammal transmission of avian influenza.
References
The next Berlin patient: sustained HIV remission surpassing five years without antiretroviral therapy after heterozygous CCR5 WT/Δ32 allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Spillover of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus to dairy cattle
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Will new vaping laws be a boon for the black market?
New vaping laws are in place, but questions remain about whether they will address the health problems at play.
Both non-nicotine and nicotine vapes are only available through a pharmacy, and only to those over 18 years of age.
But some experts are concerned this could expose young people to a growing illicit market.
Guest
Emeritus Professor Wayne Hall, National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research
References
Will Australia's tightened prescription system reduce nicotine vaping among young people?
Smoking out Australia's growing illicit tobacco market: Current trends and future challenges -
The little-known cause of heart attack in young women
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) causes heart attacks in young, healthy people with no known risk factors.
Because of this, SCAD can have a devastating psychological impact.
A clinic is trying to address this by providing the proper support, and connecting patients with this rare condition.
Guests
Professor Jane Maguire, SCAD survivor
Professor Robert Graham, the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
Dr Barbara Murphy, associate director of the Australian Centre for Heart Health
References
Cardiac Counselling Clinic, the Australian Centre for Heart Health -
The running group of cancer survivors putting evidence into practice
Cancer treatment is life-saving, but it can be brutal.
The side effects of chemotherapy and radiation can continue long after a person has gone into remission.
A group of runners are putting into practice research that shows exercise can help, especially for nerve pain.
Guest
Melanie D'Souza, cancer survivor
Dr Chris Swain, University of Melbourne and Cancer Council Victoria
References
Can Walk, Can Walk program
Physical activity and pain in people with and without cancer -
Mailbag: Sex toys and asthma
A look at some of the Health Report correspondence this week.
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COVID vaccines during pregnancy
US President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID.
The results of a large study into women who received a COVID infection, or the vaccine during pregnancy.
Alcohol products are health-washing their advertising and it seems to be working.
And calls for tougher restrictions on marketing for toddler milk products.
Customer Reviews
Alternative Health?
Love the show & it's a regular / very enjoyable part of my medical 'reading' while driving to/from ED shifts in northern NSW but interested podcast is listed under Alternative Health. While Dr Swan is far from narrow minded about health care, I see the Health Report as reporting on current mainstream medicine rather than the generally less evidence based alternative stuff.
Missing episodes
I never miss an episode of this interesting and informative show. It’s a 5 star listen that is only being awarded 3 stars because the ABC hasn’t posted the latest 2 episodes of the show to podcast subscribers.
Biased toward broken convention in nutrition
Dr. Swan has a fine voice for radio. Almost trustworthy. I listen to hear how out of date Dr. Swan is when it comes to nutritional health science. Eat less, move more and the Mediterranean diet is so 20th century anchored and may only benefit a small segment of the unhealthy community. Whereas current researchers are resolving type 2 diabetes, for example, with creative application of the findings from the last decade of studies.