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Get answers to the health questions everyone's asking. Our experts give you the information you need to feel good and make the best decisions for your brain and body.
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Is it safe to dose yourself with pre-workout?
It can sometimes be tough to summon the motivation and energy to go to exercise.
Well, there’s a product for that and it’s gaining popularity.
Pre-workout mixtures come in powders, pills, drinks, gummies — you name it, they’ve got it.
Norman and Tegan run through what they actually contain, and what the evidence says about their effectiveness…
Got a health question? Shoot us a line @ABCHealth on Instagram, or send a voice memo to thatrash@abc.net.au. We'd love to hear from you!
References:
Multi-ingredient pre-workout supplements, safety implications, and performance outcomes: a brief review
Effects of Beta-Alanine on Muscle Carnosine and Exercise Performance:A Review of the Current Literature
Creatine Supplementation for Muscle Growth: A Scoping Review of Randomized Clinical Trials from 2012 to 2021 -
How do over-the-counter painkillers compare?
When you get a headache, what do you reach for? Ibuprofen, aspirin or paracetamol?
Over-the-counter painkillers can be difficult to differentiate, but they do vary, not only in their effectiveness but also in their side effects.
Norman and Tegan talk us through how these drugs work, and which one might be best depending on your situation.
References:
Paracetamol versus ibuprofen – which works best and when?
Is paracetamol effective for low back pain?
The dangers of NSAIDs: Look both ways -
Restless Legs Syndrome and how it's treated
Restless Legs Syndrome is a common condition with somewhat mysterious underpinnings…
While it can be a side effect on an underlying condition, many people suffer for no known reason.
Norman and Tegan take us through what we know, what we suspect and some of the treatments for those jittery legs…
References:
Iron and restless legs syndrome: Treatment, genetics and pathophysiology
Iron-deficiency and dopaminergic treatment effects on RLS-Like behaviors of an animal model with the brain iron deficiency pattern of the restless legs syndrome
The Management of Restless Legs Syndrome:An Updated Algorithm
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Kate's cancer announcement: What do we know about her health?
Kate Middleton announced via a video message that she is undergoing treatment for cancer.
The Princess of Wales has been out of the public eye since Christmas. This is the first official announcement about her condition since she revealed she would be undergoing planned abdominal surgery in January.
So what What do we know about Kate's cancer diagnosis? What is the likely treatment? And, given she is relatively young, what's the message for people who do have unexpected new symptoms?
What is preventative chemotherapy? What could treatment look like? What are some of the side effects of chemotherapy? How long does it take to recover from? We're answering the health questions everyone's asking on What's That Rash? -
Is your (artificial) sweet tooth killing you?
Did you know that we're evolutionarily predisposed to seek out sweet treats?
Simple carbs were harder to come by in caveman times than they are today. Now, the consensus is we all need to cut down our sugar intake.
One way people are doing that is by replacing their sucrose with non-sugar sweeteners.
Norman and Tegan explore whether this is actually a healthy alternative.
References:
Sweetness and food preference
Health effects of the use of non-sugar sweeteners: a systematic review and meta-analysis
The World Health Organisation on aspartame, and dietary guidelines -
Pimples, spots and pleuks: The who, why and what (to do)
Although it’s often thought of as an adolescent affliction, acne can affect people well into adulthood.
But some people seem to be immune to pimples. Why?
Norman and Tegan investigate why some people are more prone to pimples than others, and what you might be able to do about it.
Got a health question? Shoot us a line @ABCHealth on Instagram, or send a voice memo to thatrash@abc.net.au. We'd love to hear from you!
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References:
Racial Differences in Clinical Characteristics, Perceptions and Behaviors, and Psychosocial Impact of Adult Female Acne
The association between stress and acne among female medical students in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Seasonal aggravation of acne in summers and the effect of temperature and humidity in a study in a tropical setting
Enjoyment of watching pimple popping videos: An fMRI investigation
Customer Reviews
Love your pod.
Thank you for continuing to make your podcast. I always enjoy it and come away armed with what I need to know about covid. Your show is uplifting and funny which must be difficult based on the subject. Please keep making it until one day you can make a final show announcing that covid is done and gone. I will so much enjoy that episode.
Keep it up!
Please continue the show for the foreseeable future! It was been such a help throughout the pandemic.
Keep poor political reporting out of it
I enjoy this program and find it very helpful for updates on public health & science involving Covid. I found the low quality “political update” on the state of American politics today irrelevant and not worthy of the time allocated or this generally high quality program. Nepotism at its worst.