Podcast Episodes

ADHD medication a lifesaver? Will cancer treatment damage your ovaries?

Three recent scientific papers looking at ADHD treatment and other health outcomes.

Why no one knows what your cancer treatment will do to your ovarie…

2 years ago

Scrapping the term Long-COVID? Is toddler food bad? And the sick quitter effect

Queensland's Chief Health Officer says the term "long-COVID" should be scrapped, but there are different definitions of what long-COVID is and differ…

2 years ago

Short sleep and diabetes | Menopause and mood | VR patients and emergency

A 62-year-old man in Germany—called HIM—deliberately received the SARS-CoV-2 vaccination 217 times within a period of 29 months. Researchers were kee…

2 years ago

Exercise and depression | Melanoma and access to treatment | Comprehensive research on Sarcoidosis

Major depressive disorder is a leading cause of global disability, and exercise looks like a candidate for treatment. But which type?

Skin cancer is a…

2 years ago

CORONACAST BONUSCAST: New numbers around (super rare) vaccine side effects

When COVID vaccines first became available in 2021, they were met with celebration. Finally we had some defence against this virus that had struck do…

2 years ago

News on long COVID and indoor air quality | Visualising plaque in your arteries | An under-tested blood fat | Kids' risk of poor health in the youth justice system

News this week is The Government response to the long COVID inquiry, which looked into how many Australians are living with long COVID and what could…

2 years ago

Insomnia, sun exposure | Low-carb diets | Sodium in food | Hepatitis in kids | Social prescribing

Health news: Insomnia: what kind of therapy and/or behaviour changes are more likely to work? And new advice on sun exposure that reflects Australia'…

2 years, 1 month ago

Food for kids in childhood centres—are their brains being starved? | Getting an autism diagnosis as an adult

A groundbreaking study from the Queensland Brain Institute has found serious deficiencies in the amount and quality of food provided to kids by Early…

2 years, 1 month ago

Why fentanyl isn't so big in Australia? | Risks of under-vaccination | Breast cancer after an early scare | AI shaking up radiology

The addictive painkiller fentanyl has swept through the USA—but its effects haven't been as big in Australia. Why?

Vaccination against COVID-19 can sa…

2 years, 1 month ago

GLP1 agonists and weight loss | Opioids and cancer pain | Don't neglect dental care | Some back pain resolves, some lingers | Synaesthesia

The drug name on everyone’s lips is semaglutide—a seemingly magical substance that can solve all our ills. But it’s not just semaglutide, there’s a w…

2 years, 1 month ago