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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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months ago
Australian immunisation rates drop | What are 'incidentalomas'?
What's happening with COVID
Australian vaccination rates are dropping
A new term for chance discoveries on scans
2 years, 3 months ago
'Life and potential death': Being diagnosed with cancer while pregnant
The shock of a cancer diagnosis is familiar for far too many people.
But when Na'ama Carlin was diagnosed with breast cancer, her health wasn't the on…
2 years, 3 months ago
Care and detection of younger onset dementia | Breastfeeding aversion
First heard in July 2023
It’s called ‘young onset’ dementia if diagnosed before the age of 65—and can occur while people are still caring for kids and…
2 years, 4 months ago