Podcast Episodes

Treating UTIs (without cranberry juice) and re-examining gender care

Is a simpler solution to recurrent UTIs on the way? Plus when should you exercise to get the most benefit?

A deep dive into the UK's reviews of gender…

2 years, 4 months ago

When your private health won't pay, and flu vaccine options

In health news this week it's cows with bird flu, vaccines for human flu, and GLP-1s for Parkinson's and possibly bowel cancer prevention.

When your p…

2 years, 4 months ago

The bacteria causing bowel cancer, and how to make indoor air safer

How changes to codeine access impacted the use of PBS-listed opiods. 

Pinpointing particular strains of bacteria that could lead to bowel cancer. 

The …

2 years, 4 months ago

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, 4 months 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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 months ago