Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHysterical: The 'distressing' gender gap in health Dr Lea Merone didn't expect to confront
From measuring a woman's health based on her attractiveness, to studies showing women have to prove themselves to be sicker than a man to receive tre…
1 year, 9 months ago
Meet the Kenyan women helping solve a critical shortage in this essential item
Not having enough money to buy period products is a major problem for women and girls around the world. The Kenyan government is considered a global …
1 year, 9 months ago
Health professionals say Australia needs a centre for disease control
Public health experts are calling on the government to make good on its election promise to institute a permanent centre for disease control to ensur…
1 year, 9 months ago
One in five Australian children are living with chronic pain - and often, help is not at hand
One in five Australian children suffer from chronic pain. But new research shows the problem is often ignored, leading to delays in diagnosis and tre…
1 year, 9 months ago
The laundry service that's changing lives for good
A free community laundry service has seen encouraging results in reducing the prevalence of skin infections and scabies in remote Northern Territory …
1 year, 9 months ago
INTERVIEW: What factors can lead to cognitive decline and dementia?
It's Dementia Action week, and Alyssa Gamaldo-Roddy is a professor in the Department of Psychology and Institute for Engaged Aging at Clemson Univers…
1 year, 10 months ago
Mobile phones get cancer all-clear
There is no link between mobile phone use and brain and head cancers - that's according to a new Australian-led systematic review - commisioned by th…
1 year, 10 months ago
Engineered stem cells breakthrough could save lives
Australian scientists have made a world-first breakthrough creating lab engineered blood stem cells that closely resemble those found in the human bo…
1 year, 10 months ago
Research shows most people support drug injecting rooms
A researcher says most Australians support the use of supervised drug injecting rooms with more than 50 per cent of people in every jurisdiction back…
1 year, 10 months ago
Vaccination, sexual bubbles and condoms: A doctor's tips on protecting yourself from mpox
Health authorities across Australia are encouraging at risk people to get fully vaccinated for mpox as the number of cases grows. There have been mor…
1 year, 10 months ago