Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDental care out of reach for many - but Victoria's Smile Squad has a solution
This week marks World Oral Health Day but for many Australians, cost of living pressures are putting a trip to the dentist out of reach. A new Victor…
2 years, 2 months ago
First Nations health conference spotlights lung and cervical cancers
Lung and cervical cancer are in the spotlight at a global First Nations health conference underway in Naarm, Melbourne. The World Indigenous Cancer C…
2 years, 2 months ago
Pioneering procedure made Vali the luckiest unlucky person you'll meet
Ten years ago, a world-first procedure gave an Australian cancer survivor the gift of motherhood. It took a frozen ovarian graft, a then-experimental…
2 years, 2 months ago
Do you really know what chemicals are in your cosmetics?
New Zealand is banning them, the EU is phasing them out, and a growing number of states in the US are restricting the use of PFAS chemicals in cosmet…
2 years, 2 months ago
Could artificial intelligence bring new hope to couples facing infertility?
IVF success rates used to be less than 10 per cent, but today around a third of women will have a baby in their first IVF cycle. Now, as artificial i…
2 years, 2 months ago
Managing the menopause: could you use alternatives to medication?
A series of papers by Australian researchers suggests the medical establishment may be over-medicalising menopause. The authors say viewing the natur…
2 years, 2 months ago
INTERVIEW: Hundreds die from preventable cervical cancer each year, what needs to change?
A health advocate says 1 in 3 eligible Victorians is not getting screened for cervical cancer, with the intimate procedure creating barriers to acces…
2 years, 2 months ago
'My world was terrifying': how psychedelic drugs helped Warren deal with anxiety
Australia is one of few countries in the the world to allow psychedelic-assisted therapy to treat specific types of mental illness, under strict cond…
2 years, 2 months ago
Shingles is both common and painful and it could happen to you
A new survey has exposed a lack of awareness of shingles amongst older Australians. The survey, by GlaxoSmithKline, has found many people think shing…
2 years, 3 months ago
Remote NT communities calling for Senate Inquiry into telcos
Remote Northern Territory communities in West Arnhem Land are calling for a Senate Inquiry into telecommunications companies operating in the bush. I…
2 years, 3 months ago