Synopsis
The Health Report appeals to both specialist and mainstream audiences by applying a broad definition of health, and seeing health and medicine within social, scientific and political contexts. One audio file of each program for continuous listening.
Episodes
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![Coronavirus — our pandemic year in review]()
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![Baby brain, child neglect, health star ratings and research funding]()
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![Alcohol and brain health, junk food in the movies and smokings impact on your respiratory system]()
Alcohol and brain health, junk food in the movies and smoking's impact on your respiratory system
07/12/2020 Duration: 45min -
![Antibiotics for kids, physical activity guidelines, heart health and lung cancer drugs]()
Antibiotics for kids, physical activity guidelines, heart health and lung cancer drugs
30/11/2020 Duration: 44min -
![Dementia, cancer care and chronic disease: how has medicine changed in the past 20 years?]()
Dementia, cancer care and chronic disease: how has medicine changed in the past 20 years?
23/11/2020 Duration: 42min -
![Bat viruses, fish oil supplements, endometriosis and coronavirus trials for older people]()
Bat viruses, fish oil supplements, endometriosis and coronavirus trials for older people
16/11/2020 Duration: 43min -
![Dentist check-ups, coronavirus treatments, prostate cancer and cochlear implants]()
Dentist check-ups, coronavirus treatments, prostate cancer and cochlear implants
02/11/2020 Duration: 41min -
![Thunderstorm asthma, bariatric surgery and years lost to suicide]()
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![Meat-eating diets, skin and tongue cancers and preventing suicide]()
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![High intensity exercise, cloth masks, vaccine misinformation and coronavirus genetics]()
High intensity exercise, cloth masks, vaccine misinformation and coronavirus genetics
12/10/2020 Duration: 37min -
![The US response to the coronavirus pandemic]()
The US response to the coronavirus pandemic
05/10/2020 Duration: 31minThe pace of research around COVID-19 has been unprecedented in science.
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![Preventing dementia, coronavirus long-haulers and hydrogen peroxide in energy drinks]()
Preventing dementia, coronavirus long-haulers and hydrogen peroxide in energy drinks
28/09/2020 Duration: 33min -
![Introducing ... Click-Sick]()
Introducing ... Click-Sick
23/09/2020 Duration: 03minClick-Sick, a three part Science Friction series from ABC Science and ABC Radio National, hunts down the sources, considers the harms, and shines a spotlight on fake health claims.
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![Diet vs weight, coronavirus in animals, Alzheimers genetics and medical diagnosis errors]()
Diet vs weight, coronavirus in animals, Alzheimer's genetics and medical diagnosis errors
21/09/2020 Duration: 34min -
![How pandemics end, predicting psychosis and volunteering for clinical trials]()
How pandemics end, predicting psychosis and volunteering for clinical trials
14/09/2020 Duration: 37min -
![Introducing ... Patient Zero]()
Introducing ... Patient Zero
09/09/2020 Duration: 05minPatient Zero is a new podcast from ABC Science and RN that tells the stories of disease outbreaks: where they begin, why they happen and how we found ourselves in the middle of a really big one.
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![How much do you want to know about the secrets in your DNA?]()
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![Smell and coronavirus, skin tests, anaemia before surgery and strength training for health]()
Smell and coronavirus, skin tests, anaemia before surgery and strength training for health
31/08/2020 Duration: 28min -
![Swab tests gets gentler, blood plasma for coronavirus, spinal manipulation and asthma medications in kids]()
Swab tests gets gentler, blood plasma for coronavirus, spinal manipulation and asthma medications in kids
24/08/2020 Duration: 28min
