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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![Housing and health, artificial intelligence and radiology, and ending a horrific childbirth injury]()
Housing and health, artificial intelligence and radiology, and ending a horrific childbirth injury
25/02/2019 Duration: 28min -
![Critics lash proposed mental health changes and a new drug for breathlessness]()
Critics lash proposed mental health changes and a new drug for breathlessness
18/02/2019 Duration: 28min -
![Protect your heart with exercise]()
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![IVF scratching, lung cancer, disorders of sex development and medical scribes]()
IVF 'scratching,' lung cancer, disorders of sex development and medical scribes
04/02/2019 Duration: 28min -
![Babies and solid food, autism and depression, SIDS research and anxiety in children]()
Babies and solid food, autism and depression, SIDS research and anxiety in children
28/01/2019 Duration: 29min -
![Your lifetime risk of stroke, rehabilitation after stroke, pill testing and traditional Chinese medicine]()
Your lifetime risk of stroke, rehabilitation after stroke, pill testing and traditional Chinese medicine
21/01/2019 Duration: 28min -
![Unravelling the Glasgow effect]()
Unravelling the Glasgow effect
14/01/2019 Duration: 27minGlasgow in the west of Scotland has some of the worst health outcomes and life expectancy gaps in Europe.
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![Unlocking the secrets of venom]()
Unlocking the secrets of venom
07/01/2019 Duration: 28minAustralia is notorious for being the home of a huge number of the world's most venomous animals — funnelweb spiders, box jellyfish and brown snakes among them.
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![What next in the war on superbugs?]()
What next in the war on superbugs?
31/12/2018 Duration: 28minAntibiotics are obviously a very useful drug, and have been for decades. Trouble is, disease-causing bacteria get used to them, and become resistant. That's what leads to so-called superbugs that can't be treated with modern antibiotics.
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![Fighting the good fight: eradicating polio is both political and personal]()
Fighting the good fight: eradicating polio is both political and personal
24/12/2018 Duration: 28minAfter 30 years of intense effort and billions of dollars, the battle to rid the world of devastating polio virus seems almost won.
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![Rethinking whats best for low back pain]()
Rethinking what's best for low back pain
17/12/2018 Duration: 28minDo you suffer from lower back pain?
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![Whats the future of medical research in Australia?]()
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![Weird skin changes during pregnancy, tennis and long life, bowel cancer and cerebral palsy]()
Weird skin changes during pregnancy, tennis and long life, bowel cancer and cerebral palsy
03/12/2018 Duration: 28min -
![Deadly devices, lacklustre regulation — unpacking The Implant Files]()
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![Diabetes drugs, omega-3 and pregnancy, spinal injury patients and bionic eyes]()
Diabetes drugs, omega-3 and pregnancy, spinal injury patients and bionic eyes
19/11/2018 Duration: 28min -
![Bullying in healthcare, chlamydia testing, new pregnancy guidelines and spinal injury treatment]()
Bullying in healthcare, chlamydia testing, new pregnancy guidelines and spinal injury treatment
05/11/2018 Duration: 28min -
![Extremely premature babies, Australias statin research, Alzheimers and genetic research]()
Extremely premature babies, Australia's statin research, Alzheimer's and genetic research
29/10/2018 Duration: 28min
