LearnOutLoud.com Audio - The Health Report Podcast

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 (Sat, Feb 24, 2024)

Insomnia, sun exposure | Low-carb diets | Sodium in food | Hepatitis in kids | Social prescribing (Sat, Feb 17, 2024)

Food for kids in childhood centres—are their brains being starved? | Getting an autism diagnosis as an adult (Sat, Feb 10, 2024)

Why fentanyl isn't so big in Australia? | Risks of under-vaccination | Breast cancer after an early scare | AI shaking up radiology (Sat, Feb 03, 2024)

GLP1 agonists and weight loss | Opioids and cancer pain | Don't neglect dental care | Some back pain resolves, some lingers | Synaesthesia (Sat, Jan 27, 2024)

Australian immunisation rates drop | What are 'incidentalomas'? (Mon, Jan 22, 2024)

'Life and potential death': Being diagnosed with cancer while pregnant (Mon, Jan 15, 2024)

Care and detection of younger onset dementia | Breastfeeding aversion (Mon, Jan 08, 2024)

Where does Australia stand on drug decriminalisation? (Mon, Jan 01, 2024)

ADHD clinics and the diagnosis explosion | Chat GPT and virtual health care (Mon, Dec 25, 2023)

Invigorating ice baths | Waves in the dying brain | Gaming and exercise (Mon, Dec 18, 2023)

Body dysmorphic disorder | Benefits of a low-salt diet | Primary aldosteronism | How a country buys its drugs (Mon, Dec 11, 2023)

Concerns about a cancer therapy | Promise and risk in health AI | Where are all the psychiatrists? | Tackling high blood pressure (Mon, Dec 04, 2023)

Respiratory illnesses in China | ACL injury in women | GP referrals to psychiatrists (Mon, Nov 27, 2023)

CORONACAST BONUSCAST: The latest wave, a new vaccine and let's talk about lockdowns (Thu, Nov 23, 2023)

Weighing the data on legal cannabis | Overuse of antimicrobials | Delayed cord cutting in premature babies (Mon, Nov 20, 2023)

Senate report on ADHD | ABC Birth Project responses | Yellow fever and mosquito-borne diseases | Assessing our spending on health (Mon, Nov 13, 2023)

Narcolepsy and its strange symptoms | Body clocks and our sleep (Mon, Nov 06, 2023)

Vitamin C, COVID, and cancer | Hand arthritis, and new treatment | Birthing in the COVID world | Blood cancer treatment advances (Mon, Oct 30, 2023)

Atrial fibrillation, catheter ablation, stroke, and dementia | A bank for poo | Survey to improve care in general practice (Mon, Oct 23, 2023)

A new treatment for PTSD | Why blood pressure cuff size matters | Diversity of participants in cancer trials (Mon, Oct 16, 2023)

The Voice is a health issue—hearing again the reasons why | Diabetes and cause of death (Mon, Oct 09, 2023)

The versatility of 3D printing in healthcare—for prosthetics, training surgeons, scaffolds, and new skin for burns (Mon, Oct 02, 2023)

Pre-operative assessments | Kids, sinusitis, and antibiotics | Kids, fainting, and an unusual heart rhythm | Knee replacements and digital rehab (Mon, Sep 25, 2023)

The science of sleep (Mon, Sep 18, 2023)

A clearer view of diagnostic error | Monkeys, semaglutide, and addiction | Exercise and gamification (Mon, Sep 11, 2023)

The latest research on Long COVID | Healing worms | Talking about weight loss (Mon, Sep 04, 2023)

Learning from Mexican food nutrition labels | Perils of sitting | Misleading fertility tests | Which uterine surgery is better? (Mon, Aug 28, 2023)

New ovarian cancer test | Testosterone | How the PAP test began | A deep look at sleep (Mon, Aug 21, 2023)

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome | Vigorous Incidental Lifestyle Physical Activity | Cochlear implants (Mon, Aug 14, 2023)

Importance of The Voice for Aboriginal health | Bush tucker and health in Balgo (Mon, Aug 07, 2023)

Metastatic breast cancer | Free gene analysis for rare cancers | Best exercises to lower blood pressure (Mon, Jul 31, 2023)

New Australian guidelines for cardio vascular disease | Phone-connected device can collect heart rhythm data | Panel discussion on reducing red and processed meat consumption (Mon, Jul 24, 2023)

Ketamine for depression | Ultrasound instead of X-ray | WHO on Aspartame and dietary guidelines (Mon, Jul 17, 2023)

Women and strength training | sports food nutrition and labelling | subjective memory study in twins | opioids not beneficial for back pain (Mon, Jul 10, 2023)

Improving diagnosis and care in younger onset dementia | Recognising and overcoming breastfeeding aversion (Mon, Jul 03, 2023)

Health in the news this week | opioid deprescribing | Parkinsons and contaminants | tonsillectomy in adults (Mon, Jun 26, 2023)

Talking and tragedy | Psychedelic-assisted therapy and harms | Cannabis in pregnancy | Chronic low back pain (Mon, Jun 19, 2023)

Electrical signals in the dying brain | A positive film about palliative care | New government system to assess trials (Mon, Jun 12, 2023)

Medication searches and obesity correlations | Diabetes and exercise benefits | Peripheral artery disease and women (Mon, Jun 05, 2023)

Could the shingles vaccine lower dementia risk? And ADHD clinics cashing in on demand (Mon, May 29, 2023)

Warnings about artificial sweeteners | ultra-processed foods and depression | strategies to reduce medical waste (Mon, May 22, 2023)

Gene therapy approval advances for Duchenne MD | Psychotherapy for depression in pregnancy | Child neglect links to poor health later | Protection against eye injury (Mon, May 15, 2023)

Health bots give good empathy but how about medical advice? | hormonal contraception and depression risk | new lung cancer screening program (Mon, May 08, 2023)

Normalising menopause | Prostate cancer treatment | Life after an organ transplant | New requirements for cosmetic procedures (Mon, May 01, 2023)

A virtual assistant fluent in sign language | Biodiversity loss and human health | Quitting vaping | RSV vaccine (Mon, Apr 24, 2023)

Where Australia stands on drug decriminalisation (Mon, Apr 17, 2023)

'Life and potential death': Being diagnosed with cancer while pregnant (Mon, Apr 10, 2023)

Rise in injecting drug use | Schizophrenia and sudden death | Change needed in bypass surgery | Breakthrough in cause of fatigue (Mon, Apr 03, 2023)

Bone marrow registry's recruitment drive | Trials and errors of alopecia treatment | Prostate cancer screening (Mon, Mar 27, 2023)

What changed TGA's mind on psychedelics | The health gap | Proposed vaping ban | Eye drops for short-sightedness (Mon, Mar 20, 2023)

Psychedelic decision under scrutiny | Calcium scoring for heart health | Removing fallopian tubes to prevent cancer (Mon, Mar 13, 2023)

Screen time for kids | Lymphoedema awareness | Impact of COVID on organ donation (Mon, Mar 06, 2023)

Psilocybin promotor's response | Mothers immune system and mental health | Relief for those who can't burp (Mon, Feb 27, 2023)

Psilocybin and MDMA | ice baths | antidepressants for pain (Mon, Feb 20, 2023)

Knee arthritis and stem cells | Alzheimer's and women | spider venom and hearts | Maturity-onset diabetes and genetic testing (Mon, Feb 13, 2023)

Health news—for Medicare, and for psilocybin and MDMA | kilo creep and knee osteoarthritis | financial reward for weight loss | making healthy weight possible for a population (Mon, Feb 06, 2023)

ADHD and access to care | heart transplant tech | sarcoma and heritability (Mon, Jan 30, 2023)

Safety of generic medicines in Australia | Intermittent fasting | Keeping track of mental well-being (Mon, Jan 23, 2023)

What do royals die of—and how have their deaths shaped history? (Mon, Jan 16, 2023)

Mild cognitive impairment | Alzheimer's | ASMR | atrial fibrilation (Mon, Jan 09, 2023)

The cancer risks that run through generations (Mon, Jan 02, 2023)

Ventilation | Wearables | Telomeres (Mon, Dec 26, 2022)

The lowdown on longevity (Mon, Dec 19, 2022)

Genes, macular degeneration, and Alzheimer's disease | Glaucoma | Blood pressure control (Mon, Dec 12, 2022)

Omega 3 fatty acid supplements in pregnancy | The ageing process and autophagy | Dark Winter: a book about biological attacks, accidents, and COVID-19 (Mon, Dec 05, 2022)

The Birth Project | A decision aid when considering genetic screening in pregnancy | Australia's national strategy for maternity care (Mon, Nov 28, 2022)

Effect on the body of zero G | Measuring mental health services | Genetic analysis and cerebral palsy (Mon, Nov 21, 2022)

14 November: Paracetamol overdoses | Health literacy is a societal responsibility | Can spine stimulators treat back pain? (Mon, Nov 14, 2022)

How we safeguard big health data | Linked data predicts health trends | More clarity needed on harms in clinical trials | Assessing mitochondrial donation as a preventive measure for some disorders (Mon, Nov 07, 2022)

October 31: Magda's Big National Health Check | The shocking rise in alcohol-induced deaths (Mon, Oct 31, 2022)

More needs to be known about concussion | what is it about elections and hospital building | ultra-processed foods affect your diet | a music pillow calms pre-op patients (Mon, Oct 24, 2022)

17 October: new thinking on Alzheimer's | wider health effects of weight stigma | Danish cardio-vascular screening trial results (Mon, Oct 17, 2022)

10 October: When is memory decline a worry? | How to change your eating habits | Robotic surgery for prostate cancer | A leading researcher in women and cancer has died (Mon, Oct 10, 2022)

3 October: The silent rise of chronic kidney disease | Improving care for Indigenous youth with diabetes (Mon, Oct 03, 2022)

26 September: The benefit of 10,000 steps | The risk of too much TV | Getting restless kids to sleep (Mon, Sep 26, 2022)

What do royals die of — and how have their deaths shaped history? (Mon, Sep 19, 2022)

12 September: Safe drinking | Obesity and cancer | Cardiovascular risk in autoimmune disorders | A new malaria vaccine (Mon, Sep 12, 2022)

5 September: Melanoma detection | Yoga for heart health | Stroke risk | Life-changing gene therapy (Mon, Sep 05, 2022)

29 August: Plant-based vs keto diets | Vitamin toxicity | Added sugar labels | COVID-19 genetics (Mon, Aug 29, 2022)

22 August: Early time-restricted eating | Healthy produce prescriptions | Weight management with GPs (Mon, Aug 22, 2022)

15 August: Myocarditis | Alcohol marketing | Methadone stigma | Social housing (Mon, Aug 15, 2022)

8 August: Cervical cancer screening | Miscarriage and stroke risk | BCG vaccine and kids | Shingles update (Mon, Aug 08, 2022)

1 August: Ventilation | Vitamin D | Shingles (Mon, Aug 01, 2022)

25 July: Health services in the final year of life; clarity for legal wording on voluntary assisted dying; social inequity and heart attack; climate and mental health (Mon, Jul 25, 2022)

18 July: Living with COVID ain't rosy; Why vax boosters are necessary; Exercise won't fix poor diet (Mon, Jul 18, 2022)

11 July: Tackling obesity | Standards on how to handle sepsis | The right amount of Vitamin D (Mon, Jul 11, 2022)

4 July: Coming to terms with long COVID; Vaxes for variants; An artificial pancreas; Protecting pandemic teens (Mon, Jul 04, 2022)

Speculating on an Australian Centre of Disease Control and Prevention; How Indigenous culture can protect the heart; Associations between mental health and mortality (Mon, Jun 27, 2022)

Breast density and MRIs, diet and mental health, genomics and osteoarthritis (Mon, Jun 20, 2022)

The cancer risks that run through generations (Mon, Jun 13, 2022)

Cancer treatment and 'time toxicity'; youth mental health and smoking; a paradox for cholesterol levels (Mon, Jun 06, 2022)

Abortion access, lipid profiling; quality of life and cancer drugs; exercise and kids' heart surgery (Mon, May 30, 2022)

What is monkeypox and where is it coming from? treating the rise in melanoma cases; better stroke management; comparing data on mental health conditions against immune-related diseases (Mon, May 23, 2022)

Considering health issues ahead of an election (Mon, May 16, 2022)

Mortality mapped to electorates, prostate surgery and relationships, how doctors can better treat Indigenous patients (Mon, May 09, 2022)

Climate and new virus vectors; advice on prescribing opioids for pain; triggers for an oesophagal problem; cost of macular disease medication (Mon, May 02, 2022)

The lowdown on longevity (Mon, Apr 25, 2022)

Chimeras in medicine, Pt2—avatars; What's to be done about tinnitus (Mon, Apr 18, 2022)

Chimeras in medicine: xenotransplantation (Mon, , )(11 2022 Apr, 17:30:00)

Effect of pain medication on immunity; impact of the Budget on GPs and healthcare; importance of planning global vaccination (Mon, Apr 04, 2022)

Research on passive antibodies to combat Omicron | Is Transient Ischaemic Attack an obsolete term? | Treating blood pressure may affect blood flow to the brain? | How hormones and hypertension are related (Mon, Mar 28, 2022)

The changing demographic of blood groups; diet to ease MS; relationship of mental health and dementia (Mon, Mar 21, 2022)

Japanese Encephalitis vectors; climate change and effect on health; archival heart transplant; and data behind decreased heart attacks (Mon, Mar 14, 2022)

Out of pocket health costs; faecal microbiome transplants; stomas (Mon, Mar 07, 2022)

COVID didn't come from a lab; can you trust blood pressure monitors; your preference for more—or perhaps less—health care; studying concussion and head knocks (Mon, Feb 28, 2022)

Developments in heart transplants; Achilles tendon rupture intel; and cardiomyopathy in meth users (Mon, Feb 21, 2022)

Living younger for longer; tingles as intervention for anxiety; finding pancreatic cancer early (Mon, Feb 14, 2022)

Tech and physical activity; Insomnia and depression; Retinal age; and early intervention as treatment for BPD (Mon, Feb 07, 2022)

What happens after omicron; action on blood pressure; coronary artery disease; BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations (Mon, Jan 31, 2022)

What COVID-normal might mean; hearing loss and screening kids; depression and inflammation; genes and the heart (Mon, Jan 24, 2022)

Navigating the pandemic: Dr Anthony Fauci (Mon, Jan 17, 2022)

Substance use omnibus: Protecting kids from drug and alcohol misuse; the relationship of alcohol in pregnancy and kids later use; drinking culture and avoiding the pressure to drink; (Mon, Jan 10, 2022)

Rising ICE use in Australia; and an account of the difficulty in quitting (Mon, Jan 03, 2022)

The enduring stigma surrounding Borderline Personality Disorder (Mon, Dec 27, 2021)

The day I lost my mind (Mon, Dec 20, 2021)

Psychedelic drugs and psychotherapy; evaluating a cancer therapy; mental health and your heart; exercise and your brain (Mon, Dec 13, 2021)

Report on Omicron reinfection rates; screen use after concussion; exercise after concussion; infant formula and cognitive development (Mon, Dec 06, 2021)

The new variant Omicron; platelet-rich plasma in knees and ankles; and Parkinson's possible connection to influenza (Mon, Nov 29, 2021)

Stillbirth in lockdown, health risks for adolescents, sleep disorder with fly-in fly-out rosters, senescent cancer cells (Mon, Nov 22, 2021)

Youth mental health care; COVID vaccines of the future; balancing cancer treatment and vaccination (Mon, Nov 15, 2021)

Women's health: menopause and cardiovascular risk; efficacy of vaginal laser use; remedies for incontinence; tools to improve breast cancer screening (Mon, Nov 08, 2021)

What to know about buying and using rapid antigen tests | chimeras in medicine part 2 | more snakebite information (Mon, Nov 01, 2021)

Chimeras in medicine: xenotransplantation (Mon, Oct 25, 2021)

COVID-19 boosters; the big uptake for digital health; cholesterol in different age groups; amputation decision aid (Mon, Oct 18, 2021)

Malaria and vector-borne diseases, the Hippocratic Oath, the best way to treat snake bite (Mon, Oct 11, 2021)

The widespread gender bias in healthcare (Mon, Oct 04, 2021)

Who gets care if hospitals become overwhelmed?; colorectal cancer risks; and the myth of placebos (Mon, Sep 27, 2021)

The enduring stigma surrounding Borderline Personality Disorder (Mon, Sep 20, 2021)

The first year of COVID; the 'molecular messages' sent during exercise; is orthopaedic surgery over prescribed?; and can a combination pill transform how blood pressure is treated? (Mon, Sep 13, 2021)

Vaccine rates in Indigenous communities; the origins of The Black Death; understanding illness caused by ticks; and the trial of Theranos founder begins (Mon, Sep 06, 2021)

Can substituting salt save lives?; the science of the COVID modelling; and Toxoplasma Gondii and cognitive decline (Mon, Aug 30, 2021)

Have we misunderstood the Doherty modelling?; High viral loads in vaccinated people; COVID risks to children; and substance use and the developing teenage brain (Mon, Aug 23, 2021)

How can ventilation be improved to protect against COVID; post-op lung complications in patients who isolated before surgery; what's it like living with tinnitus?; and calls to do more to prevent chronic disease (Mon, Aug 16, 2021)

The modelling on the pathway out of the pandemic; why critical care for women having heart attacks is being delayed; and alcohol use and anxiety (Mon, Aug 09, 2021)

The frontline of the NSW COVID outbreak; the race to find more effective COVID treatments; and COVID risk for people living with mood disorders (Mon, Aug 02, 2021)

COVID vaccine trials for young children; COVID's mental health toll on Indigenous communities; should bilateral cataract surgery be done on the same day?; and the link between bone loss and cognitive decline (Mon, Jul 26, 2021)

Managing resources in the pandemic; review of COVID research; low value care; and how to prevent kids misusing alcohol (Mon, Jul 19, 2021)

Growing COVID crisis in NSW; the origins of COVID; vaccine protection for people with blood cancers; and can exercise help those with poor sleep quality? (Mon, Jul 12, 2021)

The pathway out of the pandemic; the harms of alcohol in pregnancy; supporting pregnant women with SUDs; and is low carb always best? (Mon, Jul 05, 2021)

COVID threats emerge across Australia; trial shows promise for managing diabetes and hypertension; could a new class of drugs help prevent end stage kidney disease?; and the harm of long working hours (Mon, Jun 28, 2021)

Alzheimer’s drug has experts divided; rising ICE use in Australia; the disappointing results of a study aimed at improving ovarian cancer survival rates (Mon, Jun 21, 2021)

Navigating the pandemic: Dr Anthony Fauci (Mon, Jun 14, 2021)

Are grommets over prescribed in children?; Kangaroo care and infant mortality; long term survival following a heart attack; should biological sex be considered in cancer care? (Mon, Jun 07, 2021)

Australian atlas of healthcare variation; dangerous sunburn; targetted radiation therapy; antibody testing for vaccine efficacy (Mon, May 31, 2021)

Spend less time sitting; cumulative weight gain; ancestors and our microbiome; new look biobanking (Mon, May 24, 2021)

Male and female life expectancy; sinonasal inflammation and your brain; eye injury prevention; the virus and RNA transcription (Mon, May 17, 2021)

Modelling vaccination plans; development of preterm babies; bronchiolitis in infants; Q&A (Mon, May 10, 2021)

Effectiveness of paracetamol, cannabidiol over the counter, the health of Australians in 2030, and depression in people with dementia (Mon, May 03, 2021)

Firearms regulation; multiple sclerosis and a new approach, Italian findings about schizophrenia, the ongoing health of cancer survivors (Mon, Apr 26, 2021)

Urinary tract infections | heart disease differences | cancer prognosis tool | Australia and U.S. COVID-19 comparison (Mon, Apr 19, 2021)

Thumb-base osteoarthritis; blood biomarkers and Alzheimer's diagnostics; Aged Care Commission expectations; better childbirth experiences for Indigenous women ; Q&A (Mon, Apr 12, 2021)

The day I lost my mind (Mon, Apr 05, 2021)

Historical pandemics - their past and future; and assessing prediabetes (Mon, Mar 29, 2021)

Less sugar in soft drinks; prescribing sociality; cervical cancer screening and Indigenous women; pandemic pregnancy (Mon, Mar 22, 2021)

Testosterone and exercise; veracity of people with mental health difficulties; and doctors' comments curtailed (Mon, Mar 15, 2021)

Genetic testing with online services, the effect of genetics on a population, safer pregnancy and antenatal care services, and why nano stuff and stem cells are like teenagers (Mon, Mar 08, 2021)

Auckland lockdown, microplastics, mapping mortality, breast cancer drug (Mon, Mar 01, 2021)

Reducing smoking in Indigenous populations, oncology trials - practice, efficacy, and reliability (Mon, Feb 22, 2021)

CSL, WHO visit, stroke, cholesterol (Mon, Feb 15, 2021)

Breastfeeding mothers in COVID-19 trials, immunity and breast milk, alcohol reduction interventions, and salt reduction in packaged food (Mon, Feb 08, 2021)

Depression in adolescents, cancer analytics and screening, saunas and reduced dementia risk, unusual cervical cancer transmission article (Mon, Feb 01, 2021)

Coronavirus vaccine hesitancy, breast cancer genes, low carb diets and COVID-19 mobility data (Mon, Jan 25, 2021)

Psychedelic drugs and the brain (Mon, Jan 18, 2021)

How much do you want to know about the secrets in your DNA? (Mon, Jan 11, 2021)

The Spanish flu: Understanding a devastating pandemic (Mon, Jan 04, 2021)

Defending against dementia and who should you trust? (Mon, Dec 28, 2020)

Coronavirus — our pandemic year in review (Mon, Dec 21, 2020)

Baby brain, child neglect, health star ratings and research funding (Mon, Dec 14, 2020)

Alcohol and brain health, junk food in the movies and smoking's impact on your respiratory system (Mon, Dec 07, 2020)

Antibiotics for kids, physical activity guidelines, heart health and lung cancer drugs (Mon, Nov 30, 2020)

Dementia, cancer care and chronic disease: how has medicine changed in the past 20 years? (Mon, Nov 23, 2020)

Bat viruses, fish oil supplements, endometriosis and coronavirus trials for older people (Mon, Nov 16, 2020)

Magic mushrooms for depression, breastfeeding during coronavirus, cow's milk allergies and the ethics of genetics (Mon, Nov 09, 2020)