Health Report - Separate stories podcast

Health Report - Separate stories podcast


Latest Episodes

Q&A: maintaining cognitive health; the research on postmenopausal health; and how PCR tests identify variants
August 09, 2021

Each week, Norman and Tegan answer questions you send in to the Health Report inbox. To submit a question, email healthreport@abc.net.au.

The frontlines of the NSW COVID outbreak
August 02, 2021

What are people - several of them quite young - experiencing when they're severe enough to need intensive care and how are ICUs coping with it?

Trials to find effective COVID therapies
August 02, 2021

Trials are finding the right combination of drugs at the right time is often critical for COVID patients.

COVID risks for people living with mood disorders
August 02, 2021

New research finds people with mood disorders are at higher risk of hospitalisation and death from COVID.

Q&A: vitamin d and pain; building baby's microbiome; and how PCR tests work
August 02, 2021

Each week, Norman and Tegan answer questions you send in to the Health Report inbox. To submit a question, email healthreport@abc.net.au.

Where the COVID vaccine trials are at for babies and young children
July 26, 2021

Australia has become the latest country to approve the Pfizer COVID vaccine for kids as young as 12.

The toll of the pandemic on are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
July 26, 2021

The pandemic is affecting every Australian in some way. Many are trying to make ends meet without a job or have lost loved ones without saying goodbye and for some, they're re-living traumatic moments

Should bilateral cataract surgery be done on the same day?
July 26, 2021

Having cataract surgery on both eyes on the same day is not often done in Australia.

Is there a link between bone loss and cognitive decline?
July 26, 2021

Ageing brings with it many insults, and it's not always easy to tease them apart. Research is uncovering a link between two seemingly unrelated conditions: cognitive decline, and the risk of bone frac

Q&A: Zoonotic diseases; Graves' disease treatments; nail pitting as a sign of illness; and what's the evidence behind claimed COVID treatments?
July 26, 2021

Each week, Norman and Tegan answer questions you send in to the Health Report inbox. To submit a question, email healthreport@abc.net.au.