Health Report - Separate stories podcast

Health Report - Separate stories podcast


Latest Episodes

Blood plasma will be used to treat coronavirus in the US, but what does the evidence say?
August 24, 2020

US President Donald Trump has claimed a major breakthrough in COVID-19 treatment.

Interpreters for Aboriginal people in hospital
August 17, 2020

There have been complaints for many years from Aboriginal communities that hospitals are alien and frightening environments which aren't tailored to their needs, especially when it comes to communication.

Is there a link between Vitamin D and coronavirus?
August 17, 2020

Australian Vitamin D researchers believe there are enough layers of evidence to suggest supplementation in COVID-19 should be given a go.

Young men more likely to believe coronavirus myths
August 17, 2020

Researchers at the University of Sydney have been running a monthly survey of social media users since Australia's first lockdown and they've just released findings which show who holds which coronavirus beliefs.

Coronavirus on surfaces and in abattoirs
August 17, 2020

Could coronavirus have slipped into New Zealand via cold freight?

The mystery of PNG's failing mosquito nets
August 10, 2020

Nets impregnated with mosquito killing insecticide played a key roll in pushing malaria in Papua New Guinea down to less than 1%, but a 9-fold increase in cases over recent years now has medical entomologists racing to discover what might have changed.

Gout is on the rise. Why?
August 10, 2020

According to a new international study led by researchers at the Kolling Institute in Sydney, Australia has the second highest prevalence of gout in the world next to New Zealand and just ahead of the United States - and the numbers have increased by over

Are frozen embryos better than fresh for IVF?
August 10, 2020

Frozen embryos are said to give a higher chance of a successful live birth and are perhaps safer because high dose hormones are less likely to be needed.

What anti-smoking ads can teach us about coronavirus communications
August 10, 2020

How can communication about COVID-19 be improved to get behaviour change without stricter measures like a lockdown?

Of mice and memories: Gene therapy study returns function in Alzheimer's mice
August 03, 2020

Researchers at Macquarie University say they are ready to move onto human trials of a gene therapy for Alzheimer's Disease after finding the treatment not only halted cognitive decline in mice, but also restored memory function that had already been lost.