Health Report
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.
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4 Episodes of this Podcast:
Health Report 2009-11-02
Published: 2009-11-01 09:00:00Caesarean sections - part one of a two part feature Caesarean sections are on the rise. In Australia one in three babies are born this way, and once a mother has one caesarean she's got at least a 50% chance of having another one in a following pregnancy. The rising rates have got some people very worried. There can be serious consequences of caesareans, for both mother and baby, and they're not talking about it. In the first of a two part special Nicky Phillips looks at what factors are driving our caesarean rates.
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Health Report 2009-10-26
Published: 2009-10-25 10:00:00Cancer and the use of complementary and alternative medicine Researchers at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne have investigated the use of complementary and alternative medicine amongst cancer patients, with the aim to develop guidelines for oncology health professionals. New ways of treating cancer Scientists at Oxford University are investigating new approaches to treating common cancers. These new therapies come from better understanding of how tumours grow new blood vessels and manage the low levels of oxygen present in tumours. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) Inflammatory bowel disease, which includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, is a chronic condition that can lead to colorectal cancer when left untreated. Dr Sunanda Kane, a gastroenterologist from the Mayo Clinic, has researched this area of medicine and she is particularly interested in women who have IBD.
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Health Report 2009-10-19
Published: 2009-10-18 10:00:00Treatment of macular degeneration Age-related macular degneration is the leading cause of blindness in people over the age of 50. Researchers in Boston have investigated the effectiveness of a cancer drug in the treatment of this condition. The effect of weight-lifting in the treatment of breast-cancer-related lymphoedema A large number of women who have lymph nodes removed after breast cancer surgery suffer from lymphoedema, which causes swelling and discomfort in the arm and can be very debilitating. Researchers in the US have investigated whether weight-lifting exercises can improve the condition. Complementary and integrative medicine The Director of the Mayo Clinic Complementary and Integrative Medicine Program, Dr Brent Bauer, discusses research done at the clinic and in collaboration with others in the area of complementary and integrative medicine. Their work provides some fascinating findings.
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Health Report 2009-10-12
Published: 2009-10-11 10:00:00Global patterns in mortality in young people Researchers at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in Melbourne have published a first ever study of global child and adolescent health and they looked particularly at death rates and causes of death. The effect of weight gain in the first 3 months of life Researchers from Holland suggest that rapid weight gain in the first three months of life is associated with heart disease and type 2 diabetes in early adulthood. Rise in caesarean sections According to some people there seems to be an alarming increase in the rate of caesarean births. Researchers at Cambridge University in the UK have investigated this increase and its possible effects on the mothers.
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