312 Episodes

  1. 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 chro

    Published: 8/16/2021
  2. 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

    Published: 8/9/2021
  3. The frontline of the NSW COVID outbreak; the race to find more effective COVID treatments; and COVID risk for people living with mood disorders

    Published: 8/2/2021
  4. 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

    Published: 7/26/2021
  5. Managing resources in the pandemic; review of COVID research; low value care; and how to prevent kids misusing alcohol

    Published: 7/19/2021
  6. 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?

    Published: 7/12/2021
  7. The pathway out of the pandemic; the harms of alcohol in pregnancy; supporting pregnant women with SUDs; and is low carb always best?

    Published: 7/5/2021
  8. 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

    Published: 6/28/2021
  9. Alzheimer’s drug has experts divided; rising ICE use in Australia; the disappointing results of a study aimed at improving ovarian cancer survival rates

    Published: 6/21/2021
  10. Navigating the pandemic: Dr Anthony Fauci

    Published: 6/14/2021
  11. 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?

    Published: 6/7/2021
  12. Australian atlas of healthcare variation; dangerous sunburn; targetted radiation therapy; antibody testing for vaccine efficacy

    Published: 5/31/2021
  13. Spend less time sitting; cumulative weight gain; ancestors and our microbiome; new look biobanking

    Published: 5/24/2021
  14. Male and female life expectancy; sinonasal inflammation and your brain; eye injury prevention; the virus and RNA transcription

    Published: 5/17/2021
  15. Modelling vaccination plans; development of preterm babies; bronchiolitis in infants; Q&A

    Published: 5/10/2021
  16. Effectiveness of paracetamol, cannabidiol over the counter, the health of Australians in 2030, and depression in people with dementia

    Published: 5/3/2021
  17. Firearms regulation; multiple sclerosis and a new approach, Italian findings about schizophrenia, the ongoing health of cancer survivors

    Published: 4/26/2021
  18. Urinary tract infections | heart disease differences | cancer prognosis tool | Australia and U.S. COVID-19 comparison

    Published: 4/19/2021
  19. Thumb-base osteoarthritis; blood biomarkers and Alzheimer's diagnostics; Aged Care Commission expectations; better childbirth experiences for Indigenous women ; Q&A

    Published: 4/12/2021
  20. The day I lost my mind

    Published: 4/5/2021

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Covering the health stories that make a difference. Dr Norman Swan and Dr Preeya Alexander dissect the latest and breaking news in the medical world.