Health Report

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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 Feb 28, 2022

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Two recent scientific publications show that the pandemic originated in the Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market, in Wuhan, China. The publications are not yet peer reviewed but seem to put paid to the theory that the virus escaped from a Wuhan virology lab.

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

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An Achilles tendon rupture is sometimes heard as a loud 'snap'—so then what? And how the cardiologists are developing new devices for heart transplants; And the complexity of treating cardiomyopathy in methamphetamine users.

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

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Living younger for longer; tinglesas intervention for anxiety; finding pancreatic cancer early Feb 14, 2022

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

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

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

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Brendan Crabb on how we best understand and get to a COVID-normal life. Also, there's reason to consider screening kids at primary school age for hearing loss problems. Inflammation and how it may affect your risk of depression; And, congenital heart disease and genes not necessarily specific to the heart.

Navigating the pandemic: Dr Anthony Fauci Jan 17, 2022

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From the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, one expert came to the fore as a trusted voice, not just in his home country of the United States, but around the globe: Dr Anthony S Fauci, the director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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; Jan 10, 2022

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An omnibus episode about protecting kids from drug and alcohol misuse.

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

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What you need to know about ICE-crystal meth, and a first-hand account of how difficult it is to quit an ICE addiction.

Both items in this programs were originally broadcast in June 2021.