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The enduring stigma surrounding Borderline Personality Disorder Dec 27, 2021

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Borderline Personality Disorder is one of the most stigmatised and misunderstood mental health conditions.

It affects a significant number of people in the community, a large proportion of them having suffered trauma early in life. The emotional instability, fear of abandonment and patterns of self-harm can alter someone’s life and that of their loved ones in profound ways.

But the enduring stigma around BPD means it often goes unrecognised or not properly treated and many fall through the cracks.

This program was originally broadcast in September 2021

The day I lost my mind Dec 20, 2021

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If you mention Transient Global Amnesia – TGA – the chances are that nobody has heard of it. When Dasha Ross lost her memory for a day she was diagnosed as having experienced this mysterious ‘neurological enigma'. This enigma affects over a thousand Australians a year, and Dasha was determined to find out why, and what causes it.

This program was originally broadcast in April 2021

Psychedelic drugs and psychotherapy; evaluating a cancer therapy; mental health and your heart; exercise and your brain Dec 13, 2021

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Report on Omicron reinfection rates; screen use after concussion; exercise after concussion; infant formula and cognitive development Dec 06, 2021

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The new variant Omicron; platelet-rich plasma in knees and ankles; and Parkinson's possible connection to influenza Nov 29, 2021

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Stillbirth in lockdown, health risks for adolescents, sleep disorder with fly-in fly-out rosters, senescent cancer cells Nov 22, 2021

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Youth mental health care; COVID vaccines of the future; balancing cancer treatment and vaccination Nov 15, 2021

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Women's health: menopause and cardiovascular risk; efficacy of vaginal laser use; remedies for incontinence; tools to improve breast cancer screening Nov 08, 2021

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What to know about buying and using rapid antigen tests | chimeras in medicine part 2 | more snakebite information Nov 01, 2021

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Rapid antigen tests can now be purchased by the general public, and what you need to know. There's Part 2 of our Chimeras in medicine—the use of animal avatars. And further responses to questions about snakebite treatment from the expert toxinologist.

Chimeras in medicine: xenotransplantation Oct 25, 2021

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Many people are currently waiting for an organ donation, and some of those waiting may die before a suitable organ is found. However some researchers think that we will be able to grow organs in animals to be then safely transplanted into humans. This is the first of two features about medicine's use of animals for human tissue and organ transplantation.

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