Health Report

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Less sugar in soft drinks; prescribing sociality; cervical cancer screening and Indigenous women; pandemic pregnancy Mar 22, 2021

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Testosterone and exercise; veracity of people with mental health difficulties; and doctors' comments curtailed Mar 15, 2021

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Recently the issue has been raised about the credibility of people with mental health issues - what does psychiatric research and evidence tell us about the issues? And concern from doctors that their capacity to comment on COVID-19 vaccines is being reduced. And a West Australian group of researchers has looked at whether testosterone can really do all we think it can.

Genetic testing with online services, the effect of genetics on a population, safer pregnancy and antenatal care services, and why nano stuff and stem cells are like teenagers Mar 08, 2021

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Auckland lockdown, microplastics, mapping mortality, breast cancer drug Mar 01, 2021

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The Auckland COVID-19 Lockdown; Microplastics and seafood - what do we actually know about its effect on our health; a team of researchers from Monash University has discovered that a cardiac drug (carvedilol) could greatly reduce breast cancer progression; and the lifespan of Australians in capital cities can vary by 30 years, depending on where someone lives. In regional Australia there’s a greater difference.

Reducing smoking in Indigenous populations, oncology trials - practice, efficacy, and reliability Feb 22, 2021

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What you can find out in cancer drug trials when you follow then for years, and the huge disparity in cancer clinical trials between rich, and low to middle income countries, and how there's a mismatch between burden of disease and what's actually studied.

CSL, WHO visit, stroke, cholesterol Feb 15, 2021

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Breastfeeding mothers in COVID-19 trials, immunity and breast milk, alcohol reduction interventions, and salt reduction in packaged food Feb 08, 2021

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Breastfeeding mothers want more advice about whether it's safe to have a COVID-19 vaccine whilst they are breastfeeding; and what we know about the immunising properties of breast milk; weighing up the means to decrease our alcohol consumption; and how to reduce salt in packaged food.

Depression in adolescents, cancer analytics and screening, saunas and reduced dementia risk, unusual cervical cancer transmission article Feb 01, 2021

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Coronavirus vaccine hesitancy, breast cancer genes, low carb diets and COVID-19 mobility data Jan 25, 2021

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Psychedelic drugs and the brain Jan 18, 2021

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