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  • New blood test could revolutionise dementia diagnoses

    New blood test could revolutionise dementia diagnoses
    2025/02/01
    A new blood test is being trialed in the UK to detect the early signs of dementia. It is hoped it could identify patients sooner, so they can potentially benefit from drugs that slow the progression of the disease. With more than 400,000 Australians identified by the Government as living with dementia - and a forecast that those numbers could go up to 900,000 by 2050 - that could be a significant breakthrough.
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    5 分
  • INTERVIEW: How a plan to lose weight left Sarah sick and hospitalised

    INTERVIEW: How a plan to lose weight left Sarah sick and hospitalised
    2025/01/18
    Sarah Cox was told by her doctor to lose weight because her BMI, or Body Mass Index, was too high. But the consequences of her doctor's weight loss plan left the 35-year-old sick and hospitalised, as she battled an eating disorder for two-and-a-half years. Now, there is renewed scrutiny of the use of B-M-I as a measure of an individual's health. The tool has been used by doctors for more than 50 years to measure an individual's body fat, after it was first created in the 1830s by a Belgian mathematician [[Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet]] who was not a doctor or a health practitioner. More evidence has since emerged about its efficacy - and a group of experts from around the globe are proposing new definitions of obesity that consider a spectrum for how excess fat may or may not impact an individual's health. In this episode of Weekend One on One Catriona Stirrat speaks to Sarah Cox about how her doctor's reliance on BMI led to the frightening deterioration of her mental and physical health - and the changes she is calling for when it comes to improving health care for people with larger bodies.
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    14 分
  • New treatment brings hope for patients diagnosed with rare cancer

    New treatment brings hope for patients diagnosed with rare cancer
    2025/01/16
    Around 100,000 Australians live with myelofibrosis, which is a rare form of blood cancer. Treating the condition is difficult - anaemia is a common side effect. But an Australian-developed drug - just approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration - is helping patients overcome some of the cancer's worst symptoms.
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    4 分
  • Government unveils National Autism Strategy

    Government unveils National Autism Strategy
    2025/01/14
    The Federal Government has unveiled Australia’s first-ever National Autism Strategy—a $42 million dollar plan to improve inclusion, access, and outcomes for autistic Australians. Advocates are calling it a game-changer, offering hope and much-needed support to families across the country who face unique and daily challenges.
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    5 分
  • Federal government disputes new report suggesting GP costs on the rise

    Federal government disputes new report suggesting GP costs on the rise
    2025/01/13
    The federal government has disputed the findings of a new report warning the cost of visiting a GP is on the rise. The annual survey of health clinics found a decline in the number letting patients use Medicare to cover expenses up front. But the Health Minister says increased government funding has actually boosted bulk billing rates.
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    4 分
  • INTERVIEW: Are we in danger from H5N1 Bird Flu?

    INTERVIEW: Are we in danger from H5N1 Bird Flu?
    2025/01/10
    Authorities in the United States have recorded the country's first human death from bird flu. The patient, aged over 65 and with underlying medical conditions, was hospitalised with the virus on December 18. So how dangerous is the H-5-N-1 virus, and are we prepared enough here in Australia? In this episode of Weekend One on One, SBS Reporter Cameron Carr speaks to Michelle Wille, a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Pathogen Genomics at the University of Melbourne.
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    8 分
  • Tan-line social media trend triggers renewed calls to be Sun Smart

    Tan-line social media trend triggers renewed calls to be Sun Smart
    2025/01/07
    It's been 10 years since commercial solariums were banned in Australia. But many Australians are still tanning - and now suntan trends are garnering millions of views on social media. Skin cancer experts are also concerned with the rise of modified sunbeds called collariums, that emit ultraviolet radiation, now being promoted as a healthy alternative to solariums.
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    8 分
  • Severe 2025 flu season likely, prompting calls to get vaccinated

    Severe 2025 flu season likely, prompting calls to get vaccinated
    2025/01/06
    Queenslanders have been urged to overcome ‘vaccine fatigue’ and take up an offer of free vaccinations amid predictions of a severe flu season. Health Minister Tim Nicholls has announced free flu vaccinations are still available to anyone over the age of six months, after earlier saying he would halt the three-year campaign at the end of 2024.
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    7 分