Listen Now - 2010-08-30 | Download Audio (13.6 MB) - 30082010
A major manufacturer of medical devices, a company called DePuy, announced the withdrawal from the marked of one of their hip replacement (or prothesis) systems, called the ASR. Read Transcript
French researcher Professor Rene Amalberti specialises in safety. Today he talks about his work on safety issues in the health care system. Read Transcript
Listen Now - 2010-08-23 | Download Audio (13.4 MB) - 23082010
In this program Norman Swan talks with two specialists from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York about their work on prostate cancer. This includes screening, diagnosis, treatments and after-effects of treatments like surgery or radiation. Read Transcript
Listen Now - 2010-08-16 | Download Audio (13.5 MB) - 16082010
The Federal Minister for Health, Nicola Roxon and the Shadow Minister for Health, Peter Dutton, talk about their health policies. Read Transcript
Listen Now - 2010-08-09 | Download Audio (13.5 MB) - 09082010
Daniel Keogh investigates the future of Australia's pursuit of electronic health records; a venture that has already taken a considerable amount of time and money with little to show for it. Read Transcript
Last week we reported on suggestions that calcium supplements may be associated with a risk of heart attacks and maybe strokes. Some Australian and overseas researchers believe that the study was flawed and reject the findings. Read Transcript
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Calcium supplements have been recommended for a long time to prevent osteoporosis. Research has now suggested that they may be associated with an increased risk of heart attacks. Read Transcript
Two studies have been published in the recent New England Journal of Medicine which looked into the extent to which a bystander needs to do mouth-to-mouth respiration as part of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if someone has a cardiac arrest. Read Transcript
One cause of cardiac arrest is a condition called cardiomyopathy. Its prevalence is increasing in Australia. Read Transcript
Australian researchers from the Jean Hailes Foundation at Monash University in Melbourne suggest that to prevent weight gain in mums of young kids it's better to engage them in a community support program than give them one-off dietary guidelines. Read Transcript
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Presented by Norman Swan
There have been concerns that responses to last year's flu pandemic were exaggerated.
Researchers have found that prostate cancer cells have receptors for insulin and insulin like growth factors.
This is an often under-diagnosed and under-treated condition with a high mortality rate.
The lessons learned from the war in Bosnia, by treating psychological trauma in adolescence.
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