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2024-11-16 | A look at some of the Health Report correspondence this week.You can email us at healthreport@abc.net.au |
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2024-11-16 |
Why clinical trials can't always be in a patient's best interest It has been 60 years since one of the pillars of medical ethics – the Declaration of Helsinki – was published.For the most part, it is seen as a leading light for researchers doing clinical trials with human participants.But some think one of the princ... |
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2024-11-16 | If your knees creak when you exercise, you might be concerned about what's going on in the joint.But researchers have found there's nothing inherently wrong with exercising your noisy knees – especially when there's no pain involved.Guest/sJamon Couch,... |
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2024-11-16 | What do we know about the long-term effects of cannabis use on the brain?A review has found chronic cannabis use during adolescence and young adulthood is associated with worse academic performance.However, is cannabis the cause of worse grades, absent... |
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2024-11-16 | Another study has supported the assumption that vaccination protects people from long COVID. But when does that protection wane?Australia has seen a second consecutive drop in life expectancy rates, probably due to the pandemic. And as predicted, there... |
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2024-11-09 | Donald Trump's election win could mean big changes for health policy in the United States. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he's been promised a major health role in the administration. He has vowed to address fluoride in the drinking water, and the safety o... |
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2024-11-09 | A major review has looked at the barriers health professionals face working to their full scope of practice.It includes a recommendation that allied health professionals like physiotherapists or psychologists be able to refer patients to a specialist t... |
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2024-11-09 | Early intervention is important when it comes to high blood pressure, which can lead to heart attack, stroke and other diseases.A person’s blood pressure in adolescence might predict whether they will go on to struggle with hypertension in adulthood.A ... |
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2024-11-09 | Asthma is a common chronic condition that can be life-threatening when left untreated. So what is the best treatment?A combination of an inhaled corticosteroid and formoterol is recommended in the latest global guidelines.A review of the evidence backs... |
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2024-11-09 |
We don't know why outcomes from a common heart procedure have gotten worse Transcatheter aortic valve replacement is a common procedure in Australia.The surgeon inserts a catheter through a blood vessel in your leg to implant the artificial valve into your heart.Because it's minimally invasive, it has become a useful alternat... |
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