The Quarters
Recent Episodes
The Health Quarter December 17 Video
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In this episode: Overhauling the mental health sector. Are asthma drugs giving elite athletes a performance advantage? Treating post-traumatic stress disorder with the wave of a finger.
The Health Quarter November 13 Video
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In this episode: A new technique in genetic testing. Is social media having a negative impact on teenagers’ happiness? Are extreme dance moves harming young bodies?
The Health Quarter October 31 Video
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In this episode: The long term health effects of playing professional rugby, living with Lyme Disease and the cost of work-related stress.
Topics: health, mental-health, diseases-and-disorders, australia
The Health Quarter September 26 Video
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In this episode: A new drug for treating Alzheimer's disease, are people in the bush getting adequate dental health care? Is the government's health star rating system working?
Topics: health, community-and-society, human-interest, rural, australia
The Health Quarter August 15 Video
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In this episode: Unexpected benefits from the contraceptive pill, a new community approach to combating ice addiction and new a treatment for post traumatic stress disorder.
Topics: health
The Health Quarter July 18 Video
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On this episode: prescription drugs labelled Australia's hidden epidemic; a cure for chronic middle ear infection and a boxing program that's helping Parkinson's sufferers.
Topics: health, parkinson-s-disease, infectious-diseases-other, drugs-and-substance-abuse, doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-procedures, australia
The Health Quarter June 19 Video
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On this episode: Doctor groups warn of increasing fees due to Medicare rebate freeze; a behind the scenes look at production of nuclear medicine and will freezing your eggs guarantee motherhood?
Topics: health, cancer, prostate-cancer, doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-procedures, reproduction-and-contraception, reproductive-technology, government-and-politics, australia
The Health Quarter May 22 Video
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On this episode: a group of methamphetamine users describe their use of the illicit drug as recreational; how antibiotics could help overcome phobias and the importance of awareness around osteoporosis.
Topics: health, drug-use, addictive, doctors-and-medical-professionals, psychology, osteoporosis, australia
