Many people are told to take a vitamin D supplement, especially in winter when there's less sunshine, but you can have too much of it. We unpack the story of a UK man admitted to hospital with Vitamin D toxicity—caused by taking far more than the recommended daily intake ..read more

In 2009 Australia launched a National Preventive Health Strategy with the aim of being the healthiest country in the world by 2020. The strategy focused on tobacco use, alcohol use, and obesity. Although on tobacco and alcohol we're improving, the situation for obesity has worsened ..read more

Study on the types of fat in our body has become more in-depth and now 800 different lipids can be measured to check your metabolic risk and health profile ..read more

Abortion is legal in Australia, but those at greatest risk from unplanned pregnancy are often least able to access it. Experts say better training pathways are needed to ensure an equitable spread of abortion access nationwide ..read more

One of the hottest areas in mental health research is a possible connection between mental health and the immune system, and if mental health is associated with immune disorders like ulcerative colitis and asthma ..read more

About 40,000 Australians have a stroke each year, and swift diagnosis is vital. A pilot study in Melbourne brings the critical parts of stroke treatment directly to patients in a specialised ambulance called a mobile stroke unit ..read more

The Australasian Skin Cancer Congress has been discussing how best to treat the rise in melanoma incidence ..read more

Monkeypox virus is classified as an Orthopoxvirus—one which uses mammals as host. Humans are protected against it by the smallpox vaccine, but becoming more susceptible to monkeypox now due to less people being vaccinated, and waning immunity from the vaccine ..read more

We host a pre-election health discussion with 4 experts talking about the pressing issues. What are the most pronounced problems, and what health questions have not been raised at all ..read more

Many people are waiting for an organ donation and some of them may die before a suitable organ is found. Some researchers think that in the near future we will be able to grow organs in animals to be safely transplanted into humans. This healthcare potential raises ethical questions and we need to assess where we stand on such technological change. The first of two features about medicine's use of animals for organ and tissue transplantation. This program was originally broadcast in October 2021 ..read more