Podcasts
Dowry abuse in Australia, with Dr Manjula O'Connor
Dr Manjula O'Connor
Vol 216, Issue 1: 17 January 2022. Dr Manjula O'Connor is a consultant psychiatrist and academic at the University of Melbourne. She is also Executive and Founding Director of the AustralAsian Centre for Human Rights and Health (https://www.achrh.org/). She talks about dowry abuse in Australia and the fight for legal protections for survivors, to accompany her MJA Perspective, which is open access at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2022/216/1/health-impacts-dowry-abuse-south-asian-communities-...
Hypertension: a call to action, with Prof Alta Schutte and Prof Markus Schlaich
Professor Alta Schutte and Professor Markus Schlaich
Vol 215, Issue 11: 6 December 2021. Professor Alta Schutte is Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at UNSW Sydney, and a Professorial Fellow at The George Institute for Global Health. Professor Markus Schlaich is the Dobney Chair of Clinical Research at the University of Western Australia. They discuss hypertension control rates in Australia and why they need urgent improvement, and how we can do that. This podcast accompanies their MJA Perspective, published here. With MJA news and online ed...
Early treatment of COVID-19, with Adj A/Prof James Branley and A/Prof Lucy Morgan
Adjunct Associate Professor James Branley and Associate Professor Lucy Morgan
Vol 215, Issue 11: 29 November 2021. Adjunct Associate Professor James Branley heads the Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at Nepean Hospital. Associate Professor Lucy Morgan is a respiratory physician treating COVID-19 patients at Nepean and Concord Hospitals. They discuss how to save lives in the first few days of COVID-19 symptoms. To accompany the full webinar, available at here ... CDNA National guidelines for public health units treating COVID-19 ... National COVID-19 ...
Impact of opening international borders on influenza cases, with Associate Professor Sheena Sullivan
Associate Professor Sheena Sullivan
Vol 215, Issue 11: 22 November 2021. Associate Professor Sheena Sullivan is Head of Epidemiology at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, at the Peter Doherty Institute. She talks about the impact of opening the international borders on influenza cases and severity this coming summer. To accompany her editorial at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/216/1/preparing-out-season-influenza-epidemics-when-international-travel-resumes, and research by Marsh et al, at...
The reality of mental health for young Australians, with Prof Patrick McGorry AO
Professor Patrick McGorry AO
Vol 215, Issue 10: 8 November 2021. Professor Patrick McGorry AO is the Executive Director of Orygen and a founding director of headspace. He talks with MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell about the realities of youth mental health in Australia and what urgent action needs to be taken. To accompany his editorial at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/216/2/reality-mental-health-care-young-people-and-urgent-need-solutions and research by Iorfino et al at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/202...
Barbiturates have become a drug of self-harm, with Professor Shane Darke
Professor Shane Darke
Vol 215, Issue 9: 1 November 2021. Professor Shane Darke is from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at UNSW Sydney. He discusses trends in barbiturate use over the past two decades. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. WARNING: This podcast contains discussions of self-harm and suicide. If this raises issues for you, please reach out for help -- DRS4DRS: 1300 374 377; Lifeline 13 11 14; beyondblue: 1300 22 4636; Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467. Professor Darke's ...
Children and COVID-19, with A/Prof Asha Bowen, Dr Brendan McMullan, and Dr David Fraile Navarro
Associate Professor Asha Bowen, Dr Brendan McMullan, Dr David Fraile-Navarro
Vol 215, Issue 9: 25 October 2021. Associate Professor Asha Bowen is a paediatric infectious diseases specialist at Perth Children's Hospital; Dr Brendan McMullan is a paediatric infectious diseases specialist at Sydney Children's Hospital; and Dr David Fraile-Navarro is Research Fellow at Cochrane Australia. They discuss new living guidelines for the clinical care of children and teenagers with COVID-19. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell. The MJA summary is at https://www.mja.com...
Taking climate change action, with Professor Hugh Montgomery
Professor Hugh Montgomery
Vol 215, Issue 9: 25 October 2021. Professor Hugh Montgomery is an intensive care specialist and Director of the Centre for Human Health and Performance at University College London. A long-time climate change advocate, Professor Montgomery talks about the prospects for COP26 and what individual doctors and health care systems can do to mitigate the damage done. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell. To accompany the MJA-Lancet Countdown report at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/2...
Improving outcomes for parents following miscarriage, with Dr Melanie Keep
Dr Melanie Keep
Vol 215, Issue 8: 18 October 2021. Dr Melanie Keep is a Senior Lecturer in Cyberpsychology and eHealth at the University of Sydney. She talks about her own experience of miscarriage and how things can be done to improve the resourcing of post-miscarriage care for both doctors and patients. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell. This accompanies Dr Keep's Reflection available at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/215/8/silence-around-miscarriage-hurts-health-care-and-bereaved-parents ...
Potentially harmful compounds in e-liquids, with Associate Professor Alexander Larcombe
Associate Professor Alexander Larcombe
Vol 215, Issue 8: 11 October 2021. Associate Professor Alexander Larcombe is Program Head of Respiratory Health at Telethon Kids Institute in Perth. He discusses the potentially harmful chemical compounds he and his colleagues found in a range of e-liquids available for purchase in Australia. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. The research is free to access and can be found at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/potentially-toxic-compounds-found-vaping-liquids ... Guidance for GP...