Podcasts
How GPs can help women improve their self-compassion and reduce depression
Dr Lydia Brown
Today we are discussing how GPs can help women improve their self-compassion and reduce depression. My special guest is Dr Lydia Brown, a senior lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of Melbourne. Read more: https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2024/4/how-self-compassion-can-help-reduce-depression-in-women/ With MJA news and online editor, Sam Hunt. 14 mins.
Notifying women about their dense breasts, with Prof Wendie Berg and Ms JoAnn Pushkin
Professor Wendie Berg and Ms JoAnn Pushkin
Vol 217, Issue 5: 5 September 2022. Dr Wendie Berg is Professor of Radiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Ms JoAnn Pushkin is a breast cancer survivor and advocate for breast density notification. Together they founded DenseBreast-info.org, providing resource and educational material for patients and doctors about the importance of breast density for breast cancer risk. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 24 mins, 29 secs.
Hormonal contraception after early medical abortion, with A/Prof Luke Grzeskowiak
Associate Professor Luke Grzeskowiak
Vol 216, Issue 7: 11 April 2022. Associate Professor Luke Grzeskowiak is a clinical pharmacist and Practitioner Fellow at Flinders University and the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute. He talks about hormonal contraceptive use following early medical abortion, to accompany his coauthored research letter published in the MJA. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell. 15mins, 2secs.
3D mammography, with Prof Nehmat Houssami
Professor Nehmat Houssami
Vol 211, Issue 8: 21 October 2019. Professor Nehmat Houssami is professor of Public Health at the University of Sydney, an NCBF Breast Cancer Research Leadership Fellow, and a breast clinician at the Royal Hospital for Women in Randwick. She discusses tomosynthesis -- 3D mammography -- for population screening purposes. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell. 18 mins, 30 secs.
Lifting restrictions on medical abortion, with Prof Caroline de Costa AM
Professor Caroline de Costa AM
Vol 210, Issue 6: 1 April 2019. Professor Caroline de Costa AM is professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at James Cook University in Cairns. She talks about lifting the remaining restrictions on the use of mifepristone for medical abortions in Australia. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 19 mins, 57 secs
Importance of national abortion data, with Dr Jennifer Marino and Prof Susan Sawyer
Dr Jennifer Marino and Professor Susan Sawyer
Vol 210, Issue 5: 18 March 2019. Dr Jennifer Marino is a Research Fellow at the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne and the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. Professor Susan Sawyer is Chair of Adolescent Health at the University of Melbourne. They discuss the importance of collecting national abortion data. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 23mins 6 secs
Guidelines for PCOS, with Prof Helena Teede and A/Prof Jacqui Boyle
Professor Helena Teede and Associate Professor Jacqueline Boyle
Vol 209, Issue 7: 1 October 2018. Professor Helena Teede and Associate Professor Jacqueline Boyle from the Centre for Research Excellence in PCOS discuss translational resources for clinicians and women with PCOS. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 20mins 29secs
MJA Centenary Series 17
Professor Helena Teede
Professor Helena Teede, professor of Women’s Health at Monash University in Melbourne, director of the Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation, and president of the Endocrine Society of Australia, talks with MJA engagement editor Cate Swannell about her work in improving the patient experience for women with polycystic ovary syndrome, as well as her career path into endocrinology and mentoring.
MJA Centenary Series 10
Professor Gab Kovacs
Professor Gab Kovacs, international medical director of Monash IVF, talks with MJA engagement editor Cate Swannell about the hot topics in reproductive medicine, including the controversy surrounding 'Baby Gammy'.