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11/06/11--13:30: Monday 07 November 2011 (chan 2288981)




11/13/11--13:30: Monday 14 November 2011 (chan 2288981)




11/20/11--13:30: Monday 21 November 2011 (chan 2288981)




11/27/11--13:30: Monday 28 November 2011 (chan 2288981)




11/29/11--15:32: Apology for duplicate podcasts (chan 2288981)

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12/04/11--13:30: Monday 05 December 2011 (chan 2288981)




12/11/11--13:30: 12/12/2011 (chan 2288981)

Effect of hip and knee replacement surgery on overweight patients, new discovery of adult stem cells, stem cell technology, and new scanning technology for detecting atherosclerotic plaques.


12/18/11--13:30: 19/12/2011 (chan 2288981)

A mysterious and often life threatening disease affects the lives of mostly young women. These patients often end up in psychiatric hospitals misdiagnosed or in intensive care units with bizarre behaviour and metabolic meltdown. It's been discovered that these patients had a benign tumour in the ovary called teratoma. A teratoma can contain teeth, hair and most significantly for the women suffering from this condition, brain tissue. The body sees this tumour like a foreign type of tissue and mounts an attack, an immune response against these brain cells that are in the tumour. However, the immunological system is tricked and not only goes against the tumour, but is also misdirected against the brain of the patients.


12/25/11--13:30: Monday 26 December 2011 (chan 2288981)

Yawning gulf: napping feature. This feature, by Thea O'Connor and Ray Moynihan from Northern New South Wales, tells us that there's a huge gap between the scientific proof that napping is beneficial and social uptake. Most people are still reluctant to take a nap during their busy day.


01/01/12--13:30: Monday 02 January 2012 (chan 2288981)

IVF predictor and long term health issues a pregnancy can have on mothers and their children. Aspirin use for IVF. IVF 'vanishing twin' linked with birth defects.


01/08/12--13:30: Monday 09 January 2012 (chan 2288981)

Screening for ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer education campaigns. Ovarian cancer genome.


01/15/12--22:30: Monday 16 January 2012 (chan 2288981)

Deep brain stimulation surgery: This brain surgery is used for illnesses such as depression and severe obsessive compulsive disorder. It has also been used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. However, according to researchers only 10 to 15% of Parkinson's patients are appropriate candidates for this treatment.


01/22/12--22:30: Monday 23 January 2012 (chan 2288981)

Scientists in Europe and the US have created a highly transmissible form of the potentially deadly H5N1 bird flu virus. Laurie Garrett, a senior fellow for global health on the Council on Foreign Relations, talks about the implications of this research.