Health Report - Separate stories podcast

In the news:
A legislative amendment passed this week will see an overhaul of the Medical Costs Finder website with more specialist fee data to be included. Plus powers to prevent private health insurers from 'phoenixing' policy products have been introduced.
A study from University of Sydney analysing social media posts about the new blood test for Alzheimer's disease reveals the extent of misleading information being spread by influencers
References
Better transparency and choice in health care
Medical Costs Finder
Blood test to detect Alzheimer's disease will be trialled in Australia
Social Media Claims About Blood Tests for Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia: A Cross-Sectional Content Analysis

Our story on weight loss injections being prescribed to people with lived experience of eating disorders without proper screening, drew a raft of responses from people with similar stories and concerns.
Rachel has lived experience of an eating disorder and came across ads for a telehealth weight loss company on a podcast. The ads continue in their podcast feed, more than a year after they lodged a formal complaint with AHPRA. Rachel hasn't been updated on the status of the complaint. 
What is the body that regulates doctors doing about protecting patients from unscrupulous telehealth operators and medical professionals?
Guest/s
Justin Untersteiner, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Health Practitioner Agency 
References
Why is it so easy to get weight loss injections, if they could cause you harm? 
GLP-1 drug prescribed to woman with eating disorder via telehealth sparks calls for regulation
Crackdown on reckless prescribing as regulator ramps up peptides oversight

Disrupted sleep during pregnancy and the post partum period can increase the risk of cardiovascular events for mothers, and it's now understood these risks can be transferred to the baby as well.
What can be done to improve cardiometabolic and cardiovascular health in pregnancy and beyond? 
Guest/s
Helen Collins, Assistant Professor, University of Louisville, Center for Cardiometabolic Science 
References
The implications of maternal sleep disruption on cardiovascular adaptations and cardiometabolic outcomes

PBS listings for medications for three separate conditions have run up against President Trump’s most favoured nation pricing policy this year. People with breast cancer, multiple sclerosis and opioid addiction have so far been affected. 
New research on this policy and it’s impact shows there will likely be more of these disruptions to come.
Guest/s
Dr Thomas Hwang, Assistant Professor at Brigham and Women's Hospital and faculty at Harvard Medical School 
References
Most-favoured-nation pricing for prescription drugs in US Medicare: a cohort study

A look at some of the Health Report correspondence this week.
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