Another study looking into the wide-reaching benefits of the shingles vaccine suggests it can stave off mild cognitive impairment and even slow down the course of dementia. Also, the World Health Organization (WHO) releases its guidelines for the use of GLP-1s in overweight and obesity. And updated advice for prescribing these medications when it comes to birth control and mental health. ReferencesThe effect of shingles vaccination at different stages of the dementia disease course WHO issues global guideline on the use of GLP-1 medicines in treating obesity Product warnings updated for GLP-1 RA class - TGA
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More pain relief options for IUD insertions
For many women, getting an intra-uterine device (IUD) inserted is a painful and scary experience.The level of pain relief offered can depend on the clinic and can be restricted by out-of-pocket costs the patient can’t afford.A trial is underway in Victoria offering a free pain-relieving "green whistle" to public patients, after a state enquiry into women’s pain.Guest/sDr Felicity Dent, GP and a board member for Pelvic Pain VictoriaReferencesInquiry into Women's Pain - Victorian GovernmentGovt backs green whistle during IUD insertion in response to women’s pain inquiry
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How much is nature vs nurture?
Everything from your height to your heart disease risk can be determined by your genes and your environment.A major study looked at 34 characteristics and diseases to ask, how much can genetics determine?In some cases the environment – where you live, how you live and what you eat – had more sway than previously thought.Guest/sProfessor Loic Yengo, group leader at the Statistical Genomics Laboratory at the University of Queensland ReferencesEstimation and mapping of the missing heritability of human phenotypes
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How our gut microbiome helps (or hinders) vaccines
Both antibiotics and vaccines can be life-saving medicines, but it turns out they don’t necessary play nice together.New research suggests direct antibiotics in early life can make a baby’s response to vaccination weaker.
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Mailbag: CT scans
A look at some of the Health Report correspondence this week.You can email us at [email protected]
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