Public health spending down to pre-pandemic levels
Government spending on public health has fallen $2.3 billion from last year, back down to pre-pandemic levels. This funding not only support vaccination and cancer screening, but campaigns aiming to prevent disease. Also, a major study raises questions about how often children should have their blood pressure tested.ReferencesGovernment expenditure on public health activities in Australia 2023–24 - AIHWGlobal prevalence of hypertension among children and adolescents aged 19 years or younger: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis
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Gluten intolerance — is it really the gluten?
We’re not talking about coeliac disease here, which is an autoimmune condition where the immune system overreacts to gluten.Some people experience gut and other symptoms after eating gluten-based or wheat-based foods without a coeliac diagnosis.However a new review suggests some people with this sensitivity could be reacting to something else in the diet, not gluten.Gut symptom study — a world-first international clinical trial comparing two proven treatments for IBS: the low-FODMAP diet and an exposure-based therapy that retrains the gut-brain connection. The study is fully online and open to adults located anywhere in Australia (or the United States) who are currently experiencing gut symptoms (similar to IBS). For listeners interested in learning more about the study or expressing interest, they can go to: gutresearchstudy.comGuest/sAssociate Professor Jess Biesiekierski, head of human nutrition at the University of MelbourneReferencesNon-coeliac gluten sensitivity - the LancetGlobal prevalence of self-reported non-coeliac gluten and wheat sensitivity: a systematic review and metaanalysis
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Common acne medication could reduce schizophrenia risk
A drug used to treat acne and to prevent malaria, doxycycline, could reduce the risk adolescents developing schizophrenia.The association was seen in a study looking at more than 50,000 adolescents who attended psychiatric services in Finland.The authors have called it a "tentative but exciting possibility" – but caution more research is needed.Guest/sProfessor Ian Kelleher, child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of EdinburghReferencesDoxycycline Use in Adolescent Psychiatric Patients and Risk of Schizophrenia: An Emulated Target Trial
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Intl cancer agency wants bans of alcohol advertising
Between 30 and 50 per cent of cancers could be preventable, and according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) we're ignoring a big one. In up to five per cent of all cancers, alcohol consumption plays a role. But the director of IARC says we're not doing enough to drive home the risk. Guest/sDr Elisabete Weiderpass, director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer of the World Health Organization ReferencesCancers attributable to alcohol - IARCAlcohol: a major preventable cause of cancer (IARC Evidence Summary Brief No. 6)
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Mailbag: Hiding veggies?
A look at some of the Health Report correspondence this week.You can email us at [email protected]
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