The Medical Journal of Australia

The Medical Journal of Australia episodes:

• 04.21.2024

  Episode 554: MJA Podcasts 2024 Episode 13: Advice for clinicians on salt and nutrients found in Australian yeast extracts and tomato sauces

  Today we are discussing the salt and nutrient levels found in yeast extracts and tomato sauces. My special guests are dieticians Laureate Professor Clare Collins and Dr Erin Clarke.  Read more: https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2024/7/happy-little-vegemites-balancing-salt-and-nutrient-intake/ With MJA news and online editor, Sam Hunt. 15 mins.

  
• 04.14.2024

  Episode 553: MJA Podcasts 2024 Episode 12: developments in treating kidney disease, with Professor Gopi Rangan

  Today we discuss developments in treating kidney disease, including advice for general practitioners, how patients can get support – and balancing life as a specialist.  My special guest is Professor Gopi Rangan, a nephrologist staff specialist at Westmead Hospital and a...

  
• 04.07.2024

  Episode 552: MJA Podcasts 2024 Episode 11: Pregnancy supplements – how much is too much?

  Today we discuss pregnancy supplements, including the need for clinicians to reconsider widespread prescriptions for pregnancy supplements, and instead promote whole food diets. My special guests are Associate Professor Shelley Wilkinson and Dr Linda Gallo.  Read more: https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2024/6/pregnancy-supplements-is-there-too-much-of-a-good-thing/ With MJA news and online...

  
• 03.31.2024

  Episode 551: MJA Podcasts 2024 Episode 10: how GPs can help women improve their self-compassion and reduce depression

  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...

  
• 03.17.2024

  Episode 550: MJA Podcasts 2024 Episode 9: Reducing psychological distress among patients after cardiac surgery

  Today we discuss how doctors can help reduce psychological distress among patients after cardiac surgery. My guests are Snezana Stolic, a senior lecturer of nursing and William McCann, a PhD student in psychology, both at the University of Southern Queensland.  Read more:...

  
• 03.10.2024

  Episode 549: MJA Podcasts 2024 Episode 8: the deadly impact of wood heater smoke, with Professor Sotiris Vardoulakis

  Today we are discussing the deadly impact of wood heater smoke in the ACT and across eastern and southern Australia.  My special guest is Professor Sotiris Vardoulakis from the University of Canberra.  Read more: https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2024/220/1/wood-heater-smoke-and-mortality-australian-capital-territory-rapid-health-impact With MJA news and online editor, Sam Hunt....

  
• 03.03.2024

  Episode 548: MJA Podcasts 2024 Episode 7: Australia’s national bowel cancer screening program

  Today we discuss the importance of Australia’s national bowel cancer screening program, including rates of program participation and the need to maintain public confidence in it.  My guests are Professor Mark Jenkins and Associate Professor Belinda Goodwin. Read more: https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2023/43/misunderstandings-about-bowel-cancer-screening-programs-dangerous/ With MJA news...

  
• 02.25.2024

  Episode 547: MJA Podcasts 2024 Episode 6: Raising awareness of heart valve disease as part of Heart Valve Disease Awareness Week

  Today we are discussing heart valve disease as part of Heart Valve Disease Awareness Week. My special guests are Dr James Roy and Associate Professor Kaleab Asrress, who are structural and interventional cardiologists from Sydney. This podcast is sponsored by Medtronic...

  
• 02.18.2024

  Episode 546: MJA Podcasts 2024 Episode 5: Cancer and heart health: discussing cardiotoxic cancer medications, with Dr Benjamin Daniels and Dr Maria Aslam

  Today we are discussing the prevalence of Australians exposured to potentially cardiotoxic cancer medications.  My special guests are Dr Benjamin Daniels and Dr Maria Aslam.  Read more: https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2023/44/listen-to-your-heart-how-cancer-medications-affect-cardiovascular-health/ With MJA news and online editor, Sam Hunt. 16 mins.

  
• 02.11.2024

  Episode 545: MJA Podcasts 2024 Episode 4: The health and wellbeing of children and young people, with Dr Kate Lycett

  Today we are discussing a supplement published in the Medical Journal of Australia about tracking the health and wellbeing of children and young people. The supplement is sponsored by Vic Health.  My guest is Dr Kate Lycett, a senior research fellow...

  
• 02.04.2024

  Episode 544: MJA Podcasts 2024 Episode 3: water fluoridation in Queensland, with biostatistician Mr Christopher Sexton

  Today we are discussing socio-economic status and water fluoridation in Queensland.  My special guest is University of Queensland biostatistician, Mr Christopher Sexton.  Read more: https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2024/220/2/socio-economic-status-and-access-fluoridated-water-queensland-ecological-data With MJA news and online editor, Sam Hunt. 11 mins.

  
• 01.28.2024

  Episode 543: MJA Podcasts 2024 Episode 2: the economics of Australia’s health system, with Professor Tony Scott

  Today we are discussing Australia’s health system from the perspective of health economics, including the problems in the system, the challenges to reform, and how to improve affordability. My special guest is Professor Tony Scott, the Director of the Centre for...

  
• 01.21.2024

  Episode 542: MJA Podcasts 2024 Episode 1: chronic cough in children and adults, with Associate Professor Julie Marchant

  Today we are discussing the updated position statement on chronic cough in Australia. My guest is Associate Professor Julie Marchant, a paediatric respiratory physician at the Queensland Children’s Hospital and a research fellow at the Centre for Children’s Health Research in...

  
• 12.10.2023

  Episode 541: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 36: The importance of medical record management with David Maddocks and Dr Owen Bradfield.

  The importance of medical record management – including legal obligations, codes of conduct covering patient records, and key things for doctors to remember.  My special guests are David Maddocks, a senior lawyer and partner with Perry Maddocks Trollope, and Dr Owen...

  
• 12.03.2023

  Episode 540: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 35: iron deficiency in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, with Dr Sam Heard

  Today we are discussing iron deficiency in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, with Dr Sam Heard, the medical director of the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress. This podcast is sponsored by Viatris. With MJA news and online editor, Sam Hunt. 15 minutes. 

  
• 11.26.2023

  Episode 539: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 34: iron deficiency in the general Australian population, with Professor Arumugam Manoharan

  Today we are discussing iron deficiency in the general Australian population, with Professor Arumugam Manoharan, a specialist physician in clinical haematology at St George Private Hospital in Sydney. This podcast is sponsored by Viatris.  With MJA news and online editor, Sam Hunt....

  
• 11.19.2023

  Episode 537: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 33: How clinicians can help improve the care of culturally and linguistically diverse patients, with Associate Professor Reema Harrison

  How clinicians can help improve the care and treatment of culturally and linguistically diverse patients.  My guest is Associate Professor Reema Harrison, a Cancer Institute NSW Career Development Fellow from the Australian Institute of Health Innovation at Macquarie University.  Read her article:...

  
• 11.12.2023

  Episode 538: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 32: new Australian guidelines for diabetes related foot disease, with Associate Professor Pete Lazzarini and Professor Stephen Twigg

  Today we are discussing new Australian guidelines for diabetes related foot disease.  Associate Professor Pete Lazzarini is a podiatrist and a conjoint Principal Research Fellow at Metro North Hospital & Health Service and QUT in Brisbane.  Professor Stephen Twigg is a Clinical...

  
• 11.05.2023

  Episode 537: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 31: the new Australian Cancer Plan, with Cancer Australia CEO Professor Dorothy Keefe

  Today we are discussing the new Australian Cancer Plan, released last week by Australia’s national cancer agency Cancer Australia. The plan aims to improve cancer outcomes for all Australians, and particularly for people have the poorest health outcomes.   My special guest...

  
• 10.29.2023

  Episode 536: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 30: improving access to dental care for Australia’s children to diminish the burden of disease, with Professor Sharon Goldfeld and Dr Mihiri Silva

  Today we are discussing the urgent need to improve access to dental care for Australia’s children to diminish the burden of disease. My guests are Professor Sharon Goldfeld, a paediatrician, and Dr Mihiri Silva, a consultant paediatric dentist.  Read their article: https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2023/33/improving-australian-childrens-access-to-dental-care-vital-to-diminish-burden-of-disease/With MJA...

  
• 10.16.2023

  Episode 535: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 29: Experiences of doctors who have received disciplinary notifications due to alleged mental health impairment

  Today we are discussing the experiences of Australian and New Zealand doctors who have received disciplinary notifications or have been investigated by the regulator due to alleged mental health impairment.  My special guest is Dr Owen Bradfield, the Chief Medical Officer...

  
• 10.15.2023

  Episode 534: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 28: Kidney health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, with NIKTT deputy chair, Professor Jaquelyne Hughes, and NIKTT National Community Engagement

  Today we are discussing the National Indigenous Kidney Transplantation Taskforce, featured in the latest MJA supplement published on Monday 16 October 2023.   My special guests are the National Indigenous Kidney Transplantation Taskforce (NIKTT) deputy chair, Professor Jaquelyne Hughes, and NIKTT...

  
• 10.08.2023

  Episode 533: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 27: New cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk guidelines and calculator, with Professor Garry Jennings and Professor Mark Nelson

  Today we are discussing the new cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk guidelines and calculator.  My special guests are Professor Garry Jennings AO, the Chief Medical Advisor of the Heart Foundation, and Professor Mark Nelson, chair of the Discipline of General Practice at...

  
• 10.01.2023

  Episode 531: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 26: Improving the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, with Professor Fiona Stanley

  Today we are discussing improving the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.  My special guest is Professor Fiona Stanley, a prominent epidemiologist, public health researcher and former Australian of the Year.  With MJA news and online editor, Sam Hunt. 21...

  
• 09.24.2023

  Episode 531: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 25: New research into breast cancer and rare cancers, with Professor Peter Baade and Dr Kou Kou

  Today we are discussing new research into breast cancer and rare cancers.  My special guests are Professor Peter Baade, a biostatistician and the senior manager, of descriptive epidemiology and Dr Kou Kou, the senior research officer (epidemiology), both at Cancer Council...

  
• 09.17.2023

  Episode 530: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 24: Improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health outcomes, with Professor Ian Anderson

  Today we are discussing improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander outcomes and the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum. My special guest is Professor Ian Anderson who is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at the University of Tasmania. He trained as a medical doctor...

  
• 09.10.2023

  Episode 529: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 23: Lower urgency care in the emergency department, with Associate Professor James Mallows

  Today we are discussing a recent study looking at lower urgency care in the emergency department, and the suitability of general practice care as an alternative.  My special guest is Associate Professor James Mallows, who is director of emergency medicine research...

  
• 09.03.2023

  Episode 528: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 22: Improving the mental health of young Australians, with Professor Pat McGorry

  Today we are discussing the mental health of young Australians and what can be done to change the health system.  My special guest is Professor Pat McGorry, a psychiatrist and executive director of Orygen. He was named Australian of the Year...

  
• 08.27.2023

  Episode 527: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 21: Improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health outcomes, with Professor James Ward

  Today we are discussing improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health outcomes and the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum.  My special guest is Professor James Ward, an infectious diseases epidemiologist and the Director of the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health at...

  
• 08.20.2023

  Episode 526: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 20: Organ donation after voluntary assisted dying, with Associate Professor Neera Bhatia and Associate Professor James Tibballs

  Today we are discussing organ donation after voluntary assisted dying.  My special guests are Associate Professor Neera Bhatia in the faculty of business and law at Deakin University and Associate Professor James Tibballs, a retired intensive care physician.  Read their research: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/mja2.52016 With...

  
• 08.13.2023

  Episode 525: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 19: Hospital utilisation research with a focus on use by people over 75 years of age, with Dr Natasha Reid and Professor Len Gray

  Today we are discussing hospital utilisation in Australia, with a focus on use by people over 75 years of age.  My special guests are Dr Natasha Reid, a research fellow, and Professor Len Gray, a Professor of Geriatric medicine, both at...

  
• 08.06.2023

  Episode 524: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 18: Building a rural and remote health workforce with place-based education

  Today we are discussing the supplement in the Medical Journal of Australia from the Office of the Rural Health Commissioner on the theme: building a rural and remote workforce with place-based education.  My guests are the National Rural Health Commissioner, Adjunct...

  
• 07.30.2023

  Episode 523: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 17: Clinical practice guidelines for deprescribing opioids, with Aili Langford and Associate Professor Carl Schneider

  Today we are discussing clinical practice guidelines for deprescribing opioids. My specialist guests are Aili Langford, a research fellow and pharmacist, and Associate Professor Carl Schneider, a pharmacist and registered nurse. Read more in the MJA: https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2023/219/2/clinical-practice-guideline-deprescribing-opioid-analgesics-summary With MJA news and...

  
• 07.23.2023

  Episode 522: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 16: Artificial intelligence and the consequences for medicine, with Professor Coiera

  Today we are discussing artificial intelligence and the potential consequences for medicine and health care in Australia. My special guest is Professor Enrico Coiera, the Director of the Centre for Health Informatics at Macquarie University. Professor Coiera trained as a...

  
• 07.16.2023

  Episode 521: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 15: The issues facing doctors who run their own practice, with Associate Professor David Williams

  Today we are discussing the issues doctors face when running their own practice, whether they are starting out or are running a large practice. We will also look at what doctors can do in their own practice to save time...

  
• 07.09.2023

  Episode 520: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 14: The future of food and nutrition, with Professor Johannes le Coutre

  Today we are discussing the future of food and nutrition, in the context of a rising global population and the need for nutrition from sustainable sources. My specialist guest is Professor Johannes le Coutre, a professor of food and health...

  
• 07.02.2023

  Episode 519: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 13: Barriers and facilitators to voluntary assisted dying in Victoria, with Professor Ben White and Ruthie Jeanneret

  Today we are discussing new research into the barriers and facilitators to voluntary assisted dying in the state of Victoria. My special guests are Professor Ben White, Professor of End-of-Life Law and Regulation, and Ruthie Jeanneret, a PhD Student, both in...

  
• 06.25.2023

  Episode 518: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 12: How to handle challenging patient interactions, with Dr Owen Bradfield

  Today we are discussing how to handle challenging patient interactions with some tried and tested methods. My special guest is Dr Owen Bradfield, Chief Medical Officer for the Medical Indemnity Protection Society, which sponsored this podcast. Dr Bradfield is a...

  
• 06.18.2023

  Episode 517: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 11: The use of 3D printing in limb reconstruction and deformity correction, with Dr Mustafa Alttahir

  Today we are discussing 3D printing and its uses in limb reconstruction, deformity correction and complex arthroplasty. My special guest is Dr Mustafa Alttahir, an orthopaedic surgeon at Macquarie University Hospital which sponsored this podcast.  With MJA news and online editor,...

  
• 06.12.2023

  Episode 516: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 10: Improving regional health outcomes, with A/Prof. Bernadette Ward and Dr Pam Harvey

  Today we are discussing how to improve health outcomes in regional Australia.  My guests are A/Prof. Bernadette Ward and Dr Pam Harvey, both at the School of Rural Health, at Monash University in Bendigo. You can read more about this topic...

  
• 05.31.2023

  Episode 515: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 9: Advances in breast cancer treatment, with Dr Negin Sedaghat and A/Prof. Jeremy Hsu

  Today we are discussing advances in breast cancer treatment and how innovation can lead to earlier detection, more effective treatments and better quality of life. My guests are Dr Negin Sedaghat, a specialist breast surgeon and surgical oncologist, and A/Prof....

  
• 05.21.2023

  Episode 514: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 8: Innovations in hand and wrist surgery with Dr Matt White

  Today we are discussing innovations in hand and wrist surgery. My guest is Dr Matt White, an orthopaedic surgeon specialising in hand and wrist surgery from Macquarie University Hospital (MUH), which sponsored this podcast With MJA news and online editor, Sam...

  
• 05.14.2023

  Episode 513: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 7: Innovations in robotic-assisted surgery, with Prof. David Gillatt and Prof. Michael Wilson.

  Today we are discussing innovations in robotic-assisted surgery. My guests are Prof. David Gillatt, a specialist urological surgeon and the director of medical services at Macquarie University Hospital (MUH), and Professor Michael Wilson who is a specialist cardiothoracic surgeon at...

  
• 05.07.2023

  Episode 512: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 6: The need for better equity in the NDIS, with Prof. Jennifer Smith-Merry.

  Today we are discussing the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) with Prof. Jennifer Smith-Merry, who is the Professor of Health and Social Policy and the Director of the Centre for Disability Research and Policy at the University of Sydney. She...

  
• 04.30.2023

  Episode 511: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 5: Frontline perspectives of the COVID-19 pandemic with Dr Marion Mateos

  Today we are discussing how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted medical staff on the frontline. Dr Marion Mateos was juggling being a new mother and her first consultant role, as the pandemic began. Marion is a paediatric oncologist based at the...

  
• 04.23.2023

  Episode 510: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 4: Doctors at war with Colonel Robert Likeman (Retd)

  Today we are discussing doctors at war, as part of ANZAC Day commemorations, with Colonel Robert Likeman (Retd). Colonel Likeman served in the Australian Army for 24 years as a medical doctor. You can read more at: https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2023/14/doctors-at-war-stories-from-the-frontline/With MJA news...

  
• 04.16.2023

  Episode 509: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 3: Lived experience of Long COVID with Dr Danielle Hitch.

  Today we are discussing Long COVID with Dr Danielle Hitch, an occupational therapist and a Senior Research Fellow at the School of Health and Social Development at Deakin University in Geelong and Western Health in Melbourne.  Dr Hitch and her team...

  
• 04.10.2023

  Episode 508: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 2: Investing in mental health care with A/Prof. Jeffrey Looi

  Today we are discussing the importance of investing in mental health care to help improve economic and social participation with Associate Professor Jeffrey Looi, a clinical academic psychiatrist and Head of the Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine at...

  
• 04.02.2023

  Episode 507: MJA Podcasts 2023 Episode 1: Australian Child Maltreatment Study, with Prof. David Lawrence and A/Prof. Holly Erskine

  The Australian Child Maltreatment Study is published as a supplement in the 3 April 2023 edition of The Medical Journal of Australia. We are joined by researchers David Lawrence, who is Professor of Mental Health in the School of Population Health...

  
• 12.11.2022

  Episode 505: MJA Podcasts 2022 Episode 47: Spinal surgery for low back pain, with A/Prof Andrew Morokoff

  Vol 217, Issue 11: 12 December 2022. Associate Professor Andrew Morokoff is a neurosurgeon with The Royal Melbourne Hospital and the University of Melbourne. He talks about the role of spinal surgery, particularly spine fusion, in the treatment of low...