The West Live Podcast

New research has found the way some people consume foods that are high in fat and carbohydrates could “meet the criteria for diagnosis of substance use disorder”.

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It’s time for our weekly check up with our resident doctor… Chair of the GP council of the Australian Medical Association of WA, Doctor Simon Torvaldsen

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It was World Mental Health Day yesterday and it’s WA Mental Health Week so it’s a pretty good time to have a chat about it… We know there’s a mental health epidemic in Australia right now… What can your GP do, if you feel like you need to seek some help?

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Orangutans might be our distant primate cousins, but as anyone who’s been to the Perth Zoo will attest, there’s something so familiar about these beautiful creatures.

Intelligent and soulful, orangutans are also critically endangered… and now there is new evidence to suggest they are being killed, in their native home of Borneo… and maybe in large numbers.

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Listening to US President Joe Biden speak this morning, there isn’t much ambiguity when it comes to the Hamas attack on Israel.

The stories emerging from the weekend’s atrocity are horrifying.

But you could be forgiven for thinking very differently about the incident if you get your news from Elon Musk’s X platform.

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You want a good reason to get serious about climate change, other than the complete destruction of the planet and extinction of the human race?

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Former WA premier Mark McGowan is selling his Rockingham home, marking the end of an era for the seaside suburb and its most famous resident.

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Richard Goyder has announced he will step down from the Qantas board at the company’s next annual general meeting.

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The newly-appointed President of the Rebels bikie gang has died at the Perth Watchhouse.

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On today's show, we unpack where the war between Israel and Hamas will go next, PLUS, bullying in the workplace is on the rise and we’ll tell you the pros and cons of house flipping.

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