CALHN Research Pulse podcast | Season 3 Episode 1 |

Global data tell a clear story: on average, men die around five years earlier than women. Better management of diseases such as diabetes and depression could help -- but for this to happen, men need to seek health support earlier and more regularly than they currently do.

In our first episode of Season 3, we explore the idea that going 'below the belt' could improve how men communicate with their doctors, leading to earlier disease identification, better management and men enjoying their lives more.

We speak to Dr Sam Tafari about supporting men to stay ahead of the game when it comes to their health.

If you would like to get in touch, you can email us at healthCALHNcommunications@sa.gov.au

CALHN Research Pulse podcast | Season 2 Episode 8 |

In this episode, we discuss the Adelaide Facial Bone Rule, a screening tool to reduce exposure to CT facial scans, which frequently accompanies a CT brain scan for patients admitted following a fall or accident.

We speak to Sarah Constantine, a consultant radiologist at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, who led the first large study investigating the possibility of using information from the CT brain scan to predict the need for a CT facial bone scan to reduce the radiation dose to individual patients.

Sarah is also a perinatal and craniofacial radiologist at The Women’s and Children’s Hospital, is a forensic Radiologist, clinical Senior Lecturer, at the University of Adelaide’s Dental School and was a member of the SA Radiation Protection Committee between 2007 and 2022.

If you would like to get in touch, you can email us at healthCALHNcommunications@sa.gov.au

CALHN Research Pulse podcast | Season 2 Episode 7 |

Most people know that a nutrient-dense diet of whole foods can improve your health. But if you live with ulcerative colitis – a disease which can cause painful inflammation in your digestive system – this maxim isn’t so straight forward.

Today we speak to Dr Alice Day about her work that is uncovering exactly what type of diet is best for people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which can be a lifelong debilitating condition with no cure.

If you would like to get in touch, you can email us at healthCALHNcommunications@sa.gov.au