Life as Nurse

Presenter: Sam Wiseman
Guest: Tara Durkin
Guest Bio: Tara graduated in 2011 and is in her third year of nursing at QUT

Segment Overview
Tara Durkin is here with us today to talk about studying nursing.

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Professor Moyle’s research on aged care

Presenter: Sam Wiseman
Guest: Wendy Moyle
Guest Bio: Wendy was a nurse who was working in critical care. She shifted to working in the area of aged care part time, continued to work in that area and is now doing a research about it.

Segment Overview
Today we will be talking about her research on aged care, helping people with dementia via the utilization of robot technology.

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The Health News – 22 May 2014

Overview

  • Hospitals in Western Australia’s north are being put under strain by travelling retirees who require treatment as they head north for the winter, doctors say.
  • The potentially deadly legionella pathogen can thrive in car windscreen wiper fluid, new research in the United States has found.
  • CLINICAL trials are due to start within a year on an inhalant form of a hormone that reduces haemorrhage after childbirth and holds the key to saving lives in developing countries.

Natural instinct healing: Starting a health and well being business

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Presenter: Katherine
Guest: Kate Reardon
Guest Bio: Kate is naturopath and nutritionist, and she had her own clinical practice in Australia, but has since then started managing retreats in Thailand and seeing clients one-on-one around the world.
She presents health workshops and seminars in Thailand and Australia, and eventually founded the Natural Instinct Healing Health Retreat, which runs fasting, detox, raw food, and yoga in Bali and Australia.

Segment Overview

She’s here to talk to us about her journey in starting this business.

TRANSCRIPTION

HPR – Health Professional Radio

Katherine Lodge: Thank you for listening to Health Professional radio.  I’m Katherine, and today our guest for this segment is Kate Reardon.  Now, Kate is naturopath and nutritionist, and she had her own clinical practice in Australia, but has since then started managing retreats in Thailand and seeing clients one-on-one around the world.

She presents health workshops and seminars in Thailand and Australia, and eventually founded the Natural Instinct Healing Health Retreat, which runs fasting, detox, raw food, and yoga in Bali and Australia.  She’s here to talk to us about her journey in starting this business.

Thanks for joining us today, Kate.

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The Health News – 21 May 2014

Overview

  • Doctors’ groups have launched a counterattack against the Federal Government’s proposed GP co-payment saying it discourages them from bulk billing.
  • For the first time in five years there will be a ballot for the AMA Presidency after Vice President Professor Geoffrey Dobb and AMA New South Wales President Associate Professor Brian Owler both nominated for the position.
  • The technology, a wristband called the Parkinson’s Kinetigraph, has a built-in accelerometer like the common one found in smartphones and wearable tech devices such as the Jawbone Up and Fitbit Flex.

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Natural Instinct: Finding the right diet to meet your health & weight goals

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Presenter: Katherine
Guest: Kate Reardon
Guest Bio: Kate is naturopath and nutritionist, and she had her own clinical practice in Australia, but has since then started managing retreats in Thailand and seeing clients one-on-one around the world.
She presents health workshops and seminars in Thailand and Australia, and eventually founded the Natural Instinct Healing Health Retreat, which runs fasting, detox, raw food, and yoga in Bali and Australia.

Segment Overview

Kate is here to talk to us about finding the right diet for your needs, to meet your health and weight goals.

TRANSCRIPTION

HPR – Health Professional Radio

Katherine Lodge: Thank you for listening to Health Professional Radio.  I’m Katherine, and today our guest is Kate Reardon.  Kate graduated with two bachelor degrees; one in Health Science in Australia, specializing in naturopathy and nutritional medicine.  Kate founded the Natural Instinct Healing Health Retreat, which is based in both Australia and Bali, and they run fasting, detox, raw food and yoga retreats.

Kate is here to talk to us about finding the right diet for your needs, to meet your health and weight goals.  Thanks for joining us today, Kate.

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Natural instinct healing: Detoxification

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Presenter: Katherine
Guest: Kate Reardon
Guest Bio: Kate is naturopath and nutritionist, and she had her own clinical practice in Australia, but has since then started managing retreats in Thailand and seeing clients one-on-one around the world.
She presents health workshops and seminars in Thailand and Australia, and eventually founded the Natural Instinct Healing Health Retreat, which runs fasting, detox, raw food, and yoga in Bali and Australia.

Segment Overview

Kate is going to talk about detoxing.

TRANSCRIPTION

HPR – Health Professional Radio

Katherine Lodge: Thank you for listening to Health Professional Radio.  I’m Katherine and today our guest is Kate Reardon.

 Now Kate is a naturopath and nutritionist.  She used to have her own clinical practice in Australia, and from there she started managing health retreats in Thailand, and seeing personal one-on-one clients from all over the world.

She also presents health workshops and seminars in Thailand and Australia, and eventually founded “Natural Instinct Healing Health Retreat,” which runs fasting, detox, raw food and yoga, in both Bali and Australia.

Welcome to our show Kate.

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Colorectal Cancer

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Presenter: Katherine
Guest: Prof Moyez Jiwa
Guest Bio: Dr Moyez Jiwa, a qualified general practitioner, and has over 20 years of clinical experience in a variety of clinical research as well.  Dr Jiwa has worked in over four countries, and knows the challenges of working in these different healthcare settings.
He is the Professor of Health Innovation at Curtin University.  He’s a practising GP in Western Australia, and he’s also the editor-in-chief of the Australasian Medical Journal.

Segment Overview

Dr Jiwa is here to discuss colorectal cancer and how it relates to innovating for other conditions in medicine.

TRANSCRIPTION

HPR – Health Professional Radio

Katherine Lodge: Thank you for listening to Health Professional Radio.  I’m Katherine.  For this segment, our guest is professor, Dr Moyez Jiwa, a qualified general practitioner, and has over 20 years of clinical experience in a variety of clinical research as well.  Dr Jiwa has worked in over four countries, and knows the challenges of working in these different healthcare settings.

He is the Professor of Health Innovation at Curtin University.  He’s a practising GP in Western Australia, and he’s also the editor-in-chief of the Australasian Medical Journal.  Dr Jiwa is here to discuss colorectal cancer and how it relates to innovating for other conditions in medicine.  Welcome to our show, Dr Jiwa.

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Telehealth Could Keep Patients with Heart Conditions Out of Hospital

dr_andrew_maiorana_heartPresenter: Katherine Lodge
Guest: Dr Andrew Maiorana
Guest Bio: Dr. Andrew Maiorana is an associate professor at Curtin School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, and is a lead investigator in a project that Curtin University researchers have received funding to trial a nurse-supported telehealth management treatment to help patients with chronic heart failure.

Segment Overview

Andrew is here to talk to us about telehealth and how this could help patients with heart conditions to stay out of hospital.

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The Health News – 20 May 2014

Overview

  • VICTORIAN babies suffering asphyxia at birth will be given melatonin after research on animals indicated the hormone could significantly reduce the damage of oxygen deprivation.
  • A team of researchers have found that the substance, long linked to heart problems and clogged arteries, also plays a major role in helping cancer spread through the body.
  • Dermatologists say new research shows almost half of all melanoma deaths are from lumps that look like innocent pimples, rather than skin cancer.

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