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Pieces of Me
PIECES OF ME puts a human face to the accelerating scientific advancements in genetic identification. The science of genetics is expanding faster than cures or treatments, so what do people do when diagnosed with a faulty gene, knowing that cures are still far behind?
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Enough Rope - Dr Charlie Teo
Much like the brain surgery he does every day, Dr Charlie Teo is a challenging, highly complicated individual. The self described maverick, many patients see him as a miracle worker. Yet to his fellow neurosurgeons, he is a magnet for controversy. To see what makes him tick, we turn the tables and...
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Four Corners - Patently a Problem
Every day, worldwide, laboratories routinely analyse human genes to pinpoint a whole range of suspected diseases. Life-saving treatment can depend on fast, accurate diagnoses. Tests like these cost a lot of money. And now corporations are moving to cash in. It's a development that deeply worries...
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Australian Story - For the Holy Grail (Cancer Research)
Dr Jennifer MacDiarmid and Dr Himanshu Brahmbhatt were scientists working on a disease in sheep at the CSIRO in the early 1990s when one of their colleagues was diagnosed with lung cancer. The day before he died, the colleague urged them to start working on a cure for cancer. They began researching...
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Australian Story - Million to One (Breast Cancer)
Australian Story looks inside a health and workplace crisis that's been described as a first in Australia and possibly the world. Arguably it's a situation that could have happened anywhere. But it happened at the national broadcaster and it involves people more used to reporting the news than...
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First broadcast on the ABC in 2009, Pieces of Me, tells the moving story of the Neave sisters, who have all inherited the BRCA2 breast cancer gene. This means they have an 80% risk of developing breast cancer and a 60% chance of getting ovarian cancer by the time they reach 50. An intimate reflection, Pieces of Me explores the social and ethical implications of owning the knowledge of a genetic pre-disposition to a disease.

We look at the controversy surrounding genetic patents in Four Corners - Patently a Problem, and Australian Story - For the Holy Grail reveals a remarkable personal story behind a breakthrough in the treatment of cancer. In Catalyst - Exercise is Medicine, we see how effective exercise can be in treating diabetes, heart disease, depression and cancer.

  • Australian Story - In the Pink (Michelle Hanton)

    An ancient sport that started in China more than 2000 years ago is breathing new life into survivors of a deadly disease. Australian Story follows the inspiring story of how women with breast cancer took up an unconventional form of therapy – dragon boating.

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  • Catalyst - Exercise is Medicine

    We all know that exercise is good for us but Anja Taylor reveals just how effective it can be in treating diabetes, heart disease, depression and cancer.

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  • Compass - Hospital Chaplains

    Every day in Australia over 40 000 patients are in hospital. While medicine tends their bodies, hospital chaplains tend their souls. A 7-year old victim of a hit-and-run, a baby’s miracle birth and the anguished vigil for a father-of three on life-support ... Over eight episodes we follow our chaplains’ journeys alongside patients and their...

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  • Enough Rope - Can I Write the Ending?

    Andrew Denton first met Annie Robinson during the 'Show and Tell' segment on Enough Rope two years ago. That's when he found out about the term 'metastatic cancer': cancer gone wild. For Annie, as with so many women, it started in her breast. Then it kept coming back...

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  • Catalyst - Prostate Cancer Special

    Catalyst reassesses the conventional wisdom about prostate cancer and treatment with this special episode. PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING Early detection of prostate cancer has always been a strong public health message, but does this end up causing more harm than good? PROSTATE CANCER TREATMENT Maryanne finds out what treatment options there are for...

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  • Four Corners - Surviving Survival

    Every year about 75,000 Australians hear the dreaded diagnosis: they have cancer. The good news is that these days most people beat the disease. But pioneering research shows that for many people, surviving cancer can be just the beginning of a process that is more difficult and more painful than the illness itself. Until now, few had imagined...

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