Disease and Treatment

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...

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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 di...

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Four Corners - Rise of the Superbugs

Antibiotics are the wonder drugs of modern medicine. They've allowed doctors to save and extend life by killing infection and enabling ground breaking surgery. But imagine a world where antibiotics do...

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Geoffrey Robertson's Hypotheticals - Closing the Gap

Closing The Gap is a landmark television program that explores the way forward between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia. Geoffrey Robertson leads a panel of decision makers and stakeholders mad...

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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. Image: ...

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Globesity: Fat's New Frontier (Foreign Correspondent)

Pop quiz: Which nation has grown fatter faster, and currently holds the world's overweight title? The United States, Australia or Mexico? A. Mexico. Where is the biggest concentration of diabetes in t...

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Foreign Correspondent - Globesity

Pop quiz: Which nation has grown fatter faster, and currently holds the world's overweight title? The United States, Australia or Mexico? A. Mexico. Where is the biggest concentration of diabetes in t...

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Foreign Correspondent - Building the Perfect Bug

It sounds like a benign coordinate or reference number but make no mistake H5N1 is far from benign. It’s an influenza virus ruthlessly efficient at killing those unfortunate enough to encounter it...

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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...

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Australian Story - Mary & Me (Kath Evans)

This program is about a grandmother whose recovery from terminal illness became central to the declaration of Australia's first saint. Kath Evans was diagnosed with lung cancer that had spread to her...

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