Healthy Body, Healthy Mind explores the world-changing research undertaken at the Faculty of Health at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). How can we live better, longer and without pain?
Latest episodes
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16 min
Healthy Homes
Living in a cold house can be bad for your health and bad for your quality of life. In this breakthrough study, researchers from UTS teamed up with Sustainability Victoria to look…
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19 min
'Nothing about us, without us': Autistic girls, women and gender diverse people lead new research
For years, it was assumed that autism affected boys at four times the rate of girls. New research is challenging that thinking and looking at why autism in girls, women and gender…
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18 min
Can you handle the heat? Keeping cool on the job
Heat stress comes with the job when you’re a firefighter. But if you’re fighting a bush fire in the middle of a national park, or on a busy city motorway, what is the most effectiv…
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20 min
Strange Bedfellows: Saving lives and saving money
Associate Professor Richard De Abreu Lourenco is a self-described ‘data nerd’ who uses his finance skills to work with doctors. One of his projects is to assess new treatments for…
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18 min
‘My husband abuses me’: Domestic violence, midwives and pregnant women
Women are more likely to experience domestic violence when they are pregnant. This is a time when they develop a close working relationship with midwives. So how do we train midwiv…
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42 min
A Good Death: Transforming palliative care
Death and dying is sometimes seen as the Cinderella in the medical world. When it comes to palliative care, there is no cure. But there is the challenge of helping people die well.…
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17 min
Tough Love: Treating drug addiction
Odyssey NSW has provided care to people struggling with addiction for over 40 years. Now, for the first time, the impact of its well-known residential rehabilitation program has be…