Apr 24, 2018 This week the doctors ask some big questions: Do your eating habits affect your relationships? What about vice versa? And which flu vaccine should you get this year (there are three to choose from). Plus special guests, Kate Thompson, the manager of ONTrac – the adolescent cancer service at Peter Mac, in…
Writs and Cures: Should smoking be shown on screen?
In this edition of Writs and Cures, Steve Ellen and Bill O’Shea join Lindy Burns and co-host Dilruk Jayasinha for a discussion about the morality of showing smoking in film and on television. Plus Kate Booth and Emily Hart from Maurice Blackburn Lawyers share their experience running a pro bono legal clinic for patients at…
Writs and Cures: Your rights regarding fines
On this edition of Writs and Cures, Professor Steve Ellen, director of the Psychosocial Oncology Program at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, and Melbourne lawyer Katie Miller explore why we struggle to talk about death. Plus Brendan Lacota, of Moonee Valley Legal Service, joins the team to explain how you can navigate the maze of…
Writs & Cures: The future of medical research and apartment laws
In this edition of Writs and Cures the team take a look at how to free up what some say are a vast number of unoccupied houses and apartments in Melbourne to help those finding it difficult to rent a property at an affordable price. Did you know we have an absentee owner surcharge in…
Radiotherapy – new medical treatment act, gun violence, and medical exams crashing!
Our first Radiotherapy for the year – gun violence, crashing online exams, and a special guest, Phil Grano, from the Office of the Public Advocate to tell us about the new Medical Treatment Act – everything about consent changes on March 12 – time to get ready!! https://www.rrr.org.au/program/radiotherapy?an_page=2018-02-25
Writs & Cures: Julian Burnside & understanding depression
In this edition of Writs and Cures the team take a look at depression as ideas about the condition are changing and more people are questioning the old adage that depression is due to a ‘chemical imbalance’ in the brain. Most recently Johann Hari published a book called “Lost Connections” basically saying everything we’ve been…
Writs & Cures – Using the immune system to fight cancer
In this edition of Writs and Cures you will meet Professor Joe Trapani, the director of cancer research at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Whilst cancer is still the leading cause of illness in our community, the last 50 years have seen dramatic improvements in survival rates and new frontiers in treatment that offer more…
Writs & Cures: Forensic medicine plus tackling family estrangement
Writs and Cures is back for 2018 and in our first edition for the year you will meet a real-life Dr Quincy MD in Professor Noel Woodford, the Director of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine in Melbourne. Noel sheds light on the often secretive world of forensic pathology and discusses how he copes with dealing…
Radiotherapy – Last show for 2017!! Prof Mark Cook on epilepsy
On the last edition of Radiotherapy for 2017 it’s a jam packed show. Expert neurologist Prof Mark Cook is in the studio to explain innovative new technology to help predict seizures in epilepsy. Plus a look at the controversial survey about surgical costs published this week by Choice Magazine, and the latest in long acting…
Writs & Cures: Defamation law and advanced care planning
In this edition of Writs and Cures you will meet one of Australia’s leading lawyers: Peter Bartlett. Peter’s legal practice involves providing around-the-clock pre-publication advice to mainstream and online media, advising corporate and government clients on reputational issues or managing threats of litigation from some of the best lawyers in the country. You will hear…