Medicine

Professor George Jelinek was 45 and at the peak of a distinguished medical career, when he was diagnosed with MS - the disease which had destroyed his mother's life. At the time, he was a Professor of… Audio

A new FDA-approved eye drop medicine could replace reading glasses for millions of people who have age-related blurry vision. Dr Sid Ogra joins the show to explain how the eye drops work and what they… Audio

Professor Adrian North has spent his life studying the psychology of music and how people interact with it in different spaces. He's with us to discuss the psychological cues that music offers up and… Audio

The discovery of a compound that kick-starts tissue regeneration could have a big impact on healing horses and humans alike. Christchurch chemical biologist Rudi Marquez hopes the new wound gel he and… Audio

If you could be tested to see if you carry inherited genes for a fatal disease, would you? That's a dilemma facing more and more people as scientists keep making breakthroughs in genetic testing… Audio

New Zealand’s ‘COVID-naive’ population will offer unique data to global research as part of a new clinical study looking at how our bodies respond to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Audio

A new weight-loss drug which has been granted FDA approval in the US, is being heralded by some health experts as "groundbreaking," and a potential "game changer". Professor Jeremy Krebs joins the… Audio

New Zealand Professor Gary McLean is with us to look at all of the latest news relating to the Covid-19 pandemic, including what the longevity of immunity is likely to be and how Covid-19 has become a… Audio

Not many people get to see the full gamut of the human experience as local GPs do. From cradle to the grave they hold our hands and listen to us. It's the listening that's especially important. Sydney… Audio

As we move into the second year of the Covid19 pandemic we're starting to learn more about the impact that so called 'long covid' is having on patients. Long hauler covid patients are people who… Audio

Prior to 1958 mortality rates for babies born with heart conditions was extremely high. But a groundbreaking open heart surgery performed 62 years ago at Greenlane Hospital by Sir Brian Barratt-Boyes… Audio

Shona Riddell enjoys cold, windy weather and stories about remote locations. She's also had a long-held fascination for lighthouses. So it's perhaps no surprise her new book, Guiding Lights tells the… Audio

Jesse speaks to Global Women CEO Agnes Naera for her analysis of the problem about research showing a lack of represented on academic medical panels around the world. Audio

Moving your facial muscles in a way that mimics a smile can trick your brain into a more positive state, according to a new study. Lead researcher Fernando Marmolejo-Ramos says that even though the… Audio

The use of acronyms in scientific publications has spread life wildfire over the last 70 years, according to a study just published in the scientific journal eLife. Study co-author Professor Adrian… Audio

The University of Auckland's Assoc. Prof. Siouxsie Wiles explains how glowing superbugs help in the development of new medicines to fight infection. From Raising the Bar 2020. Audio

Dr. Steven Winnett is a Nurse Anaethetist at a New York hospital who is on the front line caring for Covid-19 patients in an ICU. In his downtime, he brings smiles to faces by hosting massive… Audio

Gary McLean is a professor in molecular immunology at London Metropolitan University who specialises in infectious diseases, immunology and antibody engineering. He joins the show to look at the big… Audio