Stories

Smoothfood: dinner, but not as you know it
A film about meals that look, smell and taste just like they should, but that are much easier to eat than regular food.
05 April 2016
- Health, Disease
Australia’s other ‘flying doctors’
Is there a place for traditional spiritual healers in Australia’s healthcare system? Georgina Kenyon reports.
05 April 2016
- Health, Healthcare
Jo Marchant on the mind, the body and how to train your immune system
In this talk for 5x15, author Jo Marchant discusses the connections between the mind and the immune system.
30 March 2016
- Mind, Neuroscience
A grown-up approach to treating anorexia
Adults with anorexia often have distinctive traits that lock them into a destructive relationship with food. Carrie Arnold discovers how those same traits could help them escape it.
29 March 2016
- Mind, Mental health
How I manage my eating disorder
Carrie Arnold shares her experience of more than 15 years of anorexia.
28 March 2016
- Mind, Mental health
Roger Highfield on consciousness and coma
Roger Highfield discusses consciousness, brain scanning and permanent vegetative state.
24 March 2016
- Mind, Neuroscience
Making sense of miscarriage. A conversation with Holly Cave
Miscarriage is an often under-reported and poorly understood subject that can be extremely traumatising for women and families. Hear from writer Holly Cave about how she made sense of her miscarriage.
23 March 2016
- Health, Body
Psychedelic therapy: a conversation with Sam Wong
Can psychedelic drugs like LSD and MDMA help patients going through mental health therapy? We speak to science journalist Sam Wong about this mind-bending topic.
23 March 2016
- Mind, Mental health
Eat to treat
We know that our diet has a huge influence on our health, but is it possible to use food as medicine for a specific disease? Emma Young, who has type 2 diabetes, is sceptical but intrigued.
22 March 2016
- Health, Disease
The diet that can cure epilepsy
A special diet for people with epilepsy will often stop or reduce their seizures.
22 March 2016
- Health, Disease
How aspirin does more than kill pain
Could a simple anti-inflammatory drug like aspirin really help keep us all healthier?
22 March 2016
- Health, Disease
Dysphagia: it’s like being waterboarded 24 hours a day
One morning, completely unexpectedly, Samantha Anderson woke to find that she could no longer swallow. Three-and-a-half years and many medical appointments later, she’s finally regaining her ability to eat. Bryn Nelson finds out more.
15 March 2016
- Health, Disease