Health Report - Separate stories podcast

A new review of screen use and sleep in young people finds no link between the amount of use and sleep quality or duration.
When a young child comes to hospital with a broken bone or a bad sprain, how should their pain be managed?
And could a multivitamin slow your rate of ageing? Spoiler - no, not really.
But there's a little more to it ... and it involves epigenetic clocks. For more on that story, read this piece from our colleagues on the ABC Science digital team.
References
Within-Person Association Between Daily Screen Use and Sleep in Youth
Acetaminophen (Paracetamol) or Opioid Analgesia Added to Ibuprofen for Children’s Musculoskeletal Injury
Effects of daily multivitamin–multimineral and cocoa extract supplementation on epigenetic aging clocks in the COSMOS randomized clinical trial

MDMA psychotherapy for PTSD was approved in Australia back in July 2023.
Near to three years on, what do we know about how it’s being used, whether people are finding it effective and how well we’re tracking the possible side effects of these treatments?
Guest/s
Associate Professor Gill Bedi, Head of Substance Use Research, Orygen
References
Side-effects of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Experiences of Australian clinicians, researchers, and patients with MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder: A framework-guided qualitative analysis

If you’ve fallen behind on vaccinations for yourself or your kids - does getting a nudge from the doctor reminding you to come in encourage higher vaccination rates?
With vaccination among young children in decline post-pandemic, a new trial shows potential pathways to improving uptake.
Plus, some insights on how the framing of the message might matter too - whether it's more neutral or persuasive.
Guest/s
Professor Tom Snelling, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
References
The AuTOMATIC trial: a multicentre digitally-automated, Bayesian, adaptive, parallel, factorial randomised controlled trial of SMS reminders for childhood vaccination

With more tools at our fingertips than ever for capturing how we feel day-to-day - smartphones, apps, wearables and more - is there a way to better utilise that data to improve mental health outcomes?
Researchers from the Brain and Mind Centre at the University of Sydney argue an approach to treatment that captures and analyses these data - called measurement-based care - can help clinicians more effectively monitor and treat patients.
Guest/s
Associate Professor Frank Iorfino – Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney
References
The necessity of digital measurement-based care for navigating complexity in youth mental health
Dynamic learning of individual-level suicidal ideation trajectories to enhance mental health care

A look at some of the Health Report correspondence this week: too much salt or too little, hot orange juice (?!) and Norman's teeth-brushing obsession.
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