Health Report - Separate stories podcast

In the news this week: 
Free access to the RSV vaccine expanded.
Home cooks in Japan found to have less dementia than those who ate out often.
Another indicator that GLP-1s could help treat addiction.
A bat coronavirus capable of entering human cells has been discovered.
References
RSV Vaccine - Department of Health
Home cooking, cooking skills and dementia requiring long-term care: a population-based cohort study in Japan
Typology of out-of-home eaters: a description of sociodemographic, lifestyle, nutritional and environmental characteristics in the NutriNet-Santé cohort
Gender and age differences in weekend eating habits: associations with fat mass percentage in a cross-sectional study
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and risk of substance use disorders among US veterans with type 2 diabetes: cohort study
Heart-nosed bat alphacoronaviruses use human CEACAM6 to enter cells

There's an increasing recognition of the cognitive symptoms that come with perimenopause and menopause - sometimes termed 'brain fog'.
A group of researchers is arguing for a consensus definition of the term to aid in the management of symptoms and improved outcomes for women.
Guest
Dr Caroline Gurvich, Associate Professor at the HER Centre, Monash University; Clinical Neuropsychologist
References
Advances in understanding of cognitive symptoms during menopause

More than 2.8 million Australians have asthma, and it isn't always managed well.
A new coalition of researchers has mapped out a blueprint for changing that.
Guest
Professor Christine Jenkins, Program Head, Respiratory, The George Institute for Global Health; Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney; Clinical Professor, Concord Clinical School, University of Sydney
References
A Bold Blueprint for Asthma Reform in Australia

A look at some of the Health Report correspondence this week.
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A new Australian study suggests understanding the genes we're born with - our genome - could help to explain why some children get cancer in childhood. And there are implications for adults too.
Guest
Dr Noemi Fuentes-Bolanos, Paediatric Oncologist and Clinical Researcher, Children's Cancer Institute and Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children's Hospital
References
Integrated germline and somatic molecular profiling to detect cancer predisposition has a high clinical impact in poor-prognosis paediatric cancer