Health Report - Separate stories podcast

In the news this week: 
How aggressively should cholesterol be managed when someone's at risk of heart disease?
A new review finding no relationship between fluoride consumption and IQ.
Concerns over cold and flu products that use the herbal ingredient androphagis.
Drugs that clear amyloid from the brain no help in preventing dementia.
References
Intensive LDL Cholesterol Targeting in Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
Municipal water fluoridation, adolescent IQ, and cognition across the life course
Andrographis paniculata (Andrographis) and anaphylaxis - updated safety review and supplementary report
Amyloid‐beta‐targeting monoclonal antibodies for people with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease

In a medical emergency, how good is ChatGPT at guiding you towards the right treatment (whether that's the emergency department or the GP?).
A new trial out of the United States finds mixed results. It can sometimes work well, but often its recommendations did not match those of a panel of human doctors -- especially when it mattered most.
Guest
Dr Ashwin Ramaswamy, Instructor of Urology, Mount Sinai Hospital
References
ChatGPT Health performance in a structured test of triage recommendations

We know that growth in the use of GLP-1 drugs for diabetes and weight loss has been dramatic over the past few years.
But it's hard to tell exactly how sizeable that rise has been because much of the prescribing for these drugs happens outside of the PBS, where public medication prescriptions are tracked.
That's until now. New data from across New South Wales reveals how high the uptake has been, and who is using these drugs.
Guest
Professor Louisa Jorm, Director of the Centre for Big Data Research in Health, University of New South Wales
References
Initiators of Semaglutide in General Practice in New South Wales, 2020–2023: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Australia's first clinical guidelines for preventing suicide and treating suicidal ideation or self-harm in young people have been released. What are the lessons for doctors, parents and families?
Guest
Sydney Stevens, Senior Project Officer, Royal Children’s Hospital; Research Associate, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
References
Suicide and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Children and Adolescents
Suicide and intentional self-harm hospitalisations among young people
Generational effects in self-reported age of onset for youth suicidal ideation, self-harm and attempted suicide: A retrospective analysis using data from the Australian National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing, 2020–2022

A look at some of the Health Report correspondence this week.
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