Health Report - Separate stories podcast

In the news:
After earlier announcing the withdrawal of a certain dose of a breast cancer medicine from the Australian market, the drug company has now offered to supply it to eligible patients for free, rather than drop the price for the PBS.
A new report shows young people are paying more in out of pocket costs for mental health treatment than their older counterparts.
A study from the Kirby Institute's GoGovax trial shows the vaccine for meningococcal B does not protect against gonorrhoea in men who have sex with men.
References
Update on access to goserelin 3.6 mg implant
Cost of accessing mental health services for young people
New England Journal of Medicine: Meningococcal B Vaccine to Prevent Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infection
More than 11,500 cyclosporiasis cases reported in 41 states: CDC

Parents of younger children and early adolescents can face pressure to allow them their own smart phone, with concerns around mental health effects and sleep disruption. 
A new study looks at what happens when you delay giving a child a smartphone by one year.
Guest/s
Dr. Ran Barzilay, Child Adolescent psychiatrist at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania 
References
Smartphone Acquisition and Use at Age 13 Years and Health Outcomes at Age 14 Years

You may have seen people wearing a small white disk on their upper arm. It's likely it was a "CGM" or continuous glucose monitoring device.
In Australia, only people with type 1 diabetes can access subsidies for these devices, but there is hope this may be extended in the future.
Research comparing the use of these devices, with self-monitoring of glucose levels, strengthens the case for use of CGM devices for people living with type 2 diabetes.
Guest/s
Associate Prof Emma Wilmot, University of Nottingham School of Medicine 
References
Continuous glucose monitoring versus self-monitoring of blood glucose in individuals with type 2 diabetes: a randomised, multicentre, open-label, superiority trial
Diabetes Australia statement

There is now clear evidence that having high blood pressure as a child can influence health outcomes later in life.
The first ever Australian clinical guidelines on this condition recommend a check of blood pressure at age 7 and again during adolescence.  
Guest/s
Nick Larkins, paediatric nephrologist, Perth Children's Hospital and Senior Research Fellow, Edith Cowan University 
References
Australian Guideline for the Identification and Management of Hypertension in Children and Adolescents

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