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Calm, practical reporting about prevention, screening, tests, medicines and risk. We tell you what the evidence can establish, what it cannot, and when general information must give way to medical care.
This week · 1 October · Cervical screening
Why Australia moved from two-year Pap smears to five-year HPV tests, how self-collection works, and why symptoms override routine intervals.
Read this week’s Health Lens →Watch through Lens · Issue 006 · 8:37
Start with lung screening at 6:19, then follow the rest of the episode. The reporting and sources stay on this page.
Previously · 18 September
Who can enter the program, what 30 pack-years means, and why a scan finding needs follow-up.
Previously · 12 September
The first-kit request, the screening result and the symptoms exception.
Previously · 4 September
A Heart Health Check can guide prevention. It cannot predict exactly whether or when a heart attack will happen.
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