• Headlines on health

  • By: SBS
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Headlines on health

By: SBS
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  • Summary

  • Follow the latest news about health and wellness, with this collection of reports and interviews from the SBS News team. Hear the story behind the headline.
    Copyright 2025, Special Broadcasting Services
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Episodes
  • 'We keep on poisoning ourselves and enjoying it': Experts call for cancer warnings on alcohol

    'We keep on poisoning ourselves and enjoying it': Experts call for cancer warnings on alcohol
    Jan 5 2025
    The United States' top doctor is calling for cancer warnings to be displayed on the country's alcoholic beverages. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy's newly released advisory on the causal link between cancer and alcohol says alcohol is the third leading cause of preventable cancer, after tobacco and obesity. It's now sparking questions about whether Australia should consider similar measures.
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    4 mins
  • Is the way we diagnose mental health conditions fit for purpose? Part 2

    Is the way we diagnose mental health conditions fit for purpose? Part 2
    Jan 2 2025
    It's considered the go-to guide for diagnosing mental health conditions in Australia. But is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - the DSM - still relevant and what other alternatives exist for diagnosing mental health conditions? In the final part of this two part special, we explore the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology, or HiTOP, an alternative to the DSM and hear more from people directly affected by misdiagnosis.
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    9 mins
  • Is the way we diagnose mental health conditions fit for purpose? Part 1

    Is the way we diagnose mental health conditions fit for purpose? Part 1
    Jan 1 2025
    It's considered the go-to guide for diagnosing mental health conditions in Australia. But is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders still relevant and what other alternatives exist for diagnosing mental health conditions? In part one of a two part special, we take a closer look at the history of the DSM and we meet people with lived experience of misdiagnosis.
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    14 mins

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