Explore your health questions, concerns and curiosities with It Can’t Hurt To Ask, the new myth-busting podcast from Queensland Health. Featuring interviews with expert clinicians from across Queensland, this podcast takes a deep dive into your curly health questions. Season one focuses on all things blood. From bruises to blood donation, menstruation to mozzie-borne viruses, learn more about your health, inside and out. Stream the latest episodes on your favourite podcast app or watch on the Queensland Health YouTube channel. New episodes drop weekly.
Are you the main mozzie attraction at a barbeque, coming home with dozens of bites? Or have you had the unfortunate experience of contracting a mosquito borne virus?
Regardless of your history with mozzies, all Queenslanders need to know how to minimise their exposure to mosquito bites. In this episode, senior medical entomologist Scott Lyons, medical entomologist Brian Montgomery and Queensland’s Chief Health Officer, Dr John...
Have you ever felt a bit cranky or lethargic, and had someone suggest your blood sugar is low? Or do you live with a condition like diabetes, which means you’re always aware of your blood sugar levels?
Our blood sugar levels impact how we feel, how our body operates and how we behave. But how variable are they? Can a snack make all the difference to low blood sugar, and can getting a sunburn affect our blood sugar levels? ...
We’re all here because of periods, period. But we don’t all know a lot about the process of menstruation and it’s time for that to change.
What’s normal and what’s not when it comes to periods? From timing to colour and flow, what should you expect from your period and when should you tell a doctor about something that seems a bit off? If you don’t have periods, what should you know to help better understand and support those ...
Have you ever given blood? Or are you a bit scared of the *shivers* needle?
Did you know that to meet demand, three Australians need to donate every minute? This episode will give you all the information you need before you roll up your sleeve.
As Dr Alison Gould from Lifeblood walks us through the blood products donation process, we hear from a first-time blood donor, a Queenslander who has been giving blood ...
Right now, you’ve got about 5 litres of blood pumping through your body. Blood literally keeps you alive, but how much do you know about how it works?
With the help of haematology registrar Dr Aarya Murali and haematologist Dr Jeremy Robertson, we’ll breakdown what goes into making blood, how it powers your body and the mechanics that make it cycle through your system 100,000 times a day.
As always, it can’t hurt to...
From the team that gave you My Amazing Body, we're putting the power back into your pockets as we tackle your health questions, concerns and curiosities in our new podcast, It Can't Hurt To Ask.
It Can’t Hurt To Ask is the podcast with the answers, helping you better understand your health, inside and out.
The new season will focus on all things ‘in my blood’. You will hear from top experts and everyday Queenslanders as we delve deep...
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