Welcome to a special episode where we take a look at research that won prizes as part of the 2022 Ig Nobel Prizes. Courtney looks at a study into the physiological effects of blind dating and Craig looks at a study that investigates whether eating ice cream could help to minimise some of the side effects of cancer treatment. 
For more on the Ig Nobel Prizes go here: https://improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig2022 
The study Courtney reviewed can be found here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-021-01197-3 
The study Craig reviewed can be found here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-02002-x 
As always, if you want to get in touch with the podcast, you can contact us at: meaningofhealth@outlook.com or via twitter @healthmeanswhat or via FaceBook @MeaningofHealth

The Meaning of Health Podcast

Episode 75 - The Ig Nobel Prizes 2022 with Courtney and Craig

In this episode we sit down for a chat with Natalia Kacperek from the WA Office of Digital Government and Prof David Preen, the Chair in Public Health at the School of Population and Global Health at the University of Western Australia. We discuss the issue of linked administrative data and PeopleWA, the WA Government’s new platform launched in late 2023 for making a range of government data accessible to Government Departments and academic researchers. Natalia talks us through her role in leading the rollout of PeopleWA and takes us through what to expect from the platform and the current limitations. David talks to us about the historical context of linked data, how it has been game-changing in improving understanding the health of the community, where there have been some recent challenges, and his hopes that PeopleWA will mark an end to some of the key issues that were causing blockages and delays in obtaining linked data for important health research. We are planning a follow-up episode to hear how successful the first year or two of PeopleWA has been, and any future changes that may be planned.

If you would like to read more about the Office of Digital Government, you can visit here: https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/department-of-the-premier-and-cabinet/office-of-digital-government 

If you would like to read more about PeopleWA, you can visit here: https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/department-of-the-premier-and-cabinet/office-of-digital-government/peoplewa

If you would like to read more about David and his work, you can visit here: https://www.uwa.edu.au/schools/research/david-preen 

As always, if you want to get in touch with the podcast, you can contact us at: meaningofhealth@outlook.com or via twitter @healthmeanswhat or via FaceBook @MeaningofHealth or via Instagram @healthmeanswhat

Episode 98 - PeopleWA With Natalia Kacperek And Prof David Preen

Introduction to a new podcast that looks at different areas of health and health research and what it all means for you and your health

Introduction - The Meaning of Health Podcast

This episode looks at some of the cancer screening programs that are available in Australia and explores the success and areas for improvement for each. For additional information on cancer screening you can visit these websites:
https://www.cancer.org.au/about-cancer/early-detection/screening-programs/bowel-cancer-screening/
http://www.cancerscreening.gov.au/internet/screening/publishing.nsf/Content/bowel-screening-1
http://www.cancerscreening.gov.au/internet/screening/publishing.nsf/Content/cervical-screening-1
http://www.cancerscreening.gov.au/internet/screening/publishing.nsf/Content/breast-screening-1

Episode 1 - Screening with Courtney and Craig

In this episode we look at cannabis and what impact it may have on health, particularly mental health. We discuss the pros and cons of making cannabis legally available from a health, research and criminal justice perspective, as well as discussing some of the evidence about cannabis as a possible medicine.
Links to more information on cannabis:
https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/phe/221/alcohol-tobacco-other-drugs-australia/contents/drug-types/cannabis
https://www.aihw.gov.au/getmedia/3ac07c8b-ce2d-47db-8e50-5352fb92258e/AODTSFactsheet_Cannabis.pdf.aspx
https://adf.org.au/drug-facts/medicinal-cannabis/
https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/blog/australias-recreational-drug-policies-arent-working-so-what-are-options-reform

Episode 2 - Cannabis with Courtney and Craig

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Meaning of Health. For this episode we have a chat with Jeannie, Alex and Ellie from the 100 Families project. 100 Families is a project that seeks to help people and families experiencing entrenched disadvantage. The project conducts research to learn more about the circumstances that people doing it tough in our community are facing, and then uses that information to inform efforts aimed at taking action and making changes to address the key problems. One key aim of the project is to have the research lead to change in a relatively quick timeframe, something that does not happen often in research. We will be checking in with 100 Families again in a future episode to hear an update on what the project has found, and what changes have been made possible by its work. You can read more about the project here:
https://100familieswa.org.au/
https://100familieswa.org.au/resources/
and as usual, you can email us at meaningofhealth@outlook.com or tweet us @healthmeanswhat

Episode 16 - 100 Families with Jeannie, Alex and Ellie

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Meaning of Health. In this episode we have the privilege of sitting down with Dr David McCutcheon, an emergency consultant at Royal Perth Hospital. We chat extensively about what life is like working in the emergency department, and some of the challenges that doctors face dealing with patients with complex medical needs. We also touch on some of the interesting work David has done in the past overseas and interstate, and discuss the PhD that he is currently completing, looking at novel psychoactive substances.

As always, we love hearing from you with feedback and any suggestions for ideas for podcast episodes. Email us at meaningofhealth@outlook.com and tweet us @healthmeanswhat

Episode 17 - The Emergency Department with Dr David McCutcheon

A podcast that explores a range of health and health-related issues that affect people in the community. We sit down with lived experience, academic, and practitioner experts to take a deep dive into many different areas of health. We are based at the School of Population and Global Health at the University of Western Australia.

Episode 98 - PeopleWA With Natalia Kacperek And Prof David Preen

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