HeyJaredDust Disease Diaries: Real lives, real stories of asbestos & beyond
What are the challenges facing Australians affected by asbestos and dust-related diseases? Renowned author and broadcaster James O’Loghlin hosts a series of inspiring conversations with patients, carers, health care practitioners and lawyers who share their personal…
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Understanding Radiation Therapy in Mesothelioma Care (opens the original)
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Radiation therapy doesn’t get talked about as much as chemotherapy or immunotherapy in mesothelioma care - but it can make a real difference. In this episode, James O’Loghlin speaks with Radiation Oncologist A/Prof Susan Harden who brings her extensive experience across the UK and Australia to explain how targeted radiation can help manage pain, what new technologies like proton therapy could mean for the future, and why specialist mesothelioma nurses are so essential for patients and families.
Keeping Australia focused on preventing the next wave of asbestos and silica disease (opens the original)
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In this episode, James speaks with Jodie Deakes, CEO of the Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency (ASSEA), about why asbestos and silica remain critical public health challenges in Australia - and what’s being done to prevent future disease. Although asbestos was banned more than 20 years ago, the problem is far from over. An estimated six million tonnes of asbestos remains embedded in Australia’s built environment, much of it well beyond its intended lifespan. Combined with the incr
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