BodyLab
Produced by QIMR Berghofer, BodyLab podcast features our world leading researchers exploring the science behind having a healthy mind and body.
- Update frequency
- every 27 days
- Average duration
- 19 minutes
- Episodes
- 51
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Climate anxiety and its effect on children
Climate anxiety in Australian children is on the rise, but how parents discuss and frame the issue can make a difference. QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute has been leading research into the …
Personality and mental health: Genetic or environmental?
How much influence do our genes and environment have on our personality traits and certain mental health conditions? Professor Nick Martin discusses where we’re at in the age-old nature versus nurtur…
Women's cancers: Can you change your risk?
What affects a woman’s risk of developing gynaecological cancer, and can women improve their chances of survival? Professor Penny Webb has spent decades working to fill the information void for wome…
Allergies and Inflammation: What is your gut telling you?
We have more bacteria in our gut than cells in our body. Associate Professor Severine Navarro explains how these ecosystems affect our health and risk of allergies, and how hookworms could help. Sev…
Sun safety, sunscreen and skin cancer: Sorting fact from fiction
Cut through the confusion and misinformation, and get the facts on sunscreen from one of Australia’s leading skin cancer researchers. Professor Adele Green is the head of the Cancer and Population S…
Iron: The most under-appreciated mineral in the body?
What everyone with British or Irish heritage, or any woman hoping to fall pregnant, needs to know about iron. Dr David Frazer discusses the effects of too much and too little of the essential mineral…
Forgetful — or early-stage dementia?
We’ve all had moments of worry about our memories failing us. But when do we need to be concerned? Associate Professor Tony White busts some myths and discusses the tiny ‘mini brains’ that are helpin…
Cancer: What you can do to minimise your risk
How much control do we have over our risk of getting cancer? Professor David Whiteman discusses the simple measures you can take to lower your chances. David is the Deputy Director of QIMR Berghofer …
COVID-19: Nearly one year on what do we know?
Nearly a year since COVID-19 emerged, what have scientists learnt? Professor Andreas Suhrbier weighs in on face masks, and how successful a vaccine might be. Andreas is a virologist and the head of t…
Anxiety and Depression: How far have we come?
Have anxiety and depression become more common, or are they just better diagnosed? Professor James Scott discusses incidence, risk factors and treatments of mental illness, and the worrying impacts o…
Vitamin supplements: Do we really need them?
Are there health benefits to taking vitamin supplements? Cut through the noise and clever marketing, and hear why Professor Rachel Neale’s children won’t go into a pharmacy with her. Rachel is the he…