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 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 Enfermedades Físicas Hygiene & Healthy Living Política y Gobierno
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  • INTERVIEW: Australia among first countries to launch lung cancer screening program

    INTERVIEW: Australia among first countries to launch lung cancer screening program
    Jul 5 2025
    Australians at higher risk of lung cancer are being urged to take advantage of a new screening program that has launched this month. The scan will be free for patients under Medicare bulk-billing through GPs, with eligibility to be determined by age - those between 50 and 70 - and smoking history. It is the first new national cancer screening program in nearly 20 years. Lung cancer is Australia’s fifth most diagnosed cancer, but causes the greatest number of cancer deaths because it is often diagnosed too late. SBS's Biwa Kwan spoke with Anita Dessaix from the Cancer Council, about the at-risk groups the program is targeting; and the goal to prevent over 12,000 deaths over a decade
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    13 m
  • New screening program offers hope for those most at risk of lung cancer

    New screening program offers hope for those most at risk of lung cancer
    Jul 4 2025
    Lung cancer is Australia’s fifth most diagnosed cancer, but causes the greatest number of deaths because it is often diagnosed too late. A new screening program has become available that hopes to detect cases much earlier for those at the highest risk - which includes Indigenous Australians and some migrant communities.
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    6 m
  • INTERVIEW: Professor Andrew Sindone talks to SBS about heart failure

    INTERVIEW: Professor Andrew Sindone talks to SBS about heart failure
    Jun 28 2025
    Heart failure is a growing problem with at least half a million Australians living with it at any given time - and more than 67,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Heart failure is responsible for approximately 61,000 deaths annually, numbers that are likely to increase with the growing and ageing population. Advocates say they are worried a lack of awareness about the condition is leaving Australians vulnerable. Deborah Groarke spoke with Professor Andrew Sindone, who is the Director of the Heart Failure Unit and Department of Cardiac Rehabilitation at Sydney's Concord Hospital
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    8 m
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