This Week In Wellness
Brett Hill brings you This Week In Wellness, the health news highlights you need. Every week Brett scours the globe to find the most relevant and important health news highlight to bring to his tribe. In just 5 minutes he will get you up to date with the news and share his opinion of what this means for you. So tune in to stay up to date on the wellness world in just 5 minutes a week. Brett Hill brings you This Week In Wellness, the health news highlights you need. Every week Brett scours the globe to find the most relevant and important health news highlight to bring to his tribe. In just 5 minutes he will get you up to date with the news and share his opinion of what this means for you. So tune in to stay up to date on the wellness world in just 5 minutes a week.
Episodes
Monday Sep 18, 2023
TWIW 212: Healthy lifestyle helps to prevent depression by 57%
Monday Sep 18, 2023
Monday Sep 18, 2023
This Week In Wellness a study published in Nature Mental Health has shown that 7 different lifestyle habits can all lower the risk of depression. The most impactful of these habits being adequate sleep which was able to lower depression by a whopping 22%.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230911141148.htm
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44220-023-00120-1
Monday Sep 11, 2023
TWIW 211: Round Up class actions come to Australia
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
This Week In Wellness the class action lawsuits against Monsanto (the makers of Round-Up now owned by Bayer) previously reported overseas on this podcast have now come to Australia with an Australian man now claiming the weed killer has caused him to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/sep/04/roundup-class-action-weedkiller-non-hodgkin-lymphoma
Monday Sep 04, 2023
TWIW 210: Lockdown and gut health
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Monday Sep 04, 2023
This Week In Wellness research published in the journal Scientific Reports showed that infants who spent most of their first year of life during the pandemic have fewer types of bacteria in their gut than infants born prior to the pandemic.
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230831/Pandemic-may-have-altered-gut-microbiome-of-infants-study-finds.aspx
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-40102-y
Monday Aug 21, 2023
TWIW 209: Your brain knows your immunity levels
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Monday Aug 21, 2023
This Week In Wellness peoples self assessments of their own bodies potential to fight off a pathogen was compared with the actual levels of antibodies in their blood for that same pathogen and the results were surprisingly accurate.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230816114132.htm
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301051123001540?via%3Dihub
Monday Aug 14, 2023
TWIW 208: Yoga good for asthma
Monday Aug 14, 2023
Monday Aug 14, 2023
This Week In Wellness a large meta-analysis has shown that yoga, breathing exercises and aerobic training have been shown to improve lung function in asthmatics.
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230811/Key-exercises-for-asthmatic-people-help-improve-their-lung-function-finds-study.aspx
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07853890.2023.2237031
Monday Aug 07, 2023
TWIW 207: Peppermint oil for open heart surgery
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
This Week In Wellness the British medical Journal has reported that peppermint oil may ease people’s pain, reduce the need for drugs and enhance their sleep after open heart surgery.
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230803/Peppermint-oil-may-be-new-option-for-pain-relief-after-open-heart-surgery.aspx
Monday Jul 24, 2023
TWIW 206: Lack of sleep increases diabetes risk
Monday Jul 24, 2023
Monday Jul 24, 2023
This Week In Wellness researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, have uncovered a potential mechanism for the increased diabetes risk seen in those who do not get enough sleep.
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230707/Research-uncovers-mechanism-linking-deep-sleep-to-blood-sugar-control.aspx
https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2666379123002197
Monday Jul 17, 2023
TWIW 205: Birth-control pills negatively impacts women’s stress response
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Monday Jul 17, 2023
This Week In Wellness a new study has shown that commonly used birth-control pills can negatively impact women’s stress response, in particular the ability to reduce their levels of the stress hormone ACTH when the stress has been removed.
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230707/Birth-control-pills-disrupt-womens-stress-response-study-shows.aspx
https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0166432823002681
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
TWIW 204: Sleep reduces brain benefits of exercise
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
This Week In Wellness research has suggested that middle-aged men not getting enough sleep won’t get the protective benefits of exercise, when it comes to their brains.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/05/middle-aged-people-need-sleep-to-see-mental-health-benefits-of-exercise
Monday Jul 03, 2023
TWIW 203: Opioids no more effective than placebo for back and neck pain
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Monday Jul 03, 2023
This Week In Wellness Australian researchers have called into question the use of opioids for acute neck and back pain as research shows that the drugs may be no more effective than placebo.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-29/opioids-back-neck-acute-pain-research-findings/102530382
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32142140/
Monday Jun 19, 2023
TWIW 202: PCB’s linked to ADHD
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Monday Jun 19, 2023
This Week In Wellness oestrogen mimicking polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been shown to pass down through the generations contributing to a variety of neuroendocrine, metabolic and reproductive problems in the grandchildren of those exposed.
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230615/Adverse-cognitive-effects-linked-to-endocrine-disrupting-chemicals-may-pass-down-through-generations.aspx
https://www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/public+content/sa+health+internet/conditions/chemicals+and+contaminants/polychlorinated+biphenyls+pcbs
Monday Jun 12, 2023
TWIW 201: Breastfeeding linked to healthier diet in kids
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Monday Jun 12, 2023
This Week In Wellness a study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has shown that a longer duration of breastfeeding in Spanish children was linked to a lower consumption of ultra-processed food items in preschool.
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230608/Breastfeeding-found-to-reduce-ultra-processed-food-intake-among-preschoolers.aspx
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212267223002885