Does exercise lower your biological age?
6/5/202640 min
Australia's specialist medical college for obstetrics and gynaecology is raising the alarm over proposed changes to abortion access in three Australian states.
How physical activity influences your 'biological clock' - and whether it can help you feel younger than you actually are.
Changes to how bulk billing is administered and what that could mean for community-run Aboriginal health services in remote parts of Australia.
And the withdrawal of a drug for breast cancer and endometriosis from Australia - why has it happened and what does it mean for patients?
References:
- Ebola Outbreak: Current Situation (US CDC).
- AI Chatbot Use and Disclosure for Mental Health Among US Adolescents and Young Adults
- AstraZeneca pulls critical breast cancer and endometriosis drug Zoladex from shelves
- Abortion Access Under Attack Again in Two Australian States - RANZCOG
- Physical activity and biological age measured by DNA methylation clocks: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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First 90 secondsPriya Alexander· Host0:00
[upbeat music] ABC Listen, podcasts, radio, news, music, and more So you're a big exerciser.
Norman Swan· Host0:10
What are you up to today, Priya?
Priya Alexander· Host0:11
[laughs] Oh, today's not a good day 'cause I've been here with you.
Norman Swan· Host0:16
Oh, really?
Priya Alexander· Host0:16
Well, I... look, I've walked to the, to the tram stop both ways.
Norman Swan· Host0:19
Oh, that's pretty good.
Priya Alexander· Host0:20
Yeah. There's some movement of my body. But look, yesterday I did a Pilates class. The day before that I did my cardio tennis, which you know I love.
Norman Swan· Host0:28
Yeah, and I'm terrified you're gonna invite me along to it- I've invited you ... and I'll embarrass myself.
Priya Alexander· Host0:31
You've not, you've s- you've not said yes yet.
Norman Swan· Host0:33
No, I d- I deliberately don't tell you when I'm in Melbourne- [laughs] ... so that j- just in case.
Priya Alexander· Host0:38
It feels like that. [laughs] It feels like that.
Norman Swan· Host0:39
I hide. I hide. I feel... you know, I've, I've cycled in, so I feel pretty good, but that's one of the stories we're looking at today. Does in fact cycling into work, doing physical activity like Priya, th- does that make you younger biologically?
Priya Alexander· Host0:53
Mm.
Norman Swan· Host0:54
That's just one of the stories on today's Health Report.
Priya Alexander· Host0:56
I'm Priya Alexander on Wurundjeri land.
Norman Swan· Host0:58
And I'm Norman Swan on Gadigal land.
Priya Alexander· Host1:00
[upbeat music] Also coming up on the show, gynecologists are raising alarms about growing barriers to abortion access in parts of the country. This is very concerning stuff.
Norman Swan· Host1:12
Yeah. It's claimed by the gynecologists that this is insidious and the shape of things to come may be like the American situation. And more on bulk billing barriers with a change to government policy, this time quite existential in terms of a particular health service.
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