Episode 1
Your Guide to Bowel Cancer Screening and Reducing Your Lifetime Risk
Welcome to This Could Save Your Life podcast! With hosts Dr Anna Mullins and Dr Catherine Bourke, a podcast focused on preventative health and health tips for both patients and the general public.
Dr Mullins and Dr Bourke commence by sharing their backgrounds in general practice and exercise physiology, highlighting their joint interest in preventative healthcare. Explaining the three types of prevention: primary, secondary, and tertiary, and briefly outline the structure and objectives of the podcast, aiming to cover a range of important health topics.
For this episode, they focus on bowel cancer screening. They discuss the symptoms that may indicate bowel cancer and the difference between screening tests and diagnostic tests. They outline the importance of recognizing individual risk factors, such as family history, and explain the updated guidelines for bowel cancer screening in Australia, now recommending testing from age 45 for those at average risk.
Describing the process of obtaining and completing the Faecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT) kit. Dr Mullins and Dr Bourke emphasise the simplicity of the test and provide practical guidance on obtaining the kit, either online or by phone, and what to do if a patient has misplaced or not completed their kit.
They also talked about lifestyle and dietary interventions to lower the risk of bowel cancer, including quitting smoking, engaging in regular exercise, maintaining a healthy weight, moderating alcohol consumption, and making specific dietary choices such as reducing red and processed meat while increasing fibre and potentially, dairy intake. As well as the role of aspirin and calcium supplements in risk reduction.
This Could Save Your Life Podcast is under The Good GP podcast and is a proud member of the Talking HealthTech Podcast Network - the premier audio destination for cutting-edge insights and thought leadership in healthcare delivery, innovation, digital health, healthcare ICT, and commercialisation. Learn more at www.talkinghealthtech.com/podcast/network
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