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New blood test shows how quickly you are ageing
A new blood test has been developed to indicate a person's "pace of ageing", meaning it can estimate a person's biological age and help indicate whether they are more prone to develop chronic disease… Audio
Calling Home: Anna Dare in Toronto, Ontario
Dr. Anna Dare is the Chief Resident at the Trauma Surgery service at Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital, but as of a few weeks ago she was redeployed to the ICU to cover shortages and help look after the… Audio
Covid-19: Millions find message of hope in Kiwi's viral poem
Kiwi-born Welsh poet Tomos Roberts (aka Probably Tom Foolery) has captured the imagination of people around the world with his video 'The Great Realisation' which has now been viewed more than 30… Video, Audio
Covid-19: New York ICU worker hosting livestream parties
Dr. Steven Winnett is a Nurse Anaethetist at a New York hospital who is on the front line caring for Covid-19 patients in an ICU. In his downtime, he brings smiles to faces by hosting massive… Audio
Low-carb diet could stave off brain degeneration
A study out of Stony Brook University has found cognitive ageing starts earlier than expected. That's the bad news. The good news is that it looks like this process can be prevented - or even reversed… Audio
Calling Home: Michael Anderson in Guayaquil, Ecuador
Southland man Michael Anderson moved to Ecuador with his German girlfriend Tanja to take up a teaching position, but the couple currently find themselves on strict lockdown in the port city of… Audio
Campground blues: When a holiday turns into weeks of isolation
Steve and Jacqui Clark had to bunker down in Himatangi Beach Holiday Park after coming to New Zealand for a holiday and getting caught up in lockdown. However, they are about to leave the park and… Audio
Kiwi facing intense lockdown conditions in French Guiana
Things have intensified in French Guiana since we last spoke to Nicholas Holmes, with the lockdown extended four weeks and a curfew put in place from 9pm-5am. Those who break the curfew risk a €3750… Audio
Covid-19: 'Do-gooder impostor' cases on the rise
With so many people now working from home, or not at all, due to Covid-19, the 'impostor syndrome' that occurs in the workplace is on the backburner. It has been replaced by a rise in what Dr. Sandi… Audio
How to change your habits? Start very small
Forget thinking big. Behaviour scientist Dr. BJ Fogg says we should instead be thinking small and introducing tiny behaviours. Video, Audio
The challenges of isolating in a holiday park during Covid-19
Steve and Jacqui Clark have lived in Brunei for the last four years, but returned to NZ for a holiday just before the country's Covid-19 restrictions kicked into gear. The couple are now holed up in a… Audio
New Zealander in French Guiana riding out Covid-19 storm
Nicholas Holmes travelled in French Guiana to pick his daughter up and take her back for a holiday in his home country, but he now finds himself locked down in a Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni apartment… Audio
COVID-19 outbreak has made China a 'pedestrian's paradise'
Lew Dagger has been in China for the past twenty years. He lives and works in Jinghong in the south of Yunnan, close to the Myanmar border. He joins the show for an update on the impact coronavirus… Audio
Calling Home: Jackie Miller in Liguria, Italy
Jackie Miller is from Auckland's North Shore originally. She was a self-described 'city girl' before heading to Italy on something of a whim five years ago. Now she runs bespoke tours in the Liguria… Audio
How gardening creates a time warp
Gardening is more than a relaxing hobby. It's good for your health, whatever age you are. Dr Harriet Gross is a psychology professor at Lincoln University in the United Kingdom. She explains why… Audio
'Pattern of poor care' at Hutt Valley DHB maternity - report
Hutt Valley District Health Board's maternity ward has been slammed for what is being called a "pattern of poor care" for babies and their mothers.
Commissioner Rose Wall says the DHB failed to… Audio
Wuhan coronavirus continues to weave path of destruction
A coronavirus outbreak that originated in Wuhan has now killed more than 40 people and infected more than 1,100, with the virus also spreading to at least nine other countries. Nathan VanderKlippe… Audio
Hamima Tuyan:'Kiwis mustn't lose the feeling they had on March 15'
Hamimah Tuyan lost her husband, Zekeriya, in the Christchurch mosque attacks. She joins Jim to discuss her views on Islam in New Zealand and Kiwis' attitudes towards the Muslim faith on the eve of her… Audio
Patients waiting in ambulances as hospitals struggle
A doctors' union says they want more resources and fewer excuses, to stop 'ambulance ramping'.
Ramping is when patients are stuck in ambulances at hospital bays, because there isn't a bed free for… Audio
Winston Peters criticises National’s record on cancer
Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters says National's cancer plan would only pay for two extra drugs and the party is exploiting the misery of patients. Audio