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Why does endometriosis take so long to diagnose, and why are painful periods so often dismissed? In this Health Hunter podcast, Dr Anjana Aru of Melbourne Holistic Doctors talks about endometriosis, gut health, mould illness and perimenopause, and how a detailed history and team-based care can change the patient journey.

Is lifestyle medicine just diet and exercise, or is it the way general practice was always meant to be done? In this Health Hunter podcast, Dr Emma King, a specialist GP and lifestyle medicine physician in the Adelaide Hills, explains how it fits into everyday primary care and what would make preventative care easier to access.

Autism is far more common, and far more varied in how it presents, than many people realise. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, there were 290,900 Autistic Australians in 2022, a 41.8 per cent increase from 205,200 in 2018. Prevalence is higher in males than females, at 1.6 per cent compared with 0.7 per cent, though this gap has been narrowing, with the growth rate in identified autism among females considerably higher than among males between 2018 and 2022. This reflects a broader, well recognised issue, autism has historically been underdiagnosed in girls and women, partly because diagnostic tools were developed based on how autism tends to present in boys and men.

Many women in their 40s and 50s find themselves feeling exhausted, emotionally overwhelmed, forgetful, and unlike themselves. The demands of work, family, relationships and everyday responsibilities make it easy to assume these changes are simply the result of stress or burnout. What many women don't realise is that these experiences may actually be linked to perimenopause.

Endometriosis is far more common than most people realise, and for many women, it’s an exhausting and often invisible struggle. In Australia, around 1 in 7 women are living with endometriosis, yet the symptoms can look different for everyone.

As a qualified Diabetes Educator, with over 35% of Australian adults estimated to have Metabolic Syndrome, a cluster of risk factors for Type 2 Diabetes and cardiovascular disease [1] and millions already living with Type 2 Diabetes itself [2], it’s a topic close to many of our hearts.