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Covering the health stories that make a difference. Dr Norman Swan and Dr Preeya Alexander dissect the latest and breaking news in the medical world.

Radio: ABC Classic FM

Categories: Health

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Despite facing an increased risk of chronic disease later in life, remote Indigenous babies start life with a more diverse gut microbiome.  A new study in Nature also found the infants have bacteria that have completely disappeared from non-Indigenous populations.  Also, a guide to living healthy after a fatty liver disease diagnosis. And why fewer people are getting the HPV vaccine.  References Eating For Your Liver - Liver Foundation 2025 Cervical Cancer Elimination Progress Report Indigenous infants in remote Australia retain an ancestral gut microbiome despite encroaching Westernization

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