Norman Swan

It's about the cup of diesels required through the life cycle to get that chicken patty on your burger.

How settled?

Well, it's true.

There's a lot of crosstalk between your brain and your abdomen and so on.

I don't want to get into too much detail.

Please.

Mine is up and down, I have to say, and always has been since I was a kid.

But I think probably that brain-bowel connection is important.

But whether that's actually what's going on in people with irritable bowel syndrome is a matter of debate.

But that's one of the things we're going to be talking about today on The Health Report.

And I'm Norman Swan on Gadigal land.

Yeah, which has serious consequences.

But, you know, we've also got a story about electronic health records.

Well, really, my health record.

There's this app that's had a million downloads, the 1800 Medicare app.

And we've got a story of somebody who actually was diagnosed with breast cancer through the app, discovered it there.

Yeah, and there's been an outbreak in the Kimberley.

So the essence of diphtheria is that it's a bug that produces a toxin.

So it's a bit like tetanus.

And the toxin is what can cause a lot of problems.