Norman Swan

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15,786 appearances 142 recordings 2 series first heard Jul 2005 last heard 5d ago

Norman Swan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Health Report · Why you should speed up your steps, even just in short bursts. · 11 Sep 2026 podcast
So the whole ten thousand steps per day, that number has been bandied about for quite a while.
Oh yes.
It's all about pace.
There's a lot of nuance in all of this and we are covering that on today's health report.
I'm Pri Alexander on Warren Jeweland.
And people might have seen results of a heart drug trial for cholesterol, lipoprotein delay, which we've covered on the health report before.
The the trial hasn't delivered the results that everyone had hoped for, and so we cover what it all means.
Yes, so this is basically this big body in the United States has strengthened the recommendation for salpingectomy, which is removal of the fallopian tubes.
for the prevention of ovarian cancer.
Now you did cover this.
I'm about to give you some kudos, Norman Swann.
You you did cover this story last year.
And my husband was operating with an anaesthetist who said, Oh, I've just seen this big update from the US.
And Will said, this was covered on the health report 12 months ago.
We were all over it, or you were.
And according to ACOG, remove the fallopian tubes reduce the risk of ovarian cancer by as much as 78%.
So these updated guidelines say that obstetricians and gynecologists should routinely be removing the fallopian tubes at the time of hysterectomy.
They've also said that if someone is undergoing a procedure within the peritoneal cavity, you just mentioned appendisectomy.
Then if you're taking the appendix out and you're in there anyway, you should be removing the fallopian tubes if someone is done with their family planning, not considering pregnancy.
And if someone's looking at permanent contraception, so things like tubal sterilization, where they used to occlude the fallopian tubes or partially remove the fallopin tube,
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