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Happy New Year — and welcome to the first episode of the year! 🎉

As we step into a fresh new year, it’s the perfect time to think about preventative health, staying well, and making sure you’re up to date with the screening tests that genuinely help women live longer, healthier lives.

In today’s episode, I’m walking you through the big screening programs we have in Australia, what they’re designed to do, when they’re recommended — and where we don’t have screening (and why that matters).

This episode covers:

• ✔️ Cervical Screening Test — what changed, why it’s every 5 years, and when a self-collected swab is appropriate
• ✔️ Breast cancer screening & mammograms — who needs screening, how family history affects screening frequency, and why symptoms need investigation (not screening)
• ✔️ Bowel cancer screening & FOBT — why the starting age has lowered to 45, how the kit works, and why early detection saves lives
• ✔️ Ovarian cancer — why there is no effective screening test, what symptoms to be aware of, and when to investigate
• ✔️ The new Australian lung cancer screening program — who it applies to and how it works

You’ll also hear a little New Year life update from me — family time, fig harvest, French backpackers, and reflecting on a big year of growth personally and professionally 💛

My hope is that this episode helps you:

• understand what each screening test is actually trying to achieve
• know when screening applies vs when symptoms need investigation
• feel more confident asking questions and making informed choices about your health

👉 If you’re not sure what breast-cancer risk category you fall into, you can try the iPrevent risk calculator (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre), then discuss your results with your GP

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