# Peptides: who's using them and what's in them? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/health-report-318292/peptides-who-s-using-them-and-what-s-in-them Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/health-report-318292/peptides-who-s-using-them-and-what-s-in-them.md Podcast: [Health Report](https://stenobird.com/podcast/health-report-318292) Published: 2026-05-22T19:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/healthreport/peptides-risks-uses-safety-in-australia/106643154 Audio file: https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/kq/Z/lv.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/health-report-318292/episodes/peptides-who-s-using-them-and-what-s-in-them Duration seconds: 2692 ## Resource The popularity of peptides appears to be growing in Australia - what do we know about who is using them, what's in them and the risks? A large study of Australians with Parkinson's disease finds links to certain pesticides and high-risk occupations. For people with heart failure, there's a procedure that you can avoid with no ill-effect. And an outbreak of diptheria across multiple states in Australia - how did this happen? References Obesity and cardiovascular disease: A clinical consensus statement from the National Heart Foundation of Australia Impact and Effectiveness of Australia's 2025 Hybrid RSV Immunisation Program: Results from the PAEDS-FluCAN Network Diphtheria outbreak could be 'contained within months' but response criticised as too slow Responding to injectable synthetic peptide use among young people: priorities for clinicians and public health Insights from a cross-sectional population-based study of 10,929 Australians living with Parkinson's disease: risk factors, comorbidities, and sex differences Cardiac resynchronization therapy with or without atrioventricular node ablation in atrial fibrillation: the CAAN-AF trial ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/health-report-318292/episodes/peptides-who-s-using-them-and-what-s-in-them/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/health-report-318292/peptides-who-s-using-them-and-what-s-in-them.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.