{"podcast":{"title":"Health Report","slug":"health-report-318292","podcast_index_feed_id":318292,"rss_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/feeds/2887248/podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/healthreport/","image_url":"https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/48f242ba436a077586bb821d0cb469d2.jpg?src","author":"abcpodcasts@abc.net.au","episode_count":239,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T22:20:57.136167+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/health-report-318292"},"episode":{"title":"Swapping salt for a heart healthier option","slug":"swapping-salt-for-a-heart-healthier-option","published_at":"2025-12-19T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/health-report-318292/swapping-salt-for-a-heart-healthier-option","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/health-report-318292","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/healthreport/salt-substitution-ai-genetic-screening/105871490","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/ft/Z/ch.mp3","summary":"Substituting your table salt for something with lower sodium could drive down your risk of heart attack and stroke. Also, what expectant parents might not know about screening for genetic diseases before conceiving. Artificial intelligence (AI) could soon be used to help predict decisions a person might make at the end of life. And a look back at the year: Make America Health Again. References Salt Substitution and Recurrent Stroke and Death: A Randomized Clinical Trial Mackenzie's Mission Nationwide, Couple-Based Genetic Carrier Screening - NEJM Unlocking the secrets of your DNA - the Health Report Can Artificial Intelligence Speak for Incapacitated Patients at the End of Life? Should artificial intelligence guide surrogate decisions in healthcare? - Journal of Medical Ethics blog A Personalized Patient Preference Predictor for Substituted Judgments in Healthcare: Technically Feasible and Ethically Desirable","meta_description":"Substituting your table salt for something with lower sodium could drive down your risk of heart attack and stroke. Also, what expectant parents might not…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2277,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/health-report-318292/episodes/swapping-salt-for-a-heart-healthier-option/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/health-report-318292/swapping-salt-for-a-heart-healthier-option.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}