Cervical screening in older women has hit the headlines, but reports have not explained whether these women being diagnosed after 65 have attended screening. Concerns about an outbreak of Hepatitis E in Nepal that could kill pregnant women; A new technique being trialled in the UK to treat enlarged prostate; and Dr Margaret McCartney on statistical significance.
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Folge vom 16.06.2015Cervical Screening in Older Women; Hepatitis E in Nepal; Enlarged Prostate; Significance
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Folge vom 10.06.2015Flibanserin; Strokes in young people; Outdoor swimming; Research terminology - Causation v AssociationTreating low sex drive in women. Expert panels in the USA have voted in favour of a drug that has been dubbed 'Pink Viagra', but there are serious reservations. Outdoor swimming is the new trend for 2015, but should you take the plunge or go in slowly? Strokes in the under 55's have recently been reported to be on the increase: Dr Margaret McCartney takes a closer look at the evidence. And unpicking tricky terms to understand your health - causation versus association. Presented by Dr Mark Porter.
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Folge vom 24.03.2015Feedback on Teenage Pregnancy, Smoothies, AMD, Hospital Beds, Frailty, Feedback on Gallstones, MolesIn the last of the current series Mark Porter answers your feedback on sex education, off licence use of drugs and drinking smoothies instead of eating fruit.Plus hospital bed numbers have been halved over 25 years, while admissions have rocketed - up by 3 million in the last decade alone; Inside Health discusses how hospitals have been coping.Plus calls for frailty to be an official diagnosis rather than simply a general description - Mark Porter examines the implications.
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Folge vom 17.03.2015Avastin, Peanut Allergy, Bowel Bacteria and Faecal TransplantsMark Porter visits a very smelly laboratory to find out how your gut bacteria could be influencing your weight - and more besides.Doctors have written to the authorities asking for permission to use the drug Avastin instead of the more expensive alternative, Lucentis, to treat patients with age related macular degeneration (AMD) - the commonest cause of blindness in older people. Inside Health investigates.And new research into peanut allergy, turning conventional wisdom on its head, that every parent should know.