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Inside Health

Alcohol pricing, Phages, Cervical smears, Swaddling and hips, Smart beds

Inside Health

BBC

Health & Fitness, Science

4.4575 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2013

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The evidence behind minimum pricing of alcoholic drinks in England and Wales - putting the political debate aside, does it actually work?

Could harnessing the power of phages - naturally occurring viruses that prey on bacteria - help fight the threat posed by growing resistance to antibiotics?

Plus a follow up on last week's item about Cervical smears - if women in their late 60s are among those most likely to develop cancer of the cervix, why aren't they included in the national screening programme?

And babies' hips - concerns that the resurgence of swaddling is leading to abnormal hip development.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, you're about to listen to a BBC podcast, and I am Ed Gamble, host of another BBC

0:04.6

podcast, The Traitors Uncloaked. But my show is available only on BBC Sounds, just like

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Ellis and John's Saturday bonus episodes, the Pop Top Ten podcast with Scott Mills and Rylen,

0:15.0

and comedy specials from the likes of Harriet Kemsley, Susie Ruffel and Romesh Ranganathan.

0:19.9

However, and maybe I'm biased, it's really all about the traitors uncloked.

0:24.3

So for a whole bunch of exclusive scoops and podcasts, listen only on BBC Sounds.

0:29.5

Hello, I'm Dr Mark Porter and thank you for downloading this edition of Inside Health.

0:34.0

I hope you enjoy it.

0:35.5

Coming up in today's program, babies, hips hips and concerns that the resurgence of swaddling

0:40.6

is leading to hip dysplasia. Friendly viruses. Could harnessing the power of phages,

0:46.6

naturally occurring viruses that prey on bacteria, help fight the threat posed by growing

0:52.0

resistance to antibiotics.

0:55.8

Cervical smears follow-up.

1:00.0

If women in their late 60s are among those most likely to develop cancer of the cervix,

1:03.0

why aren't they included in the National Screening Program and the Space Age Hospital bed that can detect everything from infections to some types of cancer?

1:09.4

But this one isn't in the sick bay of the Starship Enterprise.

1:12.9

It's in a hospital in Leicester.

1:15.3

But first the budget and minimum pricing of alcohol.

1:18.4

Should alcoholic drinks in England and Wales have a minimum price,

1:21.9

equivalent to around 45 p a unit to stem drink-related problems?

1:26.1

The move, which would roughly double the price of some of the

1:29.0

cheaper strong lagers and ciders, remains the subject of fierce political debate. But does it actually

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