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Inside Health

Anti-virals for flu, Bod Pod test for body fat, Patients' weight, X-rays and cancer

Inside Health

BBC

Health & Fitness, Science

4.4575 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2014

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Tamiflu - the controversial drug - has been stockpiled by the government for use in a flu pandemic and endorsed by regulatory bodies including the WHO. With a new review of the evidence due this week, Inside Health's Margaret McCartney and James Cave, Editor of the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin have been following the story. Mark Porter gets his body fat checked and finds out how much is hiding inside. And how should doctors raise concerns about a person's weight? Plus, why you might want to think twice before paying for a total body scan.

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

0:09.9

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 uncoaked.

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

Hello, coming up today, X-rays and cancer, why you might want to think twice before paying

0:41.2

for a total body scan. Mentioning the unmentionable. How should healthcare professionals be

0:47.0

raising concerns about a person's weight? I'll be getting some tips on where doctors like me

0:52.1

are getting it wrong. And talking of weight,

0:54.8

I find out just how much fat is hidden inside my body.

0:59.5

If at any time you would like to exit the bond pod, simply press the blue illuminated

1:04.1

cancel test button located in front of you and it opened the door.

1:08.4

More about the elephant in the studio later.

1:11.6

But first, Tamiflu, the controversial anti-flu drug endorsed by the World Health Organization,

1:17.9

the European Medicines Agency, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence,

1:23.0

and stockpiled by the government for emergency use in a pandemic.

1:27.6

Endorsements that have been given despite none of these groups having fully appraised all

1:32.0

the trial data on the drug because until recently, manufacturers Roche hadn't released it.

1:37.8

All the reports have now been made public and the evidence-based Cochran collaboration

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