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Inside Health

Aspirin, holiday sickness, ADHD

Inside Health

BBC

Health & Fitness, Science

4.4575 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2012

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Aspirin is over 100 years old, but doctors still can't agree whether the benefits of taking it to prevent heart conditions or cancer outweigh the risks.Dr Mark Porter investigates. And - you've worked flat out to get on holiday, then come down with a stinking cold - is there any science behind why so many of us get sick on vacation. Plus ADHD - not in children, but ADULTS - why is it so hard for grown-ups to get a diagnosis.

Producer: Erika Wright.

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 uncloked.

0:24.3

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

0:29.4

This is a download from the BBC. To find out more, visit BBC.com.ukuk slash radio four.

0:37.0

Hello and welcome to Inside Health in today's program, aspirin a day keeps the doctor away or does it.

0:43.2

If you're confused by the latest news, rest assured you're not alone.

0:46.9

Ever since the news that aspirin can protect against cancer, GPs have been dealing with perplexed patients.

0:52.2

I'll be asking two leading lights in cancer prevention

0:54.6

whether they think more of us should be taking the drug.

0:58.2

There could be nearly a million adults in the UK

1:00.2

with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD,

1:04.0

most of whom won't know it,

1:05.9

although they're likely to have some idea

1:07.5

that they're different from their peers.

1:09.6

Could you be one of them?

1:10.6

In Europe, there's probably around 2.5% in the population, which is huge if you think about.

1:16.1

One in 40. Yes. So a million people at least were talking about adults in the UK.

1:20.8

Where has it been all this time and what is it that has made us so incredibly blind about it?

1:26.2

And if you've ever wondered why so many people fall ill with coughs and colds after flying abroad

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