Care data, New gastric balloon, Vocal dysphonia, Antacids
Inside Health
BBC
4.4 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2014
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Recent reports say that as many as 2 million people in England could be eligible for bariatric surgery. Dr Mark Porter investigates if a new gastric balloon swallowed in a capsule could be a valuable new tool for weight loss. Targeted for people whose BMI is lower than those who would be eligible for weight loss surgery, Inside Health finds out what the new balloon involves and asks two NHS bariatric surgeons - Sally Norton in Bristol and Guy Slater in Chichester - is this a boon to the arsenal of weight loss surgeons or is it a just slimming aid?
Proton pump inhibitors are a family of drugs which reduce stomach acids to stop the symptoms of heartburn and ulcers. But they are being widely overused according to many gastroenterologists and doctors. Mark talks to gastroenterologist, Anton Emmanuel about the scale of the overuse, the potential side effects of being on them for too long as well as what people can do if they think they should come off the drug.
Margaret McCartney and Mark Porter ask whether the anonymity of patient records on a new NHS database can be guaranteed? And using botox to treat vocal dysphonia, a kind of writer's cramp for the voice.
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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. |
| 0:35.3 | Hello, coming up in today's program, weight loss. We take a critical |
| 0:39.0 | look at the latest medical slimming device to hit the market. Spasmodic dysphonia, the voice |
| 0:44.1 | equivalent of writer's cramp, an easily missed condition that can leave you struggling to be heard. |
| 0:49.9 | And antacids, are we overusing the latest generation of treatments for indigestion and heartburn? |
| 0:55.6 | These drugs can be very hard to stop, and one of the very particular access to grind that I have |
| 0:59.8 | is this issue around the fact that patients take them because they have indigestion in motorcomers. |
| 1:04.9 | But once you start taking them, four out of ten people who don't have an acid problem will develop one. |
| 1:10.2 | But first moves to bolster research by including your GP medical records |
| 1:14.9 | in the NHS database known as care data. |
| 1:18.2 | If you live in England and haven't already received a leaflet |
| 1:20.7 | outlining the new plans, then you will soon. |
| 1:24.2 | Entitled, better information means better health care. |
| 1:29.4 | It lists the benefits as including everything from better use of NHS resources to finding more effective ways of preventing, treating |
| 1:34.5 | and managing illness. If you don't want your records to be included, then you have to opt out. |
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