Ebola, Bike saddles, Recording consultations, Insect bites
Inside Health
BBC
4.4 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2014
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Public Health authorities have written to doctors in the UK to ask them to look out for cases of Ebola following the recent outbreak in West Africa which has killed nearly 500 people. Dr Mark Porter talks to David Heymann, professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine about the risks of Ebola cases coming to the UK. He is joined by Dr Margaret McCartney to discuss why some types of bike saddles can cause erectile dysfunction. He also talks to Glyn Elwyn about the pros and cons of recording consultations with your doctor Also, insect bites, why do some people get bitten more than others, what's the best repellent and what's the best treatment if you do get bitten?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Greg Jenna and good news, Your Dead to Me is back for a new series. Here we go. Yes, we'll explore Emperor Nero's notorious reign with Professor Marybeard and Patton Oswald. I would not want my daughter having the remote control, not alone an empire. We'll dissect the decadent life of Philippe Duke-Dor-Leon with Tom Allen. I've often tried to pretend I'm an aristocrat and being very quickly knocked down. And there'll be so much more with comedians like Olga Koch, Mike Mosniak and Ria Lina. I'm excited. You're dead to me, the comedy podcast that takes history seriously. Listen first on BBC Sounds. Hello, I'm Dr Mark Porter and thank you for downloading this edition of Inside Health. I hope you enjoy it. Coming up in today's programme. Crystal, it's miles ahead of everybody else at the minute. Gittle all the way. This is a big sprint from a big guy. Two wins out of three for the giant German. Brilliant day. And when they come fast, unbelievable. I think it's done England proud, hasn't it really? |
| 0:55.0 | Thank you so much. It was unbelievable. |
| 0:57.8 | Incredible. It will be unforgettable. |
| 1:00.0 | What British people have done, it's just magnificent. |
| 1:03.3 | Do we how, Monsieur. |
| 1:04.6 | If the Tour de France has encouraged you to spend more time on two wheels, |
| 1:08.2 | you might want to choose your saddle carefully |
| 1:10.4 | in light of new research |
| 1:11.6 | suggesting that cycling can have an unwelcome effect on your sex life. Margaret McCartney and I take to our bikes to learn more. |
| 1:18.6 | Insect bites. If you've ever wondered why some people seem to get bitten more than anyone else, |
| 1:23.6 | or what the most effective repellents are, or had a treat a bite if you're bitten, then we have the answers coming up later. |
| 1:29.5 | And recording consultations with your doctor. |
| 1:32.2 | We'll be discussing the pros and cons of keeping a permanent record of what they said. |
| 1:37.4 | But first, Ebola, not something we normally give much consideration to here in Europe. |
| 1:42.8 | But the biggest outbreak ever seen in West Africa |
| 1:45.5 | has changed that and prompted UK public health bodies to write to doctors urging them to be |
| 1:50.5 | vigilant for signs of infection in travellers returning from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, |
| 1:56.1 | where Ebola has so far claimed around 500 lives. |
| 2:00.0 | David Heyman is Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology |
| 2:02.6 | at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. David, the fact that UK doctors have |
| 2:07.7 | been warned about Ebola made the front page of Monday's Metro and the public may have been alarmed |
| 2:12.2 | by the fact that the authorities felt it necessary to highlight the risk. It's always important |
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