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Inside Health

Scoliosis, Depression, Pets in Hospital, Eustachian Tubes

Inside Health

BBC

Health & Fitness, Science

4.4575 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

After Simon Cowell paid for a Britain's Got talent contestant to have surgery in the US for her curved spine we examine the state of therapy for scoliosis here in the UK. Recent headlines claimed that 1 in 4 teenage girls are depressed but were they accurate? And pets in hospital: the Royal College of Nursing has called for patients to have better access to animals, including their own. Plus Eustachian tubes: tips for what to do if you have blocked ears after your summer holiday.

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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 Rihalina. I'm excited. You're dead to me. The comedy podcast that takes history seriously. Listen first on BBC Sounds. Hello, thank you for listening to this edition of Inside Health. I hope you enjoy it. Coming up today, depression in teenagers. GP and parent Margaret McCartney unpicks recent headlines,

0:44.0

suggesting that one in four teenage girls are depressed. Blocked ears and eustachian tubes.

0:50.2

If your hearing isn't what it should be following your summer holiday, then we may have the answer.

0:55.3

And visiting for pets.

0:57.4

The Royal College of Nursing is calling for patients in hospital to have better access to animals,

1:03.0

not least because of responses like this.

1:06.4

My name is Mitzie. I'm four just like me.

1:10.3

You've got a dog called Mitzie.

1:12.0

Would you like one of Leo's stickers?

1:13.4

Thank you.

1:14.3

You're very welcome.

1:15.4

Lovely to meet you.

1:16.3

Bye, Leo.

1:17.2

I see you soon.

1:18.6

See you.

1:20.6

All right.

1:21.9

More from therapy dog Leo and his adoring fans later.

1:26.8

But first, and rather unusually for Inside Health, we start with ITVs Britain's Got Talent.

1:33.3

Back in the summer, a group of teenage dancers, the Mersey girls,

1:36.8

faced Simon Cowell and the other judges as they competed for a place in the final.

1:44.7

This group came together because I've got scoliosis, so...

1:49.3

Sorry, darling, what is that?

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