Selenium & Vitamin E supplements in men, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Childhood Constipation

Inside Health

BBC

Health & Fitness, Science

4.4 • 575 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2014

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Selenium supplements have hit the headlines with reports that men taking them can increase their risk of developing aggressive prostate cancer. Dr Mark Porter talks to leading expert on selenium, Margaret Rayman, Professor of Nutritional Medicine at the University of Surrey, to find the truth behind the story.

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a disease that kills more people in the UK than breast cancer. It's caused by the thickening and scarring of the part of the lung that forms the barrier between blood and air and can make your chest sound like it's full of Velcro. Mark talks to Luca Richeldi, Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Southampton, about why it can be mistaken for asthma or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - what used to be called emphysema and bronchitis. Also in the programme, as many as 1 in 20 children will experience long term constipation with no underlying cause and which doesn't get better with dietary changes. Mark visits a specialist clinic at Addenbrooke's hospital in Cambridge to meet families managing the problem.

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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, I'm Dr Mark Porter and thank you for downloading this edition of Inside Health.
0:37.8	I hope you enjoy it.
0:38.9	Coming up in today's program, constipation in children.
0:42.5	I visit a specialist clinic at Adam Brooks Hospital to learn more about the latest approaches to treating this troublesome condition.
0:49.5	And Velcro lung, probably the most common cause of cough and shortness of breath that you've never heard of.
0:55.7	Until now.
0:56.7	A normal lung will produce a sound which is like this.
1:06.9	Instead, a fibotic lung disorder like IPF will produce a sound like this, which is reminding of vulcrow.
1:20.0	That's meaning something wrong.
1:22.2	More on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and why it's so often missed later.
1:26.6	But first, supplements supplements which are back in
1:29.1	the headlines this week following new research from America, suggesting that men taking
1:33.6	selenium and vitamin E may be increasing their risk of developing aggressive prostate cancer,
1:39.7	a finding that rather flies in the face of conventional wisdom that supplements like selenium
1:44.3	protect against the disease. Well, to clear up the confusion, I'm joined by a leading expert
1:49.1	on this essential dietary mineral. Margaret Raymond is Professor of Nutritional Medicine
1:53.3	at the University of Surrey. Professor Raymond, were you surprised by these latest headlines?
1:58.2	I was surprised and actually I was very concerned
2:01.0	because quite often when things are reported in the newspapers,
2:04.2	they're reported rather simplistically.
2:06.9	But I was concerned that men were going to be worried
2:09.9	about taking selenium in the UK.
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