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Inside Health

Self-Harm, Insulin Pumps, Night Terrors, Penile Cancer

Inside Health

BBC

Health & Fitness, Science

4.4575 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2012

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Dr Mark Porter discovers that three quarters of people with diabetes who are likely to benefit from an insulin pump are not on one. He talks about the cancer that no one talks about - cancer of the penis. And he learns why you shouldn't wake your child during a night terror. GP and regular contributor Margaret McCartney investigates the growing incidence of self harming amongst the young as a new report on it is published.

Transcript

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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 been 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.

0:37.7

I hope you enjoy it.

0:39.1

Hello and welcome to Inside Health in today's program, diabetes and an inside health investigation into the use of insulin pumps.

0:47.5

Widely regarded as the best option for children and adults whose diabetes is difficult to manage.

0:53.0

At first I didn't like the idea because to me it seemed

0:56.4

a bit like being an android having some electronic thing plugged into the whole time and that you

1:01.3

have to keep it on at night and all that sort of thing. But I'm a barrister and I find that when I go

1:06.5

into court hearings, my blood sugar tends to go up and if I don't treat it, I then feel very,

1:12.8

very sleepy and a bit sick. But because of the pump, I feel fine in the hearings and I've

1:17.4

never had any hypoise in the hearing. I feel that the pump has allowed me to perform as a

1:22.6

barrister in a way that I wouldn't have been able to at all if I was still relying just on

1:26.3

injections. So that's been fantastic.

1:29.2

So if insulin pumps really are that good, why are so few people using them in the UK?

1:34.4

We talk about the cancer that no one likes to talk about, cancer of the penis.

1:39.0

It may be rare, but it's also surprisingly easy to miss.

1:42.9

And night terrors, if you have young children or grandchildren,

1:45.9

then don't miss our interview with a leading expert on how to manage this common source of parental angst.

1:52.3

But first, a new report into the growing problem of self-harm. Commissioned in partnership with

1:56.9

the charity Young Minds, the report is based on a survey of 2,500 parents, teachers,

2:02.5

GPs and young people, and the findings don't make comfortable reading. Put simply,

2:07.4

those who are self-harming don't know who to turn to for help, and even if they do seek advice,

2:12.2

most parents, doctors and teachers admit to being unsure how to help them. Inside Health's, Margaret

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