Superbugs Force a Deadly Choice for Cancer Patients (Rebroadcast)
Prognosis: Misconception
Bloomberg
4.1 • 838 Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2020
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
We continue our look back at some of our favorite episodes from the podcast. Among those most vulnerable to superbug infections are cancer chemotherapy patients. In India, many are dying from bacteria poisoning their blood that even the most potent antibiotics available can't stop. This calamitous scenario portends a global crisis as superbugs spread through international travel and trade.
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| 0:30.7 | Hi, prognosis listeners. This month, we're looking back at some of our favorite stories from the podcast. |
| 0:37.9 | On this episode, we explore how superbugs are threatening cancer patients in India, |
| 0:43.4 | and what that crisis might mean for the rest of the world. |
| 0:47.1 | Thanks, and enjoy. Learning that you have cancer can be terrifying. |
| 1:01.4 | And every two seconds, somewhere in the world, another person gets the diagnosis. |
| 1:06.5 | That's four people just since I started talking. |
| 1:09.8 | But there are places where the fear of dying from cancer is amplified by an added, treacherous risk. |
| 1:16.6 | That the cancer treatment will bring on a deadly infection from a killer superbug, |
| 1:21.6 | that even the most potent antibiotics available are powerless to tame. |
| 1:26.6 | It's called extreme drug resistance, and it can create a devastating dilemma for some |
| 1:32.1 | patients. |
| 1:33.3 | The treatment for their tumors may kill them faster than the tumors themselves. |
| 1:39.0 | Welcome to Prognosis, a podcast about health and science, medical technology, and the changes that are |
| 1:45.6 | underway across the world. |
| 1:47.6 | I'm your host, Michelle Faye Cortez. |
| 1:50.6 | This season, we're examining one of the dangers that keeps public health officials awake at |
| 1:55.2 | night. |
| 1:56.1 | It's been described as a silent tsunami of catastrophic proportions, One of the gravest threats to human health. |
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