Whooping cough; fish oils and prostate cancer; aortic aneurysm screening in men
Inside Health
BBC
4.4 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2013
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
As last year's increase in Whooping Cough looks likely to continue judging from data coming out of America and Europe, Mark Porter finds out why it's on the rise and who should be concerned. Fish oils and Prostate Cancer - Inside Health responds to listeners' worried by this recent study and scrutinises the findings that hit the headlines. And weighing up the risks and benefits of screening for Aortic Aneurysms.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, you're about to listen to a BBC podcast, and I am Ed Gamble, host of another BBC |
| 0:04.6 | podcast, The Traitors Uncloaked. But my show is available only on BBC Sounds, just like |
| 0:09.9 | Ellis and John's Saturday bonus episodes, the Pop Top Ten podcast with Scott Mills and Rylen, |
| 0:15.0 | and comedy specials from the likes of Harriet Kemsley, Susie Ruffel and Romesh Ranganathan. |
| 0:19.9 | However, and maybe I'm biased, it's really all about the traitors uncloked. |
| 0:24.3 | So for a whole bunch of exclusive scoops and podcasts, listen only on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:29.5 | Hello, I'm Dr Mark Porter and thank you for downloading this edition of Inside Health. |
| 0:34.0 | I hope you enjoy it. |
| 0:35.9 | Hello, coming up in today's program, Aortic Anurisms, a problem that kills around 7,000 people |
| 0:42.0 | every year in the UK. We take a closer look at a new screening program which hopes to reduce |
| 0:47.4 | that toll. Omega 3 and fish oils. If you were concerned or confused by recent headlines like these, |
| 0:55.2 | Can fish oil cause prostate cancer? |
| 0:58.0 | Taking omega-3 fish oil supplements may increase the risk of aggressive prostate cancer by 70%. |
| 1:04.8 | Omega-3 prostate cancer alert. |
| 1:07.6 | Then you'll want to hear inside health Margaret McCartney's analysis later in the program. |
| 1:12.4 | And while we're on the subject of research that makes the news, |
| 1:15.4 | I'll also be asking two insiders about the murky world of the media. |
| 1:19.6 | How do journals decide what to publish? |
| 1:22.3 | And why does so much flawed research make the headlines? |
| 1:26.0 | But first, the return of Hooping Cough or Potussis. |
| 1:29.9 | Once a major threat to children, Hooping cough has been largely controlled by routine vaccination |
| 1:35.0 | given to babies. But despite continuing high uptake rates, the disease seems to be making |
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