Should fruit juice be dropped from the 5 a day fruit and vegetable recommendations?A&E in a mild winter - why has the NHS been stretched to near breaking point over the festive period?Dr Mark Porter visits a busy pain clinic to find out why prescribed opioid painkillers for long term non-cancer pain often do more harm than good.And resident sceptic and GP Dr Margaret McCartney outlines her New Year resolutions.
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Folge vom 06.01.2015A&E in winter, Fruit juice, Opioid drugs and chronic pain, No evidence, Obesity
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Folge vom 28.10.2014GP incentives; Walk-in CT scans; Hot Flushes feedback; New anti-coagulantsFinancial incentives for GPs - do they work? Mark Porter learns there are parallels between the latest £55 to diagnose dementia and an incentive to diagnose depression which didn't work and was dropped. Are walk-in CT Scans a good idea - two experts who authored recent reports address concerns about people arranging their own scans. Hot Flushes feedback; plus the new generation of anti-coagulants offering an alternative to warfarin.
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Folge vom 21.10.2014Private hospitals, Hyperbaric medicine, Sick day rules to reduce kidney damage, WarfarinAs more NHS operations are done in the private sector, how much do we know about patient safety in private hospitals? Kits to self-monitor warfarin have been recommended by NICE, so why is the uptake so poor? Hyperbaric medicine - using high doses of oxygen to accelerate healing; And sick day rules - the medicines you should stop taking while you are unwell to reduce kidney damage.
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Folge vom 14.10.2014Sickness Absence, Ankle Arthritis, Hot Flushes, Guillain-Barre SyndromeInside Health examines advice for when parents should and shouldn't send their sick children to school. Is this another example of the nanny state, or a useful guide?Hip replacements and knee replacements are well known treatments but now a new trial is looking into the effectiveness of ankle surgery for arthritis.Margaret McCartney reveals the origin of the word hypochondria.Plus, how effective is HRT for the commonest symptom of the menopause, hot flushes?And Inside Health answers listeners' questions on Guillain-Barré syndrome, what are the causes and treatments.