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''Inside Health'' is a British radio programme broadcast on
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...
discussing topical health issues which people struggle to understand. The first episode was broadcast on 10 January 2012. It is broadcast on Tuesday evenings at 9pm and repeated on Wednesdays at 3:30pm.
Mark Porter presents the programme.
History
BBC Radio 4 has broadcast health related programmes since its inception in 1967. Mark Porter joined the
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in 1992 and has been contributing to Radio 4 since. He also presents ''Case Notes'' for the channel. In 2011, the Radio 4 controller,
Gwyneth Williams
Gwyneth Williams (born 14 July 1953) is a former controller of BBC Radio 4. She grew up in South Africa and attended St Hugh's College, Oxford.
Earlier career
Williams joined the BBC World Service in 1976 as a trainee, having briefly worked as r ...
commissioned a new nine part series as part of an overall increase in the BBC's coverage of science.
Content
The first programme discussed whether it really is better to take tablets for
high blood pressure in the morning, as many people do - or whether it may be better to take them in the evening, as a recent Spanish study claimed. The second programme in the series, broadcast on 17 January 2012, asked whether memory really does decline with age. It also asked whether
nicotine
Nicotine is a natural product, naturally produced alkaloid in the nightshade family of plants (most predominantly in tobacco and ''Duboisia hopwoodii'') and is widely used recreational drug use, recreationally as a stimulant and anxiolytic. As ...
might actually protect against
Alzheimer's disease, but was careful to state that it was NOT saying that
smoking had any health benefits, clarifying very strongly how there is a difference between smoking and nicotine.
The third programme, broadcast on 24 January 2012, discussed whether
cough medicine
Cold medicines are a group of medications taken individually or in combination as a treatment for the symptoms of the common cold and similar conditions of the upper respiratory tract. The term encompasses a broad array of drugs, including ...
is suitable for children. The speaker on the programme, Margaret McCarney, gave quite a negative review of cough medicine. The edition broadcast on 31 January referred to
atrial fibrilation, and also discussed the drug
warfarin
Warfarin, sold under the brand name Coumadin among others, is a medication that is used as an anticoagulant (blood thinner). It is commonly used to prevent blood clots such as deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, and to prevent st ...
. It finished by talking about the health risks of wearing high-heeled shoes. On 6 March, discussion of
diabetes
Diabetes, also known as diabetes mellitus, is a group of metabolic disorders characterized by a high blood sugar level ( hyperglycemia) over a prolonged period of time. Symptoms often include frequent urination, increased thirst and increased ...
mellitus, and whether care for people aged 16–24 was as good for those of younger age groups, was a key part of the programme. This programme also discussed the use of
Twitter
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in dissemination of medical knowledge, and in this part of the programme, stressed the importance of patient confidentiality. In a late stage of the programme, the skin condition
Vitiligo
Vitiligo is a disorder that causes the skin to lose its color. Specific causes are unknown but studies suggest a link to immune system changes.
Signs and symptoms
The only sign of vitiligo is the presence of pale patchy areas of depigmen ...
was discussed, and fictions about this skin disorder - such as that the skin disorder vitiligo is contagious - were outlined. The programme broadcast on 13 and 14 March 2012 discussed whether
exercise is good or bad for one's joints.
Footnotes
External links
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BBC Radio 4 programmes
Health in the United Kingdom
Radio series about health care
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