In this episode we’re taking a look at emergency medicine outside hospitals and surgeries – and meeting the people who save seriously-ill people in unusual places.
Smitha Mundasad goes on a rainy walk in the hills with the Brecon Mountain Rescue Team and meets the flying medics of London’s Air Ambulance. Will she have time for a chat before they get a call-out? We also hear from Sweden where they’re making lifesaving changes before the ambulance even arrives.
And from kombucha and kimchi to keffir and sourdough, fermented food and drink is everywhere. But as these foods have exploded in popularity, so have claims of health benefits, from digestion and gut health, to immunity and mood.
We start by trying some fermenting with chef Olia Hercules and then Smitha chats to fermented food “nerd” Professor Paul Cotter to sift through the evidence.
Next week’s Inside Health is all about the perimenopause – the time leading up to the menopause when oestrogen starts to drop. Why is it all still such a mystery?
Send us your questions – and we’ll put them to our panel. It’s insidehealth@bbc.co.uk
Presenter: Smitha Mundasad Producer: Gerry Holt Editor: Martin Smith Production co-ordinator: Jonathan Harris
Declared interests: Professor Paul Cotter: “Research in the Cotter laboratory has been funded by PrecisionBiotics Group, Friesland Campina, Danone and PepsiCo. Paul Cotter has also received funding to travel to or present at meetings by H&H, the National Dairy Council U.S., PepsiCo, Abbott, Arla and Yakult. In addition, he is the co-founder and CTO of SeqBiome Ltd., a provider of sequencing and bioinformatics services for microbiome analysis.”
Flu, Cow's milk allergy, Robotic pharmacy
Medical detection dogs
Antibiotics, Statins and Pneumonia, Neurosurgery for Epilepsy
Dr Google; Sexual orientation and the NHS; Hypermobility; Surgery for COPD
Vaginal mesh; alcohol and the heart
Big baby birth trial, Uveitis, Telephone triage, Burns
Scoliosis, Depression, Pets in Hospital, Eustachian Tubes
Addiction services; Schizophrenia; Hearts and cancer
Breast density; Health education; Switching outcomes
Antibiotics, Lung Cancer, Dying of a Broken Heart, Gender Bias
PPIs, Aspirin and cancer, Radiotherapy and smoking
Hepatitis B vaccine, Sheds, Obesity Paradox, Taking part in clinical trials
Robo-docs, using AI to diagnose; Pancreatic cancer; Statins and muscle aches
High costs of cheap medicines, Can a simple blood test help identify cancer, undescended testes, Aspirin
Cholesterol-lowering drug, Defibrillators, Post-traumatic stress disorder and heart disease, Lack of drugs in pregnancy
Bisphosphonates, IBS and diet, CRP test for infection, Randomisation
Opt-out organ donation; your body after death; what time of day to take blood pressure medication
Smoking in pregnancy; Lifestyle targets; Thyroid cancer; Flossing
Vitamin D, Air Ambulance blood trial, Phantom limb pain, Sitting-rising test
NHS Special: What needs to give?
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