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Inside Health: Alcohol pricing, Phages, Cervical smears, Swaddling and hips, Smart beds

19/03/2013

Alcohol pricing, Phages, Cervical smears, Swaddling and hips, Smart beds

BBC Radio 4 - Inside Health, Alcohol pricing, Phages, Cervical smears, Swaddling and hips, Smart beds

Does minimum pricing of alcohol actually work? With Mark Porter.

What are the health benefits of the minimum pricing of alcohol policy? Phage therapy against bacterial infections, and does swaddling babies lead to a resurgence of abnormal hips?

The evidence behind minimum pricing of alcoholic drinks in England and Wales - putting the political debate aside, does it actually work?

Could harnessing the power of phages - naturally occurring viruses that prey on bacteria - help fight the threat posed by growing resistance to antibiotics?

Plus a follow up on last week's item about Cervical smears - if women in their late 60s are among those most likely to develop cancer of the cervix, why aren't they included in the national screening programme?

And babies' hips - concerns that the resurgence of swaddling is leading to abnormal
hip development.

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