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Factual: Health & Wellbeing

Series that demystifies health issues, bringing clarity to conflicting advice.

Series that demystifies health issues, separating fact from fiction and bringing clarity to conflicting health advice.

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Inside Health: Sugar, Prescription charges, Thrush, Iron and strokes

11/03/2014

Sugar, Prescription charges, Thrush, Iron and strokes

BBC Radio 4 - Inside Health, Sugar, Prescription charges, Thrush, Iron and strokes

Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us.

Dr Mark Porter presents a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us.

Is sugar really addictive? As the Chief Medical Officer for England suggests that it is and a 'sugar tax' may have to be introduced, leading experts debate whether the white stuff on our table is really habit forming.

How 40 year old research hidden away in a book has thrown new light on a link between iron deficiency and stroke.

And why the clue to solving recurrent thrush maybe getting the diagnosis right in the first place.

Plus concern about the increase in prescription charges just announced by the government.

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