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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: Hospital patients dying of thirst; Paracetamol; Saturated fats; Baclofen and alcoholism

22/04/2014

Hospital patients dying of thirst; Paracetamol; Saturated fats; Baclofen and alcoholism

BBC Radio 4 - Inside Health, Hospital patients dying of thirst; Paracetamol; Saturated fats; Baclofen and alcoholism

Dr Mark Porter on how Baclofen stopped a listener drinking 6-8 bottles of wine a day.

Headlines claim 'thousands of patients die in hospital of thirst' but did the study actually analyse hydration? How Baclofen stopped a listener drinking 6-8 bottles of wine a day.

Headlines this week claim that 'thousands of patients die in hospital of thirst' but did the authors of the study actually analyse hydration?

Mark Porter investigates the evidence for using Baclofen to treat alcoholism and hears how it helped a listener to stop drinking 6-8 bottles of wine a day.

Why did NICE question the use of Paracetamol - the UK's favourite painkiller - in the treatment of osteoarthritis?

And are saturated fats really bad for us?

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