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The Kaye Adams Programme: Kaye asks if Facebook if a force for good or bad, plus Ask the Doctor and 'professional drinkers'

04/05/2017

Kaye asks if Facebook if a force for good or bad, plus Ask the Doctor and 'professional drinkers'

BBC Radio Scotland - The Kaye Adams Programme, Kaye asks if Facebook if a force for good or bad, plus Ask the Doctor and 'professional drinkers'

Kaye Adams asks if Facebook if a force for good or bad.

Kaye Adams asks if Facebook if a force for good or bad, why people use 'um' and 'ahs' in conversation and what separates a 'professional drinker' from an alcoholic.

Facebook's profits have jumped in the first three months of the year, as the social network closes in on two billion users, according to its latest results. However, the company has also come under sustained pressure in recent weeks over its handling of hate speech, child abuse and self-harm on the social network.
Is Facebook a force for good or bad?

We speak to the woman who was taken to undergo Female Genital Mutilation aged just 6 years old. 
Aisha, who now lives in Edinburgh, now volunteers with other women who are subjected to honour abuse and Angela Voulgari is a Bright Choices Team Leader at SACRO.

Why do people use 'Umm and Ahh's' in conversation? Is it a distraction trick or a conversation manager?
Clara Cohen is a Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics at University of Glasgow and Jane Armstrong is a Private Speech Therapist. 

GP Dr Tom Smith joins us to examine the week's big medical stories and answer your questions - if you've got something you'd like help or advice on get in touch now: call 0808 5 92 95 00, text 80295, email kaye@bbc.co.uk
Stories include:
- Could a gluten-free diet increase the risk of heart disease?
- Girls whose grandmothers smoked are more likely to display behavioural traits linked to autism, according to a new study
- The blood test that can tell whether men with advanced prostate cancer will respond to the drugs used to fight the disease

Brad Pitt has revealed he has quit drinking and started therapy to help him get through his divorce from Angelina Jolie. He said - "I can't remember a day since I got out of college when I wasn't boozing......truthfully I could drink a Russian under the table with his own vodka. I was a professional. I was good."
What separates a professional drinker from an alcoholic?

A new 'game' has gone viral on Social Media in which it asks users to name their favourite gigs and first ever concerts that they have attended. Where's the harm? Security experts say that it's one the most used security questions online. Tom Cheesewright is a Technology Expert, Mary-Anne Orr is a journalism student.

Edinburgh has been ranked second in a global quality of life survey - behind Wellington in New Zealand. What makes Edinburgh such a good place to live?

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