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Woman's Hour: Anoushka Shankar, UTIs, Sad Beige Children

Anoushka Shankar, UTIs, Sad Beige Children

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Anoushka Shankar, UTIs, Sad Beige Children

A new test which could diagnose the exact type of urinary tract infection in 40 minutes.

Renowned sitar player Anoushka Shankar. Why is social media obsessed with nurseries and toys in muted colours? A new test which could diagnose the exact type of UTI.

Anoushka Shankar is a respected sitarist and composer who has just received two Grammy nominations for her new live album Between Us. She joins Anita to talk about the her new song, In Her Name, in memory of the young girl from Delhi, referred to as Nirbhaya, who 10 years ago was gang raped on a bus and was subjected to an attack so badly that she died from her injuries.  The  incident sent shockwaves across the world and led to the introduction of new anti-rape laws in India.

An estimated half of all women will suffer from a urinary tract infection (UTI) in their lifetime – so why has testing been such an inexact science until now? Some patients have their infections missed entirely, or, on the flipside, they receive unnecessary or incorrect antibiotics which may leave them host to an antibiotic resistant strain. But a new test could be about to change that. Dr Emma Hayhurst is part of a team of scientists developing a new test for UTIs that could provide a diagnosis in just 40 minutes.  She joins Anita, along with  Dr Agnes Arnold-Forster, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, who last year executive produced a documentary film on the experience of living with a chronic UTI.  

Why is social media obsessed with nurseries and toys in neutral, muted colours? Anita speaks to the writer and librarian Hayley DeRoche, who coined the term ‘sad beige clothes for sad beige children’. She tells us about her viral videos which skewer the beige aesthetic. And journalist Martha Alexander explains why she has resigned herself to a life of multicolour with her daughter.

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