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Inside Health: Why is everyone ill? Can ketamine and therapy treat alcoholism?

10/01/2023

Why is everyone ill? Can ketamine and therapy treat alcoholism?

BBC Radio 4 - Inside Health, Why is everyone ill? Can ketamine and therapy treat alcoholism?

Why monitor changes in Covid viruses in China? A potential new therapy for alcoholism.

We find out why everyone seems to be sick at the moment, why scientists are worried about  buying antibiotics online and if ketamine can help free people from addiction to alcohol.

Covid and other bugs have ripped through the Inside Health team, so we find out why everyone seems to be getting sick at the moment and if we will be facing a torrent of infections for months or even years to come. We see how easy it is to buy antibiotics online and why scientists are worried about it. And can ketamine and its mind-altering powers can help free people from addiction to alcohol? 

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