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Health Check: Keeping hospitals open in Khartoum

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Keeping hospitals open in Khartoum

2023/05/03 GMT

BBC World Service - Health Check, Keeping hospitals open in Khartoum

Doctors working in Sudan share the latest from the ongoing conflict

Doctors in Sudan; High blood pressure in young people; Physical exercise for Parkinson’s disease; Early diagnosis of Parkinson’s; Burst of brain activity during death

Medical professionals in Khartoum tell us how they are managing to continue their work to treat people in hospitals despite the ongoing violence in Sudan. Some hospitals are out of service and doctors say they are struggling to secure medical supplies.

There is evidence that high blood pressure in young people in England is going undiagnosed, and levels are rising in the USA. Dr Graham Easton looks at the latest. He also discusses new research which may lead to earlier diagnosis of the degenerative condition Parkinson’s disease by testing for a build-up of abnormal proteins. 

Ian Temple has Parkinson’s disease, but that hasn’t stopped him dancing. He is part of a group run by the English National Ballet for people with Parkinson’s. We hear from a dance class, and Elke Kalbe, Professor of medical psychology at the University of Cologne, explains how physical exercise like this might benefit people with the condition.

And have you ever heard someone with a near death experience recount that their life flashed before their eyes? We discuss new neuroscience which might explain the phenomenon.

Image credit: Ahmed Satti/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Presenter: Claudia Hammond	
Producer: Clare Salisbury

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