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EPISODE · Jul 1, 2014 · 27 MIN

Statins; improving cancer survival rates; reflux and heartburn; recycling medicines.

from Inside Health · host BBC Radio 4

Dr Mark Porter returns with a new series to address confusion about statins for healthy people rather than patients. Statins have hit the headlines as doctors debate the draft recommendation from NICE to lower the threshold for offering statins, which could mean millions more will be taking them.And Mark Porter turns patient when he is investigated for persistent heartburn. Plus should GPs who miss cancers be named and shamed and why drugs can't be recycled.

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