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Aug 2017
27m 51s

Antibiotics, Lung Cancer, Dying of a Bro...

Bbc Radio 4
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Margaret McCartney unpicks recent headlines suggesting its okay not to finish your antibiotics; Lung Cancer screening in the high risk; Can you die a broken heart? Evidence suggests this is a real condition called Takotsubo syndrome and is much more common than previously thought. And gender bias in trials.

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