Cancer in Pregnancy
One woman’s experience of getting a diagnosis of colon cancer nearly half way through her pregnancy; why football is helping the health of the homeless in Denmark.
Why one woman chose to write a comic about her experience of surgery and chemotherapy after getting a diagnosis of colon cancer nearly half way through her pregnancy.
Also on the programme how football is improving the health of homeless people in Denmark; why if your mother had gestational diabetes you are at a much increased risk of developing diabetes in later life and will the stethoscope ever be replaced by high tech hand held scanning devices?
Picture credit: Copyright: Matilda Tristam
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Cancer during pregnancy
Matilda Tristram's experience of getting a diagnosis of colon cancer during pregnancy
Duration: 09:17
Health for homeless people
How football is helping improve the health of homeless people in Denmark
Duration: 00:38
Gestational diabetes
Why your mother's gestational diabetes increases your risk of developing diabetes
Replacing the stethoscope
As new technology develops will the stethoscope ever be confined to medical history?
Duration: 08:20
Broadcasts
- Wed 27 Aug 201418:32GMTBBC World Service Online
- Thu 28 Aug 201401:32GMTBBC World Service Online
- Thu 28 Aug 201408:32GMTBBC World Service Online
- Sun 31 Aug 201404:32GMTBBC World Service Online
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