CONTINUATION OF CRITIQUE HEALTH CHECK AND HEALTHY LIVING BY JULIAN KAMAU. BBC

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11th October 2010

On this day, Claudia was talking about Parkinson’s disease. On today’s show, she does not have any guest but she uses vox pox to interview dr.haydeh payami who had discovered some treatment for the disease. He had identified genes that can reduce the symptoms of the disease when stimulated by caffeine, smoking or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. For example brufen. He explained the causes of the disease and how it affected the society. He therefore expressed optimism that a future drug treatment could be identified that could help a large amount of sick people to alleviate symptoms.

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15th October 2010

On this day James Okumu and Kate Kiboro were talking about a condition called fibroids. Kate explained that fibroid is a condition that affected only women. She explained that fibroids were kind of growths that developed at the lining of the uterus and can become very serious to the extent of causing infertility. She encouraged women to always go for check ups and explained that the causes of fibroids are not yet known hence it was very important to always go for testing. This show was quite educative and the I really enjoyed it.

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18th October 2010

On this day, Claudia speaks to the organizers of the Hajj in Saudi Arabia about their experiences of keeping large crowds safe from disease. The organizers explain that it is very important to protect people from diseases that could be spread when large crowds of people are gathered together. The leader of the organizers explained that the chances of spreading diseases when people are gathered together in large crowds are very high. He explained that they had taken measures to prevent this by first of all doing check ups on people who were going to meet together, they also offer masks for people to put on during the gatherings. He also explained of a spray that could be sprayed at the venue of such gatherings and it could be sustained for at least 6hours.

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22nd October 2010

This being October, the cancer month, the topic of discussion was breast cancer. Kate kiboro educated the audience on what cancer is, its causes and how it can be prevented. She explained that cancer was a condition whereby growths developed at any part of a person’s body; she explained it as an increase in body cells. She further explained that cancer was caused by a variety of reasons. Taking too much of processed foods, this is because they contain chemicals, working in a highly polluted environment and especially with chemicals, intake of too much alcohol and it could also be hereditary. She said that one can prevent themselves from cancer by going for check ups, avoiding processed foods, alcohol and working in a polluted environment. She explained that treatment is normally through chemotherapy and radiation when it is not too widespread. She however explained that treatment is yet to be found.

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25th October 2010
On this day, Claudia interviews Ad Kerkhof a clinical psychologist at VU University who has devised treatments for people who are excessive worriers. He explains to Claudia Hammond how the simple mental exercises involve deliberately concentrating on the worries for a fixed amount of time each day. He adds that anyone can do the exercises themselves without the need for a therapist. Claudia also discusses about how a billion people go to bed hungry each night, and 90% of them are chronically malnourished. Claudia also discusses how best to deliver high quality and tasty food to the hungry with Martin Bloem the chief of nutrition and HIV/AIDS at the UN world food programme.
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29th October 2010
On this day James Okumu and d Nancy were discussing on how one should take their meals. Kate explained that taking proportionally balanced meals was important. She explained that one should take quite a heavy breakfast, and then take a sizeable amount of food at lunch time and a very light meal during dinner. She further explained that all this three meals should contain equal amounts of vitamins, proteins and carbohydrates. She warned the audience against taking heavy meals during dinner as the food will not be digested well since on is asleep and they are therefore not active hence the metabolic rate is low. James Okumu really enjoyed the show especially on this day because he had never heard of this before. He kept asking Kate questions on his context and on his experiences.
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1ST November 2010
On this day, Claudia was discussing about women and the time in which they should conceive. She explained of a research report that stated that if you’re a woman your ability to conceive in your 30s or 40s might be affected by your blood type. An American study had found that women with the most common blood group that is group O have higher levels of a certain chemical called FSH which suggests they have fewer eggs left than the women with type A or B blood. Fertility expert Professor Simon Fishel talks to Claudia Hammond on this issue and explains further on how this could be prevented. Prof. Simon advised women to consider giving birth in their 20’s to avoid this inconvenience. Claudia was quite disturbed by this results and she probed the prof. for more questions and the validity of the results. I personally found the results too strange because this will lead women to getting wrong partners and getting pregnant at an early age for fear of never conceiving.