Alcohol pricing, Phages, Cervical smears, Swaddling and hips, Smart beds - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

from 2013-03-19T21:30

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The evidence behind minimum pricing of alcoholic drinks in England and Wales - putting the political debate aside, does it actually work?

Could harnessing the power of phages - naturally occurring viruses that prey on bacteria - help fight the threat posed by growing resistance to antibiotics?Plus a follow up on last week's item about Cervical smears - if women in their late 60s are among those most likely to develop cancer of the cervix, why aren't they included in the national screening programme?

And babies' hips - concerns that the resurgence of swaddling is leading to abnormalhip development.

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