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show first aired April 30, 2009
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Ever since the first rumblings of the Bird Flu early in the decade, health and government officials have been gearing up for a possible flu pandemic. Now a developing story have sparked fears that one may be around the corner. On this week’s Health Show, a quick look at the current Swine Flu outbreak. Then we’ll hear about another condition that some are calling an epidemic: premature birth. There’s new hope that a simple test can be developed to identify aggressive prostate cancer. And we’ll listen to a Health Show story from 2004 by a reporter who has now been jailed as a spy in Iran.
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HERE COMES THE SWINE FLU
As this program was being recorded, news of the Swine Flu outbreak in Mexico was just breaking. So far Mexico has hundreds of reported cases of swine influenza A / H-1N-1and many have died. The European Union urged against travel to the US and Mexico in response to the growing number of cases. President Obama called the outbreak “a cause for concern” but not alarm. Bob Barrett reports.
Here is the CDC page on the Swine Flu outbreak.
A Premature Epidemic?
While we await more news on a potential flu pandemic, there’s word of another condition that’s being called an epidemic: premature birth. Dr. Craig Rubens is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital and the Executive Director of the Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth. We spoke recently and I mentioned that the CEO of Seattle Children’s recently called premature birth a worldwide epidemic, including in the US...and that came as a bit of a surprise.
Help For Identifying Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Each year, about 200-thousand men are diagnosed with prostate cancer. Currently, it is very difficult to know when prostate cancer will require aggressive treatment to prevent it from spreading or when a wait-and-see approach is advisable for the patient. Here is Andi McDonnell with more.
Roxana Saberi - AIDS In Iran
UPDATE: ON MAY 11, 2009, ROXANA SABERI WAS FREED FROM PRISON!
Roxana Saberi is a US born journalist who holds joint US/Iranian citizenship. Since 2003 she has been living and working in Iran. She was recently arrested and convicted of spying for the United States and has been sentenced to eight years in prison. Her father reports she has begun a hunger strike. President Obama strongly denies Saberi is a spy...and Secretary of State Clinton is working to have her freed. If you are not familiar with Roxana’s work, here is a story she filed for The Health Show on AIDS in Iran back in 2004.
You can read more about efforts to free Roxana here.
Read Roxana's Wikipedia page here.
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