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Radio 4,19 Jul 2016,28 mins
Papilloedema; Cardiac death in sport; Diagnosing early miscarriage; Warfarin
Inside HealthAvailable for over a year
What is Papilloedema? The condition has been in the headlines as an optometrist was found guilty of manslaughter after missing abnormalities in the eyes of an eight year old child. Plus, Margaret McCartney debates the accuracy of screening young people for Sudden Cardiac Death in Sport. How to diagnose early miscarriage in women who are bleeding in early pregnancy? And the serendipitous story of how the anti-clotting agent warfarin was first discovered.
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