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DrÌýMark PorterÌýgives listeners the low-down on what the medical profession does and doesn't know. Each week an expert in the studio tacklesÌýa particular topic and there are reports from around the UK on the health of the nation - and the NHS.
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"I spend half my week practising medicine and the other half writing and talking about it as a GP in Gloucestershire. Working on Case Notes has been a boon for both me and my patients. One of the principal aims of the programme is to keep our listeners up-to-date with the latest developments in healthcare, and to accomplish that I get to interview a wide range of specialists at the cutting edge of medicine. A rare privilege that ensures our listeners aren't the only ones to learn something new."
Mark Porter
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Hearing and Balance
Our ears are not only for hearing - they are also part of the mechanism that controls our balance.
This week in Case Notes Dr Mark Porter looks at what can go wrong with our ears and the latest ideas on treatment.
Mark's guest in the studio is Mr Jeremy Lavy, Consultant at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital inÌýLondon.
Vertigo
Vertigo is a debilitating feeling of dizziness that causes sufferers to lose balance as well as nausea and vomiting.
The condition occurs when there is a clash between the parts of the body we use to balance ourselves, some of which are found deep inside the ear. This can be caused by infection or injury.
Lesley Hilton meets vertigo sufferers whose lives have been made a misery by the condition, and finds out about treatments, including physiotherapy and eye exercises.
Tinnitus
Around 15 per cent of people will experience some form of tinnitus - sounds heard within the ear when there's no external source - during their lifetime.
The severity of the condition ranges from a temporary annoyance to a lifelong problem, causing loss of concentration, insomnia and sometimes depression.
Sufferers can try a number of treatments to alleviate the noise of tinnitus.
One of these is to listen to therapeutic sounds to distract from the tinnitus which can 'retrain' the brain to ignore the noise.
Don't Lose the Music
Elizabeth Davy, an audiologistÌýfrom the RNID tells Mark about the Don't Lose the Music campaign, which aims to persuade music lovers to consider their ears when they're enjoying their favourite tunes.
Regular concert-goers and frequentÌýusers of headphones are putting their hearing at risk by listening to music too loud.
Elizabeth explains that by turning personal stereos down one notch, or by wearing ear-plugs to loud concerts, music fans can avoid permanent damage such as tinnitus and hearing loss.
Hearwear
Of the 5 million people in the UK who would benefit from using a hearing aid, just 1.5 million are currently using them.
The RNID wants to change this statistic, and has teamed up with the Victoria and Albert Museum to mount an exhibition displaying the latest in hearing aid design.
Neil Thomas from the RNID tells Mark how he hopes the project change people's perceptions of hearing aids so that theyÌýbecome fashion items that people really want to wear. |
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