InsHealth: Sugar, Prescriptions, Thrush, Iron & strokes 11 Mar 14




Inside Health show

Summary: Is sugar really addictive? As the Chief Medical Health officer suggests that it is and a 'sugar tax' may have to be introduced, leading experts debate whether the white stuff on our table is really habit forming. How 40 year old research hidden away in a book has thrown new light on a link between iron deficiency and stroke. And why the clue to solving recurrent thrush may be getting the diagnosis right in the first place. Plus concern about the increase in prescription charges just announced by the government.