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82 results found for '"Disease"' in Keywords.
Lucille Ball recovers from heart attack (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Paul Woodley reports on 77 year-old actress Lucille Ball’s recovery from heart surgery. Dr Robert Cass talks about the procedure, and hospital spokesman Ron Wise talks about her arrival whilst suffering a...
BHF on heart attack treatment (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Oni Bhattacharya reports on claims by the British Heart Foundation that doctors and ambulancemen could halve the number of heart attack deaths if they acted more quickly. They believe a combined response for...
Neuropathologist on BSE threat (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Simon Bowden interviews Dr. Helen Grant, a retired neuropathologist from Charing Cross and Middlesex Hospital, on Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease and the safety measures the...
Farmers’ compensation changes (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Ben Gill, NFU, about changes in the way compensation is paid to UK farmers when cattle are slaughtered due to BSE, or mad cow disease. Male reporter not identified.
Scientist warns of human mad cow link (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
A leading scientist is claiming that people are dying from an illness linked to mad cow disease. Dr Gareth Roberts says Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is often mistaken for Alzheimer’s disease, or...
World outlook (1990)
- Genre
- Advertisement; Discussion; Interview; News bulletin; Special; Speech
Sue Ingle(?) presents World Outlook, on the latest advances and topical issues in science and the environment. Looks at global warming; phytoplankton; environmental issues in South Africa; new strain of HIV...
BSE risk to cattle and humans (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Havovi Todd interviews Labour Party agriculture spokesman Dr David Clarke on the risk of Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle being passed onto humans in the form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease...
BSE risk to humans (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
Clive Myrie reports on the risk of Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) transferring to humans, Labour Party claims the Government’s compensation package to farmers for infected animals is not good...
BSE threat to British farming (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Simon Bowden reports on the dangers of BSE with Germany banning UK beef imports and lack of proper compensation to farmers for infected cattle. And on the need for research to determine if the disease can be...
German ban on British beef (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
John Fraser interviews Agriculture Minister John Gummer on his failure to get the ban on British beef lifted in West Germany following the outbreak of BSE and a meeting of EC agriculture ministers.