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Doctor in the House: 5 Interesting Health News of 2016

Dr George Lee, Consultant Urologist | Dr Premitha Damodaran, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist

16-Dec-16 16:00

Doctor in the House: 5 Interesting Health News of 2016

Dr George Lee returns to discuss the latest medical news. In this episode, consultant  Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Dr Premitha Damodaran joins Dr George and Meera Sivasothy to discuss five health-related news stories that made the headlines in 2016, including a hormone injection for male contraception and the possible link between the usage of talcum powder and ovarian cancer, among others. 

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0:00 - Intro

1:44 - Enzalutamide: Hormone therapy for prostate cancer

14:04 - Talc and ovarian cancer

22:47 - Hormone injection contraception for men

33:06 - "Female Viagra"

42:45 - Women and mental health


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Tags:  health and livingenzaludamidehormone treatmentprostate cancermale contraceptive injectionfemale viagraaddyiflibanserinviagrasildenafiltalctalcum powderovarian cancercarcinogensmental healthwomendepressiongender discriminationgender bias





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