Improving global encephalitis care

提升全球脑炎诊疗水平

Health Check

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2025-02-27

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Encephalitis can be a debilitating condition, but many people have never even heard of it. A new global report looks at how we can improve diagnosis and treatment. Also on the program, new research seems to indicate that antidepressents might speed cognitive decline in dementia patients, but do they really? We take a closer look at some of the caveats. And a gene therapy for toddlers who have gone blind is showing some promise, we’ll look into what this could mean for future treatments. Presenter: Claudia Hammond Producer: Katie Tomsett and Margaret Sessa-Hawkins
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  • Now, in a moment, we're going to start with a story people might have seen in the news of the gene therapy which has helped children born blind to see again.

  • This is quite something, isn't it?

  • Oh, it's a wonderful story and really life changing potentially.

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