Video Titles

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
(HYPERTENSION)
Since the making of this programme, The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) released new guideline on June 28 th 2006 .Please discuss your medication with your own Doctor.

IRRITABLE BOWEL
SYNDROME (IBS)

MIGRAINE

OESOPHAGITIS &
HIATUS HERNIA

PARKINSONS DISEASE (for Patients)

PARKINSONS DISEASE (for Healthcare Professionals)

PEPTIC ULCERS

PROBLEMS WITH FERTILITY

SHINGLES

STROKES

ULCERATIVE COLITIS

WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
ACNE (Back to Top)

How acne is caused by the oil-producing glands in your skin (and not by your diet or hygiene!).
How the zits and pimples of acne develop, and how to recognise each stage.
Things you can do to control and reduce your acne.
Details of the different types of treatment available for acne including antiseptic lotions, antibiotics, retinoids and other options.
Whether pimples should be squeezed and when and how to do it.
When to go to your doctor for assessment and help.
(39 minutes)
This video won BMA certificate of Educational Merit

ACTIVE CARE HOME (Back to Top)

Government legislation puts effective social activities right at the heart of good quality care.
The Active Care Home is a guide to getting started, finding the right people and making the most of resources in the home and the community around you.
With advice on special conditions such as dementia and depression, the programme details the benefits for residents, for staff and for the whole environment of the home. The Active Care Home is presented by Pauline Collins.
(26 minutes)

ANGINA (Back to Top)

How the pain of angina is caused when your heart doesn't get enough oxygen.
That angina does not mean that you are about to have a heart attack.
How angina is caused by narrowing in the arteries of your heart (atherosclerosis) and the factors that help it develop and progress.
The many different treatment options that help in angina including details of all the current medications and a discussion of the surgical options.
Things you can do to help control your own angina and live more fully with it.
The warning signs of your angina becoming uncontrolled and when to go to the nearest emergency department.
(46 minutes)

ALZHEIMER'S (Back to Top)

Caring for the person with Alzheimer's is a comprehensive guide to best practice for care workers. Featuring interviews with care workers and people with the condition, the programme is in three parts:
Part one - covering diagnosis and symptoms. How Alzheimer's will show in the person physically and mentally and how to distinguish these symptoms from other unrelated conditions.
Part two - the effects of medication. Drug treatment, the benefits and a comprehensive guide to possible side-effects.
Part three - all aspects of caring for the whole person. Creating an environment where individual attention and trust are cornerstones of best practice.
The programme is presented by Dr Rosemary Leonard and written and directed by Dr Graeme Garden is designed to update the skills of practicing care workers as well as training staff new to this important area.
(41 minutes)

ANXIETY, PHOBIAS & PANIC ATTACKS (Back to Top)

What anxiety is and how it may cause harm.
The different types of anxiety, phobias and panic attacks.
Medications that help anxiety states.
Counselling and therapy techniques to help anxiety states.
Where you can get more information and help.
(42 minutes)

ASTHMA (Back to Top)

What asthma is and how it causes your sudden bouts of breathlessness and coughing.
The things that predispose you to getting asthma attacks and the factors (including those in your surroundings) that may trigger your bouts of asthma.
Details of all the different types of treatment available for asthma including medications taken by puffer, aerosol, inhaler or tablet.
A demonstration of the correct way to use a puffer and how to use a peak flow meter.
Things you can do to control and reduce your asthma and live more fully with it. How to recognise when your asthma is getting out of control and potentially serious and when to go to the nearest emergency department.
(24 minutes)
This video won BMA Bronze Award

BLADDER PROBLEMS (Back to Top)

In this video co presented by John Cleese and Dr Rob Buckman you will hear from three patients who suffer from Bladder Problems. They explain the difficulties and embarrassments they face in coping with their symptoms in everyday situations and how they have overcome them.
Dr Buckman then explains clearly and simply what Bladder Problems are, how common they are what the causes and symptoms are like and what treatments are available. He explains the differences between Stress, Functional, Overflow and Reflex incontinence. He discusses various things you can do for yourself such as Kegel exercises and what medications and surgical interventions are available. Finally he tells you how to get more information and help.

BREAST CANCER (Back to Top)

Which type of surgery is most appropriate in your case.
Whether the chance of the breast cancer recurring (coming back) is high or low.
Whether treatment after surgery is needed or not.
What types of treatment are used after surgery and what the options are in your case.
What radiotherapy is like and whether it is needed in your case.
What chemotherapy is like and how it is given if it is needed. What hormone therapy is like.
Whether hormone replacement therapy can be used later on.
How to get more information, help and support.
(80 minutes)

CANCER OF THE PROSTATE (Back to Top)

Where the prostate gland is in the body and what it does.
How cancer of the prostate may cause symptoms.
How cancer of the prostate is diagnosed and assessed.
Different methods of treating prostate cancer, including surgery, radiotherapy and hormone treatments.
Effects that may happen after the various types of treatment.
Why, in some cases, immediate treatment may not be recommended.
Where to get further information and help.
(34 minutes)

CANCER PAIN (Back to Top)

How cancer may cause different types of pain.
Why it is important to find out exactly what your pain is caused by.
The different methods of treating cancer pains.
What pain-killers (analgesics) are and how they should be used for the most effective pain control.
How to cope with any side effects such as constipation and nausea.
How to talk to the people around you including your medical team.
How to get support, help and more information.
(49 minutes)

CARE STANDARDS (Back to Top)

The Government's new National care standards legislation, effective in April 2002, is designed to raise standards across the industry.
This programme is a guide for you, the care home owner / manager, to prepare you for the new initiatives.
Introduced by Dr Rosemary Leonard (BBC Morning), and written by Dr Graeme Garden, the programme outlines each proposal and its impact, and suggests strategies to ensure your care meets and exceeds the new standards
(25 minutes)

CERVICAL SMEAR (PAP TEST) & ITS RESULTS (Back to Top)
With Dr Miriam Stoppard

What the cervical smear (Pap test) is for.
What having a Pap test is like.
What the Pap test may show.
What if the Pap test result is not normal?
How often the routine Pap test should be repeated.
How to reduce your chance of developing problems with the cervix.
(43 minutes)

CHOLESTEROL (Back to Top)

What is cholesterol anyway and how does it do damage?
Cholesterol and the different types of fat in food
How some problems with cholesterol run in families
How cholesterol problems are diagnosed
How to change what you eat in order to reduce your cholesterol level
Other things you can do to reduce the risk of heart problems
Where you can get more information and help.
(43 minutes)

CHRONIC BRONCHITIS & EMPHYSEMA (Back to Top)

How lung damage over a long period of time can cause either chronic bronchitis or emphysema (or both).
How your chronic bronchitis or emphysema causes the symptoms and the breathing problems that you experience.
Details of the different types of treatment available for chronic bronchitis or emphysema including all the types of medication given by puffer, aerosol or tablet.
All about oxygen therapy and how it might help people with particular types of problems.
Things you can do to reduce the possibility of further lung damage and live more fully with your lung problems.
When to go to your doctor for assessment and help.
(30 minutes)

CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKAEMIA (CLL) (Back to Top)

What CLL is.
How CLL usually develops slowly and fluctuates over many years.
How CLL may, at some times, cause symptoms and how to recognise them.
Medications used to treat CLL and how they are used.
Infections and how to reduce the chance of getting them.
Shingles and CLL.
Where to get further information and help.
(43 minutes)

COLOSTOMIES, ILEOSTOMIES & UROSTOMIES (Back to Top)

What a stoma (a colostomy, an ileostomy or a urostomy) is and why stomas are sometimes needed.
How your stoma is made by your surgeon.
The different types of fittings and bags that are available for you.
A demonstration by a person with a stoma of how to change the fittings and the bag.
Things you can do to control the function of your stoma so that it doesn't interfere with your life.
A frank and detailed interview with a person who has an ileostomy about how a normal sex life is possible.
Organisations, associations and self-help groups that are there to help and support you.
(31 minutes)

This video won BMA certificate of Educational Merit

CONSTIPATION (Back to Top)

How the digestive tract and bowels work and how they should work.
What constipation is and how it is caused.
The symptoms and the effects of constipation.
How changes in diet and lifestyle can effectively remedy constipation.
Medications that may be used at the beginning to help constipation.
When to seek medical advice and treatment.
(35 minutes)

CONTRACEPTION (Back to Top)

How conception happens and how the different methods of contraception work.
How to use condoms effectively and safely.
How to use caps and diaphragms effectively and safely.
The different types of birth control pills and how they are used.
Other hormone methods of contraception.
Surgical methods (vasectomy or tubal ligation).
Other methods of contraception.
Methods of emergency contraception. Protection against venereal diseases and HIV
The failure rates of all the different methods of contraception.
Where to get further advice.
(62 minutes)

CONTROLLING YOUR WEIGHT (Back to Top)
Does your weight really matter?
How being over weight may cause medical problems.
A simple way to find out if you are overweight or not.
How much weight should you lose?
Full details of how to change your eating habits (acceptably!) to lose weight - and keep it off.
Other things that may help to lose weight (including medications and surgery if needed).
(57 minutes)

CROHN'S DISEASE (Back to Top)

What Crohn's disease is and what is known about its causes.
How Crohn's disease develops and how it causes the symptoms and
problems that you experience.
How to tell whether your Crohn's disease is mild, moderate or severe.
All about the different types of treatment available for Crohn's disease including details of the medications available and how to use them - together with a full discussion of their advantages and disadvantages.
When a surgical operation might be needed and how it would help you.
How to recognise severe attacks of Crohn's disease and when to get urgent medical help.
(24 minutes)

CYSTIC FIBROSIS (Back to Top)

How CF is an inherited condition (and not caused by any person or other factor).
How the genetic defect of CF causes the symptoms of the condition.
How the diagnosis is made.
What CF means for the future of your child and your family.
Medications that are used to help CF.
Things that you and your child can do to help.
Potential treatments being evaluated for people with CF.
Where to get more information and help.
(36 minutes)

CYSTITIS (Back to Top)
With Dr Miriam Stoppard

How cystitis (urinary infection) is caused - and why it happens more frequently in women than in men.
Infections caused by bacteria - how they cause symptoms, how they are diagnosed and treated.
Cystitis without bacteria - possible causes and treatment approaches.
Full details of things you can do to prevent recurring attacks of cystitis.
(37 minutes)

DEPRESSION (Back to Top)

What depression is - and how it differs from "feeling a bit low"?
The things that may predispose you to depression and the factors that often trigger an episode of depression.
Full details of all the symptoms and problems that depression may cause.
Details of the different types of treatment available for depression including psychotherapy, psychiatric help and medication - with a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Things you can do to help control your depression and to live more fully despite the changes in your mood.
When to go to your doctor for assessment and help.
(30 minutes)

DIABETES (WHEN INSULIN IS REQUIRED) (Back to Top)

What diabetes is all about - and why insulin is needed in your case.
The different types of insulin (short-acting long-acting and others) and the basic idea of using them.
Demonstration (with full details explained) of how to give insulin injections to yourself.
How to test your own blood (demonstration included) and measure your blood glucose levels.
How to change your eating habits and exercise to cope most easily with your diabetes.
Emergencies in diabetes.
Where you can get more information and help.
(82 minutes)

DIABETES (WHEN INSULIN IS NOT REQUIRED) (Back to Top)

What diabetes is all about - and why most people do not need insulin.
Why weight loss is so important in controlling Diabetes (and can even be all that is needed).
How to you change your diet to improve your diabetes.
The various types of medications that are used to treat diabetes.
How to test your own blood (demonstration included) and measure your blood glucose levels.
Emergencies in diabetes.
Where you can get more information and help.
(68 minutes)

EAR INFECTIONS & GLUE EAR (Back to Top)

How ear infections are caused and why they are so common in young children.
How long-term (chronic) problems such as "glue ear" can develop after infections and may cause hearing difficulties.
How to tell if your child has difficulty with hearing.
Details of the different types of treatment available for ear infections.
How your child can be tested to see if long-term problems have developed.
The treatment options that can be used for long term ear problems - including drainage tubes.
When to go to your doctor for assessment and help with your child's hearing.
(24 minutes)

ECZEMA (Back to Top)

How eczema is a type of inflammation of the skin (dermatitis).
How the tendency to develop eczema is inherited and how eczema usually starts in early childhood.
The factors that sometimes trigger episodes of eczema in susceptible people.
The symptoms of eczema and how they are caused.
Medications that are used to treat eczema.
How to reduce the chance of getting episodes of eczema, and how to reduce the severity and duration of episodes that have started.
How eczema often clears up completely after some years.
Where to get more information and help.
(34 minutes)

ENLARGED PROSTATE (Back to Top)

What the prostate is and what it does.
Why the prostate becomes enlarged - and why this has nothing whatever to do with cancer of the prostate.
How enlargement of the prostate can cause problems for you.
How the enlarged prostate can be treated including full details of the various surgery options and non-surgical hormone treatments.
Side effects and after-effects of the different types of treatment.
(33 minutes)

EPILEPSY (Back to Top)

What a seizure (or "fit") is.
How seizures may be caused.
How epilepsy is diagnosed and the tests that may be needed.
Medications to control epilepsy.
Lifestyle changes that help.
What other people can do for someone who has a fit.
When driving - and other activities - are safe.
Where to get further information and help.
(46 minutes)

FEEDING YOUR BABY (Back to Top
With Dr Miriam Stoppard

How the breast manufactures and releases milk when your baby feeds.
Everything you need to know about breast feeding (including demonstrations).
Everything you need to know about bottle feeding and formula (including demonstrations).
How to be sure that everything is going well.
Weaning your baby onto solid foods - the three phases and what supplements are required.
(36 minutes)

HEART ATTACKS (Back to Top)

What a heart attack is and how it is caused.
How to recognise the earliest signs of heart attack and what to do.
Understanding the treatment in the first few hours.
Understanding recovery and rehabilitation.
What treatment may be helpful in the long term.
How you can help yourself recover from your heart attack.
What changes in your diet and lifestyle may reduce the chance of having another heart attack.
Where to get more information and help.
(43 minutes)

HEPATITIS (Back to Top)

What hepatitis is and how the three main types of hepatitis are caused by viruses (Hepatitis A, B and C).
How the viruses that cause the three main types of hepatitis are transmitted and cause illness.
What the symptoms of hepatitis are like.
How the diagnosis is made.
What you should do while an attack of hepatitis is going on and what treatment is available to help if necessary.
How to reduce the risk of your giving hepatitis to other people or becoming infected with another type of hepatitis yourself.
How the virus may cause long-term liver damage in some people and how that problem may be recognised.
All about immunisation and how it may help prevent hepatitis.
Where to get more information and help.
(43 minutes)

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE (HYPERTENSION) (Back to Top)

What high blood pressure (hypertension) is and how it is caused.
Why hypertension might not cause any symptoms that you notice yourself, and may be detected only when your blood pressure is measured.
How to understand those blood pressure measurements that doctors and nurses are always talking about!
The long-term problems that hypertension sometimes causes - including heart problems and strokes.
Full details of all the different types of treatment available for hypertension including a full discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of each one.
Things that you can do to help control your blood pressure, and how to live more fully
and longer with it.
(31 minutes)

HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY (Back to Top)
(FOR WOMEN AT OR AFTER THE MENOPAUSE)

What menopause is.
How the menopause may cause the symptoms that you experience and how it may also cause long-term medical problems (including heart problems and osteoporosis).
Whether you are at high risk or low risk for developing osteoporosis.
The advantages of hormone replacement therapy.
The disadvantages of hormone replacement therapy.
How you and your doctor together can decide whether hormone replacement therapy is for you or not.
The different types of hormone replacement therapy available - and how they are used.
(49 minutes)

IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME (IBS) (Back to Top)

What IBS is and how it causes you to have symptoms and problems.
How IBS is caused by spasm of the muscles in the wall of the bowel.
How the diagnosis of IBS is made.
How IBS may be treated - both by medical treatment and by changes in your diet and lifestyle.
Where to get more information and help.
(40 minutes)

LEG ULCERS (Back to Top)

What leg ulcers are - and how they are caused.
The different types of circulatory problems that cause them.
How to tell whether your ulcers are caused by problems in the veins or in the arteries.
All about the treatment of leg ulcers including a detailed demonstration by a nurse - specialist and a person with leg ulcers of how ulcers are cleaned and dressed.
Things you can and should do to help your leg ulcers to heal and to reduce the chance of getting more ulcers.
The “do's and don’ts" of good care of your legs and skin.
(32 minutes)

MIGRAINE (Back to Top)

What migraine is - and how it is caused.
The things that may predispose you to getting migraine, and the things that may trigger your own attacks of migraine headache.
The different types of migraine - and how to recognise them.
Details of the different types of treatment available for migraine including details of their advantages and disadvantages.
Medications that may prevent future migraine attacks.
Things you can do to try and prevent migraine, to control attacks once they have started and to live more fully despite your migraine.
When to go to your doctor for assessment and help.
(42 minutes)

OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD) (Back to Top)

How OCD is a true psychiatric condition and not a voluntary behaviour pattern chosen by the patient.
Details of the symptoms of OCD (obsessive and compulsive symptoms) and how they may interfere with daily life.
How the diagnosis of OCD is made.
Therapy and lifestyle changes that may help the symptoms.
Medications that may be used to help.
Where to get more information and help.
(30 minutes)

OESOPHAGITIS & HIATUS HERNIA (Back to Top)

What oesophagitis is and how it is caused.
How a hiatus hernia may contribute to oesophagitis.
The symptoms of oesophagitis and how to recognise them.
How oesophagitis is diagnosed.
Medications that may help with oesophagitis.
How to change your diet and lifestyle to reduce future problems with oesophagitis.
(36 minutes)

OSTEOARTHRITIS (Back to Top)

What arthritis is and how it develops in joints after long term "wear and tear".
The things that make it more likely that a particular joint will get osteoarthritis.
How osteoarthritis progresses, and how it causes the symptoms and problems that you experience.
Details of the different types of treatment available for osteoarthritis including medications to reduce pain, or to reduce inflammation, physical aids to reduce symptoms and increase mobility and function.
The types of surgical operations used for severe osteoarthritis - and how and when they may help you.
Things you can do to control and reduce the problems your osteoarthritis causes - and how to live more fully with it.
When to go to your doctor for assessment and help.
(36 minutes)

PARKINSON'S DESEASE (Back to Top)

Version For The Health Care Professionals

Communications skills in clinical practice are fundamental in building a trusting relationship between doctor and patient.
In this video, Dr Rob Buckman, talks about your patient with Parkinson's disease and helps you to understand their needs and expectations.
Dr Buckman introduces his SPIKES protocol for delivering the diagnosis and goes on to discuss various coping strategies, and the multi disciplinary approach to caring for your patient with Parkinson's.
Using interviews with people with Parkinson's to illustrate each point; this video is an invaluable aide memoire for you as your relationship with your patient develops.
(33 minutes)

Version For Patients And Their Families

If you, or someone you care for, has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, understanding what is going on really can help.
In this video John Cleese and DR Rob Buckman give you the information you need in a reassuring and easy to understand format, talking about symptoms, diagnosis, treatment options and, most importantly, where you can go for help.
In conversation with Dr Buckman, people with Parkinson's talk candidly about how the condition has affected their lives, and optimistically about the future. Their message is clear, " you're not responsible for the state you're in, but you are responsible for the way you live your life"
(30 minutes)

PEPTIC ULCERS (Back to Top)

How the stomach and the duodenum work.
How acid produced normally in the stomach may be associated with injury to the wall of the stomach or duodenum - and the formation of an ulcer.
How an ulcer in the wall of the stomach or duodenum may cause you symptoms.
How ulcers may be treated - including the full details of how the various treatments are used and effects they may cause.
How to decrease your chance of getting a further ulcer in the future.
(43 minutes)

PROBLEMS WITH FERTILITY (Back to Top)

How conception usually occurs.
The definition of problems with fertility (or ' infertility’). The various factors that may go wrong and cause problems with fertility (male, female or both).
The tests that may be recommended to identify the cause of the fertility problem.
How to select the time of intercourse in order to maximize the chance of conception.
Procedures and medications that may restore fertility depending on the cause of the problem.
In vitro fertilisation - when it's useful and what to expect.
Where to get more information and help.
(49 minutes)

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (Back to Top)

What rheumatoid arthritis is and how it is different from all other kinds of arthritis.
How rheumatoid arthritis is caused and the factors that may predispose you to getting it (which have nothing to do with stress, personality or lifestyle!)
How rheumatoid arthritis causes the symptoms and the problems that you experience.
Details of the different types of treatment available including medications that control inflammation that control the disease itself - together with a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of each treatment.
Physical aids and exercises to help you increase your mobility and decrease the symptoms of your arthritis, and to help you live more fully with it.
The different types of surgical operations that can be used to help people with rheumatoid arthritis and how and when they might help you.
(61 minutes)

SCHIZOPHRENIA (Back to Top)

Understanding the illness of schizophrenia.
The symptoms of schizophrenia (the ‘positive’ and the ‘negative’ symptoms).
What may happen next - how the condition may resolve or progress.
How schizophrenia is treated.
Support for people with schizophrenia.
For the caregiver: How to help and cope with a family member with schizophrenia.
Emergencies - how to prevent them and how to deal with them.
How to get more information and help.
(68 minutes)

SHINGLES (Back to Top)

How shingles are caused by the reactivation of the virus of chicken-pox which has been dormant since childhood.
How shingles develops and how it heals.
What symptoms can be caused by shingles and what to watch out for.
How treatment for shingles works and why it must be started as soon as possible.
How shingles can sometimes cause long-term pain after it heals.
How pain after shingles can be treated and how you can cope with it.
Why shingles cannot be caught from someone else or transmitted to anybody who has had chickenpox.
(29 minutes)

STRESS (Back to Top)

What 'stress' really is - and how it is caused.
The symptoms and potential damage of excessive stress.
Factors that make stress and its symptoms worse.
How to reorganise your life to reduce stresses that are avoidable.
Specific techniques that will help you cope with stresses that are unavoidable.
Changes in lifestyle that will minimise the impact of stress. How to get more information, help and support.
(53 minutes)

STROKES (Back to Top)

What a stroke is and how it is caused.
The early signs of stroke or of a warning episode.
What decides whether a stroke will cause a major problem or a minor one.
Understanding recovery from a stroke.
Learning how to cope with any residual difficulties such as weakness.
How to do daily activities such as washing and dressing.
How to detect the early signs of further trouble.
How to minimise the chance of having another stroke.
How to get more information and help.
(49 minutes)

THRUSH AND YEAST INFECTIONS (Back to Top)
With Dr Miriam Stoppard

The micro-organisms that cause yeast infections and thrush.
Yeast infection (thrush) of the vagina - symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.
Yeast infection (thrush) of the mouth and throat - symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.
Yeast infections of the skin and nails - symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.
How you can reduce the chance of getting further yeast infections.
How to get further information.
(35 minutes)

ULCERATIVE COLITIS (Back to Top)

What ulcerative colitis is and what is known about its cause.
How ulcerative colitis develops and how it causes the symptoms and problems that you experience.
How to tell whether your ulcerative colitis is mild, moderate or severe.
All about the different types of treatment available for ulcerative colitis including medications available together with a full discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of the treatments and exact details of how to use the medications.
How and when a surgical operation might be needed and might help you.
How to recognise severe attacks of ulcerative colitis and when to get urgent medical help.
(29 minutes)