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Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team look at the latest science news. Including the news that Chris Hoy has revealed his diagnosis with terminal prostate cancer, the WHO has declared that Egypt is malaria-free, and the impact clock changes have on our perception of time. Plus, an in-depth look at the Europa Clipper, the NASA spacecraft which has begun a voyage to look for the conditions for life on one of Jupiter's moons. For support on topics covered in this programme, you can get details of organisations within the UK by visiting the BBC Action Line website - bbc.co.uk/actionline.
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there are no symptoms with prostate cancer, unless it's extremely advanced or has spread. And urinary symptoms in particular are really not a sign of prostate cancer at all.
“The chance of finding prostate cancer in a man under 50 is about one in 500. The chance of having such a lethal or aggressive cancer, as has been reported in the media, is much, much less than that.”
“we know that this change of the clocks has a really significant impact on health. So heart attacks increase in the days after the clock change. Road traffic accidents can increase as well.”
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