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1 online resource (streaming video file) (57 min. 35 sec.) ; 331227765 bytes |
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*Adult Themes**This program depicts surgical procedures*What impact can we have on our own outcomes? In this episode we meet mother of four Annie and her husband Gerry from Perth as they face the toughest day of their lives. Annie has aggressive breast cancer in one breast, but she has made the decision to have both her breasts removed to give herself the best chance of living cancer-free.Ron Ryan from Daylesford Victoria takes his mum Jane for some tests to discover why she's been having problems with her memory. Together they hear the 'scary words' that make up Jane's diagnosis.Bowel cancer is one of a handful of cancers that is preventable through screening. Good friends Peter and Tom make a day of getting their colonoscopies done.In the neonatal ward where extremely premature babies fight for life, a young mother holds her eight day old newborn for the very first time.Sixty four year old Larry McCarthur is obese... a problem affecting nearly one third of all adult Australians. Larry weighs more than 160 kilos. He suffers severe osteoarthritis in his knees and can barely walk 20 steps. Today he hopes that will change when he undergoes a gastric sleeve operation. The surgery will reduce the size of his stomach to a little wider than a garden hose.PRODUCTION DETAILS:7 x 60 minutes. ITV Studios Australia. Executive Producer Karen Dewey. Series Producer Elle Gibbons. ITV Head of Content Ben Ulm. ABC Commissioning Editor Matt Scully. ABC Head Factual Steve Bibb.#KeepingAustraliaAlive |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2016-03-29 at 20:30:00 |
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Classification: M |
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Liverpool Hospital (N.S.W.)
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Breast -- Cancer.
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Emergency medical services.
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Gastric fundus -- Surgery.
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Neonatal intensive care -- Psychological aspects.
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Breast -- Cancer.
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New South Wales -- Sydney.
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Streaming video
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