Ulcer script

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ULCER BUG (running time = 1:48)

SUGGESTED INTRO: YOU MAY NOT WANT TO WASTE YOUR MONEY ON OVER-THE-COUNTER REMEDIES FOR WHAT SEEMS LIKE THE ONSET OF STOMACH ULCERS. DOCTORS NOW SAY MOST ULCERS ARE CAUSED BY A BACTERIUM THAT MUST BE ELIMINATED WITH ANTIBIOTICS. MORE IN THIS REPORT:

VIDEO: Doctor looks at x-rays.

VOICEOVER: STOMACH ULCERS CAN BE CURED, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE YOUR DOCTOR TO DO IT.

VIDEO: Graphic of H. Pylori bacterium.

VOICEOVER: THAT'S BECAUSE IT TAKES ANTIBIOTICS TO KILL THE REAL CAUSE OF ULCERS, A BACTERIUM CALLED HELICOBACTER PYLORI.

VIDEO: Endoscopic pictures of ulcerated stomach.

VOICEOVER: DOCTOR ART McCULLOUGH IS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE AND A GASTROENTEROLOGIST AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY IN CLEVELAND.

SOT & SUGGESTED SUPER:

ART McCULLOUGH, CWRU ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE

(OUTCUE: "... rather than just treating its symptoms.") (:16)

VIDEO: Wide shot of Dr. McCullough.

VOICEOVER: H. PYLORI IS PRESENT IN NEARLY ALL PEOPLE WITH DUODENAL AND GASTRIC ULCERS. SO HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE INFECTED WITH H. PYLORI?.

VIDEO: Close-up of H. Pylori blood test kit.

VOICEOVER: A SIMPLE BLOOD TEST, WHEN GIVEN BY YOUR DOCTOR CAN DETECT THE BACTERIUM IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. IF H. PYLORI IS FOUND, THE DOCTOR PROBES THE STOMACH FOR ULCERS WITH AN ENDOSCOPE.

VIDEO: Video of Dr. McCullough holding photo prints of ulcerated stomach.

[NAT SOUND FROM B-ROLL] (OUTCUE: "... and cure the ulcer.") (:08)

VOICEOVER: WHEN YOU CONSIDER MONEY SPENT ON DRUGSTORE REMEDIES AND TIME SPENT IN DISCOMFORT, DOCTOR McCULLOUGH SAYS THAT ULCER SUFFERERS ARE MUCH BETTER OFF SEEKING MEDICAL TREATMENT AT THE ONSET OF THEIR PROBLEM.

THIS IS DAVE NAROSNY REPORTING FROM CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, CLEVELAND.

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