Health Check Episodes Episode guide
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2026/03/25 GMT
Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
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2026/03/18 GMT
Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
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Health Check
Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
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Health Check
Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
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Health Check
Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
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Surviving without lungs for 48 hours
How a man too ill to receive his lung transplant survived with an artificial one. (R)
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Are statins safer than we thought?
A new study suggests statins have far fewer side effects than we thought
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Why do some people hoard?
Claudia visits someone who describes how hoarding has taken over her life
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South African coming-of-age initiations
As 48 young men die due to complications from circumcision, what needs to change?
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Could the shingles vaccine really slow down the ageing process?
People who have had a vaccine against shingles seem to be aging more slowly
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What effect does exercise really have on depression?
New review compares exercise, medication and psychological therapy in treating depression
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China鈥檚 latest bid to boost its birth rate
What impact might taxes on contraceptives have in China?
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How can we eliminate malaria?
The big ideas and innovations that may help us one day eliminate malaria
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2025: A big year for tackling malaria
The new drugs, gadgets and vaccines making a difference
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Behind the Huntington鈥檚 disease breakthrough
The world鈥檚 first gene therapy to treat Huntington鈥檚 disease
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Shingles vaccine slows the progression of dementia
We unpick further research on the benefits of the shingles vaccine
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The risky use of skin lightening in children
A new study finds 20% of Nigerian under-5s have been exposed to skin-lightening products
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Childhood hypertension becomes more common
New study finds the prevalence of high blood pressure in childhood has doubled since 2000
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The disappearing mid-life crisis
The trend in wellbeing over our lifespans is changing, driven by unhappier young people
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Canada loses measles elimination status
Why are measles cases continuing to spread in North America and beyond?
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Cloud seeding to cut air pollution in Delhi
We hear the fallout of a failed attempt at cloud seeding to cut pollution in Delhi
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What surpassing 1.5掳C means for global health
How can we protect global health in a world that will 鈥榠nevitably鈥� warm past 1.5 degrees?
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How impostors distort medical research
How to find human and bot impostors amongst real participants in health research
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How to prioritise aid in Gaza
What impact will aid deliveries have to health in Gaza
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Immune system researchers win Nobel Prize
We explain the science behind the Nobel winners
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Creating human eggs from skin cells
How cell reprogramming might help address infertility
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Trump鈥檚 unproven claims on autism and paracetamol
We fact-check Trump鈥檚 claims that paracetamol is linked to an increased risk of autism
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More children are obese than underweight
For the first time there are more overweight than underweight children globally
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The psychology of curiosity
Astronaut Tim Peake and panel discuss if curiosity is good for us
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Have we found a better alternative to aspirin?
An alternative blood thinner is showing improvements in warding off heart attack
