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Health Check Episodes

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    Health Check Loneliness Part 1

    How does social media and friendship influence the development of loneliness?

  2. Neuromyths

    Claudia Hammond explores some common myths in neuroscience

  3. Why Does It Take Longer to Get to Hospital in Poorer Areas of America?

    The study looking at longer ambulance response times in lower income US neighbourhoods

  4. Does a Fifth of the Dose of the Yellow Fever Vaccine Work?

    A clever way of getting round the shortage in yellow fever vaccine supplies

  5. World’s First Baby Born After Deceased Womb Transplant

    A healthy baby girl has been born after using a womb from a dead woman

  6. A Tribal Study Shedding Light on Blood Pressure

    The remote South American tribe whose blood pressure doesn't appear to rise as they age

  7. The Health Impact of Smoke from Californian Wildfires

    What short and long-term health problems have residents been suffering from?

  8. London Knife Crime

    Should London’s violent crime be a β€˜public health issue’?

  9. Melanoma Death Rates Higher in Men Than Women

    Melanoma death rates are rising in men but static or falling in women

  10. What’s Behind a Spike of AFM Cases in the US?

    The mysterious, rare, polio-like disease causing paralysis in young children in the US

  11. Stemming the Ebola Outbreak in the DRC

    Ongoing violence and cultural issues preventing containment of the disease

  12. What’s the Irish CervicalCheck Crisis All About?

    The scandal where women later diagnosed with cancer were given false smear test results

  13. Acanthamoeba Keratitis

    New data on the rare but serious eye infection caused by an amoeba

  14. The World’s Biggest Loneliness Experiment

    Who’s lonely in the world?

  15. India Health: Will Modicare be a Success?

    India’s poorest to access free healthcare

  16. Daily Aspirin: Not for Healthy Elderly

    Aspirin doesn’t protect healthy older people from heart attacks

  17. Europe Gets a Health Check

    Europeans living longer - but obesity on the rise

  18. More Problems for Zika Babies

    Babies born to women infected with Zika virus – more problems emerge in first year

  19. How to Spot a Deadly Bleed on the Brain

    How to spot the deadliest type of stroke which causes bleeding in the brain

  20. Genetic Link: Disrupted Sleep and Bipolar Disorder

    Genetic link between disrupted body clocks and mood disorders

  21. The Woman Who Can’t Remember Her Own Past

    When memory fails – and you can’t bear grudges

  22. The Latest on the New Ebola Outbreak in Central Africa

    Preparations for Ebola vaccinations in DRC.

  23. Does the Treatment for Cardiac Arrest Need to Change?

    Evidence that the use of adrenaline nearly doubles survivors’ risk of severe brain damage

  24. Happy 40th Birthday To The First Test-Tube Baby

    A special Health Check programme marking 40 years of in vitro fertilisation

  25. Billion Dollar Talc Ruling in the US

    Johnson and Johnson ordered to pay more than $4b in damages to 22 women

  26. What Influence has the NHS had Globally?

    How the British NHS has influenced health systems in other countries around the world

  27. The Royal Society’s Health Innovations

    3D-printed bones and slug β€œglue” at the Royal Society

  28. Higher Cancer Risk for US Flight Crew

    Evidence that US flight attendants have an increased chance of developing several cancers

  29. Can Warnings Help Texting Pedestrians Safely Cross Roads?

    Mobile phone alerts that help prevent texting pedestrians from being hit by cars

  30. Keyhole Surgery for Hip Impingement

    New treatment for hip condition that affects one to two members of each football squad

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