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Health Check Episodes

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    Should Hillary Tell All About Her Health?

    Do health problems hold world leaders back?

  2. People With Mental Health Problems Can't Vote or Marry in Third of UN Member States

    A new survey highlights the discrimination against people with mental illness

  3. Social Media and Depression

    Can Instagram diagnose depression?

  4. Olympic Minds: Retirement

    How do former athletes redefine their lives after retiring from elite competition?

  5. Olympic Minds: Football

    How footballers can overcome their fear of the penalty.

  6. Olympic Minds: Tennis 1/3

    The first of a special series. What mental skills are needed to become a champion?

  7. What Future for Babies of Women Infected with Zika?

    What does the future hold for the babies of women infected with Zika in Puerto Rico?

  8. Treating Gunshot Victims

    When treating gunshot victims, could paramedics do more to save them by doing less

  9. Fighting Antimicrobrial Resistance

    The search for new antibiotic producing bacteria as drug resistant infections increases

  10. Living Under a Noisy Flightpath Can Cause Mental Health Problems

    Can living under the flightpath of an airport increase your risk of developing depression?

  11. Cutting-edge Medicine from the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition

    How to stop disease-carrying mosquitoes by tracking their movements on camera

  12. How War and Conflict Have Helped to Improve Medical Treatments

    How medical advances grew out of necessity on the battlefields

  13. How Changing Abortion Laws Around the World Affects Women鈥檚 Health

    When abortion is illegal women who try to end their pregnancies can harm their health

  14. First Maps of Diseases Which Spread from Animals to Humans

    Bats are not to blame for spreading as many human diseases as we think

  15. Switching Off the Noisy Alarms in Hospitals Which Don鈥檛 Aid Recovery

    How alternatives to noisy hospital alarms could help intensive care patients

  16. Are Laws on Marketing Formula Milk Tough Enough?

    A report by WHO and Unicef reveals the status of national laws to regulate formula milk.

  17. New Shorter Treatment Offers Hope to TB Patients

    A new, shorter treatment for drug-resistant TB offers hope to patients around the world

  18. Health Advice for Gay Men Where Being Gay is Illegal

    Risks taken by health workers advising gay men in countries where homosexuality is illegal

  19. Vapers Urged to Keep e-Liquids Away from Young Children

    US researchers report an increase in children poisoning themselves with e-cigarette fuel

  20. The Race for the Biggest Job in Global Health

    Is it the turn of an African country to get the biggest job in global health?

  21. It's In Your Head

    The Wellcome Book Prize for 2016 was won this week by neurologist Dr Suzanne O鈥橲ullivan

  22. Concussion Test

    A blood test to spot concussion could be just five years away

  23. Yellow Fever Outbreak in Angola Worsens Vaccine Shortage

    Outbreak of yellow fever in Angola kills more than 200

  24. Ketamine: Party Drug and Essential Anaesthetic in Africa

    Impact on Surgery in Africa if Cheap Anaesthetic & Party Drug Ketamine Becomes Controlled

  25. The Crunch Effect: Why we Should Listen as we Eat

    Hearing yourself eating may help you to eat less new study shows

  26. People with Autism Die Decades Before General Population

    A recent Swedish study finds those with ASD die on average 16 years before those without

  27. Long-term Neurological Problems in Liberian Ebola Survivors

    A new study finds brain symptoms being experienced by most, six months after infection

  28. One Man鈥檚 Mission to Prevent Suicides

    The Australian sheep farmer who writes and places suicide prevention ads in local papers

  29. The American Psychologist Carl Rogers

    A special programme on the man said to be the father of counselling

  30. Eating Seafood Linked to Less Alzheimer鈥檚 in the Brain

    A new study finds that a portion of fish every week may stave off the disease

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