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Health Check Episodes

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    The Link Between Eating Protein and Blood Pressure

    Why eating eggs, meat and nuts can help keep blood pressure low

  2. Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words?

    Graphic images of diseases caused by smoking could be used on African cigarette packaging

  3. Sanitation Programmes in India

    How effective has the government of India's Total Sanitation Campaign been?

  4. Ebola Outbreak

    Can a vaccine for Ebola be developed successfully and what are the alternative therapies?

  5. Eating Bushmeat

    The risks associated with eating bushmeat in Africa

  6. Health Messages by Radio in Burkina Faso

    Delivering health messages by radio in Burkina Faso is helping to reduce child mortality

  7. Ebola Vaccine Being Tested on Humans

    An Ebola vaccine has been developed by the Jenner Institute in Oxford

  8. Airline Pilots and Skin Cancer

    Why are airline pilots at increased risk of skin cancer?

  9. E-cigarette Debate

    Are E-cigarettes helping people stop smoking or encouraging them to start?

  10. Cancer in Pregnancy

    A woman’s experience of a diagnosis of colon cancer nearly half way into her pregnancy

  11. Ebola's Impact

    How the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is affecting health services throughout the region

  12. Ebola – Who’s to Blame?

    Could more have been done in response to West Africa’s Ebola outbreak?

  13. Breast Milk, Ebola and Rehydration

    Why breast milk may offer protection against HIV transmission.

  14. Would you Want to Find out About an Inherited Genetic Condition?

    The impossibly difficult decisions after discovering a family history of genetic disorder

  15. Anxiety

    The historical and cultural development of anxiety as a condition and its treatment

  16. Recording Doctor-patient Consultations

    Some patients are starting to record their medical consultations but many doctors oppose

  17. Using Favourite Sporting Memories Therapeutically

    How remembering sporting events are an important way to trigger memories

  18. Higher Mortality for Weekend Hospital Admissions

    A study of 55 million people shows more risk of death for patients admitted at weekends

  19. The physiological challenges facing World Cup football players

    How will teams be affected by the heat and humidity in Brazil?

  20. Taking Notes by Hand for Better Long-term Comprehension

    The advantages of longhand note-taking over using laptops in lectures

  21. The Effect of Noise on Hearing

    How exposure to loud noises can cause hearing loss

  22. Talking About the ‘Battle’ Against Cancer

    Are ‘fight’ metaphors useful for those in the last days of life?

  23. Using Frozen Faecal Matter to Treat Gut Infection

    How transplanting faeces from one person to another can cure C. difficile Infection

  24. Anxiety

    Where does anxiety come from and what can be done about it?

  25. Vitamin D - a panacea?

    What is the evidence for the benefits of vitamin D supplementation?

  26. Michael Schumacher’s ‘Moments of Consciousness’

    What does this tell us about his progress?

  27. Professor Sir Anthony Epstein

    The man who discovered the Epstein-Barr virus fifty years ago

  28. Lower Back Pain

    Why it causes more disability globally than any other condition

  29. Fighting for Freedom

    The health hazards of public protest faced by both protesters and police forces

  30. The Increased Risk of Falls with Blood Pressure Medication

    Are blood pressure pills doing more harm than good?

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