Health Check Episodes Episode guide
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The Cocktail Party Effect
Why do we hear our own name above everything else in a crowded noisy room?
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Alzheimer鈥檚 special
The latest methods, high-tech and low, used to diagnose Alzheimer鈥檚
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Syria: Refugees' trauma
Syrian mental health professionals鈥� testimony on psychological scars of Syrian refugees
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Organophosphates
The health effects of low level exposure to organophosphates, found in insecticides
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Morning sickness
Is it a myth that morning sickness during pregnancy means you鈥檙e having a baby girl?
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Grapefruit and drugs, Crystal meth, Birdsong
The marked increase of prescription drugs which interact with grapefruit.
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Coronavirus linked to bats, Malaria drugs, 鈥淢e鈥� Generation
Should shopkeepers be allowed to sell malaria drugs to improve access?
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Insulin availability
Insulin has been around for 90 years, why is this treatment for diabetes still so limited?
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Implants from the dead and crowds giving life
Implants from the dead to prolong life. Mental health in US politics and feel good crowds.
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YAWS, Mosquito App, Guilty bosses
YAWS disease in Congo, why phone Apps can't beat malaria and why a good boss feels guilt
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Eco-therapy
Eco-therapy, empathising with nature as a treatment for mental illness.
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Extreme Skydiving and Health
What effect did Felix Baumgartner's remarkable fall to Earth have on his body?
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International Mental Health Day
The state of mental health provision in developing countries.
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Surgery and unwanted items
Things left behind in surgery, biodegradable electronics and kidney dialysis in Gaza
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HIV
Imprisoned in hospital, why HIV affects men more than women and a viral cure for acne
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Outbreaks of Ebola and Hantavirus
Viruses are no respecter of economic barriers, dealing death in rich and poor countries
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12/09/2012
Addressing maternal mortality, new ways to fund healthcare and myths about sperm.
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05/09/2012
Why did fatal car accidents rise in the US by 1,600 in the year after 11 September 2001?
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Alcohol and cancer
Alcohol and cancer risk, and the dangers of painkiller misuse
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15/08/2012
Baby mind games. Weights cut diabetes risk. And turning young doctors into 70 year olds
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Julian Rotter - Locus Of Control
Is your life down to dumb luck? Or do you make your own luck?
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01/08/2012
Better health care for more people for less money. Global summit in London shows how.
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25/07/2012
Aids 2012 conference and the clinic for athletes at the 2012 London Olympics.
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18/07/2012
New findings on the polypill for heart disease and stroke prevention.
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Joseph Wolpe - Phobias
Joseph Wolpe - the psychiatrist who transformed the treatment of phobias.
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04/07/2012
Sudden cardiac death in athletes, genes vs smoking in lung disease, science of laughter.
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27/06/2012
Medicinal uses of psychedelic plants and fungi, and the safe use of Chinese Medicine.
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20/06/2012
Yemen food crisis. Fantasy computer game as good as therapy? Benefits of a cup of coffee.
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13/06/2012
The shortage of critical medicines in Greece as a result of the debt crisis
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06/06/2012
The results of a major trial which hoped that cannabis might slow down progression of MS
