Inside Health Podcast
Series that demystifies health issues, separating fact from fiction and bringing clarity to conflicting health advice.
Episodes to download
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A&E in winter, Fruit juice, Opioid drugs and chronic pain, No evidence, Obesity
Tue 6 Jan 2015
Should fruit juice be dropped from 5-a-day? A&E in winter; Mark visits a busy pain clinic.
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GP incentives; Walk-in CT scans; Hot Flushes feedback; New anti-coagulants
Tue 28 Oct 2014
Do financial incentives for GPs work? Are walk-in CT scans a good idea?
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Private hospitals, Hyperbaric medicine, Sick day rules to reduce kidney damage, Warfarin
Tue 21 Oct 2014
Dr Mark Porter asks how much we know about patient safety in private hospitals.
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Sickness Absence, Ankle Arthritis, Hot Flushes, Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Tue 14 Oct 2014
Dr Mark Porter reports on ankle arthritis, and when you should keep your child off school.
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Ebola, Painkillers, Immunity (CVID), Integrated Health, Thyroid and Pregnancy
Tue 7 Oct 2014
Dr Mark Porter explores Ebola and how predictions of its spread are made.
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Antibiotics, Winter Flu, NHS Continuing Healthcare, Snoring
Tue 30 Sep 2014
Dr Mark Porter looks at the evidence for winter flu jabs and reviews sleep apps.
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Conflict resolution in Ashya King case; GPs near work; Lipoedema
Tue 23 Sep 2014
Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us.
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Conflicted Medicine: Public Health Campaigns
Tue 26 Aug 2014
Dr Mark Porter examines how powerful lobbying groups influence what you eat and drink.
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Conflicted Medicine: Specialists and GPs
Tue 19 Aug 2014
Dr Mark Porter examines the hidden conflicts of interest that can influence your health.
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Conflicted Medicine: Pharmaceuticals
Tue 12 Aug 2014
Are hidden conflicts of interest in medicine out of control or an over-hyped concern?
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HIV and MS; Black skin and cancer; Iron overload; Losing your sense of smell
Tue 5 Aug 2014
Dr Mark Porter finds out why people with HIV very rarely get multiple sclerosis.
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Back pain and paracetamol, blood thinning drugs, drug driving, kidney stones
Tue 29 Jul 2014
Paracetamol and back pain; blood thinning drugs; drug driving limits and kidney stones.
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Statins, Cholesterol-lowering spreads, Olive oil, Diet and inflammatory bowel disease, Singers' nodules
Tue 22 Jul 2014
With a look at Crohn's disease and diet, teachers' voices and cholesterol-lowering foods.
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Screening for Breast Cancer
Tue 15 Jul 2014
Dr Mark Porter debates the benefits and harms of screening for breast cancer.
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Ebola, Bike saddles, Recording consultations, Insect bites
Tue 8 Jul 2014
Ebola, bike saddles and erectile dysfunction, recording consultations and insect bites.
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Statins; improving cancer survival rates; reflux and heartburn; recycling medicines.
Tue 1 Jul 2014
Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us.
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Hospital patients dying of thirst; Paracetamol; Saturated fats; Baclofen and alcoholism
Tue 22 Apr 2014
Dr Mark Porter on how Baclofen stopped a listener drinking 6-8 bottles of wine a day.
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Video consultations, Low-fibre diets, Testosterone
Tue 15 Apr 2014
Dr Mark Porter investigates low testosterone, low-fibre diets and GPs on Skype.
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Anti-virals for flu, Bod Pod test for body fat, Patients' weight, X-rays and cancer
Tue 8 Apr 2014
The evidence for anti-virals and flu. Plus Mark gets his body fat checked.
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Care of the dying, Birdsong in GP surgeries, Sex development
Tue 1 Apr 2014
Dr Mark Porter presents a series that aims to demystify perplexing health issues.
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Stress and pregnancy, CBT for insomnia, Cluster headache, Smoking and mental health
Tue 25 Mar 2014
Why insomnia is often mismanaged despite there being an effective drug-free treatment.
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Cancer of the cervix & HPV; Oral cancer & HPV; Eating late; Feedback on Sugar, Thrush, Cataracts; Scarfree operations
Tue 18 Mar 2014
Why cervical cancer screening in the UK could change, and is there a right time to eat?
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Sugar, Prescription charges, Thrush, Iron and strokes
Tue 11 Mar 2014
Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us.
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Scarlet Fever; Overtreating the over-80s; ICU and trauma; Feedback on constipation; Cataracts
Tue 4 Mar 2014
Psychological trauma after intensive care, overtreating stroke, and scarlet fever.
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Selenium & Vitamin E supplements in men, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Childhood Constipation
Wed 26 Feb 2014
The risks from taking selenium supplements, lung disease and constipation in children.
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Loneliness, Statins, Feedback on glucosamine and gut instinct, Cycle lanes and air pollution, Coughs and antibiotics
Tue 18 Feb 2014
Is loneliness bad for you, who should take statins, treating air pollution and coughs.
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Glucosamine for osteoarthritis; Alcohol addiction; Gut instinct
Tue 11 Feb 2014
What roles do paracetamol and glucosamine play in treating osteoarthritis?
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Testosterone; Antidepressants in Pregnancy; Laptop Use at Night and Sleep; Shifting School Times
Tue 4 Feb 2014
Do the hours spent on laptops or tablets before bedtime disrupt your sleep?
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E-cigs; PPI feedback; Be assertive with your doctor; Prostate cancer diagnosis
Tue 28 Jan 2014
E-cigarette advertising, and could MRI revolutionise the diagnosis of prostate cancer?
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Care data, New gastric balloon, Vocal dysphonia, Antacids
Tue 21 Jan 2014
A new gastric balloon, overuse of stomach drugs, the new NHS database and vocal dysphonia.
