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Red Meat & Heart Disease, Measles, Hypopituitarism
Red meat and heart disease; measles outbreak in Swansea; head injury and pituitary damage.
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Obesity and Cancer, Fasting Diets and NHS 111
Dr Mark Porter reports on the latest health stories, including the new NHS 111 number.
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NHS Reforms
Dr Mark Porter reports on the new changes to the NHS. What do they mean for patients?
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Alcohol pricing, Phages, Cervical smears, Swaddling and hips, Smart beds
Does minimum pricing of alcohol actually work? With Mark Porter.
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Antibiotics, cervical smears, premature labour, hip replacements
Antibiotic resistance, preventing premature labour, smear tests and joint replacements.
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NHS reforms, epilepsy and pregnancy, thermometers
Dr Mark Porter questions health minister Lord Howe about possible NHS reforms.
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Clinical trials, Yellow cards, Chemo brain, Conduct Disorder
Dr Mark Porter puts the pharmaceutical industry in the spotlight as trials are criticised.
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Drinking urine, diclofenac, pigeon fancier's lung, hospital food
Can drinking urine save your life? Heart risks of diclofenac and hospital food as medicine
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Shingles vaccine, Pill colour, First Aid, Contraception, Parkinson's
New shingles vaccine, contraception for over-35s, first aid and early clues to Parkinson's
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Yellow cards, virtual autopsies, genetics and cancer
Dr Mark Porter on how the technology that identified Richard III could help the rest of us
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Alcohol, cancer treatments, hair, halitosis
Dr Mark Porter on alcohol, caffeine shampoo, targeted cancer therapies and halitosis.
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Asthma, Sunbeds, BMI, Dry mouth
Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us.
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Junk food, asthma and eczema; salt; fingerprinting; TGA; amitriptyline
Dr Mark Porter presents a series that aims to demystify perplexing health issues.
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Dementia, Sleep, Thyroxine
Testing everyone over 75 who is admitted to hospital for signs of dementia.
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Self-Harm, Insulin Pumps, Night Terrors, Penile Cancer
Dr Mark Porter on insulin pumps, night terrors, self-harming and penile cancer.
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Edge of space, Laparotomy, Tremor, Pyjamas
The science behind this week's leap from the edge of space - how the human body copes.
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Stem cells, Functional disorders, Epilepsy, Stoptober, Whiplash
Dr Mark Porter asks if stem cell research is making a difference to patients.
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What Doctors Don't Tell You, hepatitis E, vertigo
Dr Mark Porter finds out what's behind a new magazine called What Doctors Don't Tell You.
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'SARS-like' virus, reflux heartburn, corrective baby helmets
Dr Mark Porter asks whether headlines identifying a 'SARS-like' virus may cause panic.
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Ovarian cancer screening, BP tables, Cough, Vegetarianism, Gallstones
US research suggests screening all women for ovarian cancer does more harm than good.
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Viruses and asthma, osteoarthritis, cartilage repair
Dr Mark Porter finds out about the latest understanding and treatment of osteoarthritis.
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New HIV test, Vitamin D and TB, Vitamin B12, mouth ulcers
Dr Mark Porter and Dr Margaret McCartney explore the incidence of HIV in the UK today.
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BP reax, fibroids, access to notes, botox
Dr Mark Porter finds out that botox injections can help chronic migraine sufferers.
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Over-diagnosis: High Blood Pressure
Dr Mark Porter asks whether doctors can try too hard in the early detection of disease.
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Over-diagnosis: Chronic Kidney Disease
Dr Mark Porter asks why some medical conditions are over-diagnosed, thanks to test results
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Steroids, the killing season, telehealth, Dupuytren's
Dr Mark Porter discovers new approaches to helping people who have strokes in rural areas.
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Liver disease, Hepatitis C
Dr Mark Porter discovers the reasons for the recent rise in serious liver diseases.
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GP Access, Telehealth, ICU, Sewage
Dr Mark Porter asks if telehealth is providing better medical care and saving money.
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Whooping cough, Cardiac screening, Antibacterials, Selfcare, Xbox
Dr Mark Porter asks if amateur sportspeople should be screened for heart conditions.
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Coughs, vocal cord dysfunction and athletes, taste and smell, waiting room toys
Dr Mark Porter asks what the performance of elite athletes tells us about our health.