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Health Check Episodes

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    India Health: Will Modicare be a Success?

    India鈥檚 poorest to access free healthcare

  2. Daily Aspirin: Not for Healthy Elderly

    Aspirin doesn鈥檛 protect healthy older people from heart attacks

  3. Europe Gets a Health Check

    Europeans living longer - but obesity on the rise

  4. More Problems for Zika Babies

    Babies born to women infected with Zika virus 鈥� more problems emerge in first year

  5. How to Spot a Deadly Bleed on the Brain

    How to spot the deadliest type of stroke which causes bleeding in the brain

  6. Genetic Link: Disrupted Sleep and Bipolar Disorder

    Genetic link between disrupted body clocks and mood disorders

  7. The Woman Who Can鈥檛 Remember Her Own Past

    When memory fails 鈥� and you can鈥檛 bear grudges

  8. The Latest on the New Ebola Outbreak in Central Africa

    Preparations for Ebola vaccinations in DRC.

  9. Does the Treatment for Cardiac Arrest Need to Change?

    Evidence that the use of adrenaline nearly doubles survivors鈥� risk of severe brain damage

  10. Happy 40th Birthday To The First Test-Tube Baby

    A special Health Check programme marking 40 years of in vitro fertilisation

  11. Billion Dollar Talc Ruling in the US

    Johnson and Johnson ordered to pay more than $4b in damages to 22 women

  12. What Influence has the NHS had Globally?

    How the British NHS has influenced health systems in other countries around the world

  13. The Royal Society鈥檚 Health Innovations

    3D-printed bones and slug 鈥済lue鈥� at the Royal Society

  14. Higher Cancer Risk for US Flight Crew

    Evidence that US flight attendants have an increased chance of developing several cancers

  15. Can Warnings Help Texting Pedestrians Safely Cross Roads?

    Mobile phone alerts that help prevent texting pedestrians from being hit by cars

  16. Keyhole Surgery for Hip Impingement

    New treatment for hip condition that affects one to two members of each football squad

  17. Potential Blood Test for Ten Cancers

    Detecting cancer early offers a better chance of a cure

  18. Outbreak of Nipah Virus in India

    Concerns grow over the outbreak of the deadly virus, Nipah, in India

  19. Could a Single Injection Help Rid Us of Polio?

    Nanoparticles help simplify polio vaccine

  20. Action on Ebola Outbreak in the DRC

    The latest on a vaccine to fight the Ebola outbreak which has killed at least 20 people.

  21. A Sauna a Day to Keep the Doctor Away?

    Hot saunas associated with lower risk of stroke in Finns

  22. Vitamin D Helps Build-up Malnourished Babies

    Malnourished children in Pakistan thrive with extra vitamin D

  23. Surgeons Need a Warm-up Routine

    Surgeons speed up as they repeat same operation

  24. MMR Scandal 鈥� Impact on Vaccination Rates

    How a medical fraud harmed global vaccination campaigns

  25. Brain Surgery While Wide Awake

    Vet has brain tumour removed which was discovered by accident after falling off his bike

  26. Genetics Expert Pioneered Testing For Cancer

    The British doctor who pioneered genetic testing to help prevent cancer

  27. Flu Can Increase Risk Of Heart Attack

    Strokes and heart attacks more common after flu

  28. Perfect Storm: Smoking Rises in African Youth

    Increase in smoking by African youth and high HIV and TB rates creates 'perfect storm'

  29. British Trial Hope for Leukaemia Patients

    British medical trial offers hope to leukaemia patients

  30. Is Diabetes Five Different Diseases?

    Are there five types of diabetes, not two? What would that mean for patients?

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