Health Check Episodes Episode guide
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Worrying Signs of Disease in American Footballers鈥� Brains
New research on players鈥� brains: is American football too dangerous?
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Could Injections Revolutionise HIV Care?
Monthly injections offer hope to people living with HIV
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Life Expectancy Rise Halted in UK
Despite improvements in other parts of the world, UK life expectancy has stalled
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Trump鈥檚 'Global Gag' Will Hit Healthcare
How will US aid ban for family planning organisations affect women around the world?
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Medical Research from the Royal Society Summer Exhibition
Some of the latest medical research at London鈥檚 Royal Society Summer Exhibition
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Is Cosmetic Surgery Selling Unrealistic Body Goals?
Do people have unnecessary cosmetic surgery - that does not improve their self-esteem?
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Can Sewing Improve Your Vision?
How does sewing for a living improve your vision?
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Crisis in Venezuela Leads to Rise in Deaths of Women and Babies
Rising number of deaths and serious shortage of medicines in Venezuela
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How a Scan Can Pinpoint the Cause of Death
Scan used instead of scalpel to identify cause of death
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Ultra Tough Antibiotic
Re-engineering antibiotic vancomycin to avoid bacterial resistance
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WHO Gets a New Director General
After a hard fought campaign, the elections are over and the WHO has a new leader
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Dr Who - Who Will Lead The WHO?
We ask the 3 finalists for the top job at the WHO why they should be its next leader
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Profound Psychological Impact of Heart Failure
Why a diagnosis of heart failure can have a profound psychological impact
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Speed Up Wound-healing With Expressive Writing
How writing about your own emotional events can speed up wound healing after an injury.
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The Lifesaving Drug You鈥檝e Probably Never Heard Of
How using an old drug could stop thousands of women bleeding to death after childbirth
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Challenge to Arkansas鈥� Lethal Injection Drug
The rush to execute prisoners in Arkansas before lethal injection drug passes use by date
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El Nino Shifts Cholera Outbreaks in Africa
How the weather phenomenon El Nino influences where in Africa cholera outbreaks occur
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The Game Encouraging Medics to not use Jargon
The card game challenging medics to stop using jargon words and simplify their language
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What Does Rest Really Mean?
Doctors prescribe it for recovery 鈥� but for some 鈥渞esting鈥� might involve boxing or music
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Who is Best Suited to a Move to the Red Planet?
What are the qualities required from those who want to travel to Mars?
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The 鈥榃eaponisation鈥� of Healthcare in Syria
New report: Healthcare in Syria is being used as a weapon on an unprecedented scale
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Can Gas Stoves Cut Indoor Air Pollution?
Replacing smoky cook stoves with gas - to improve the health of women and babies.
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Global Campaign to Protect Women鈥檚 Reproductive Rights
鈥楽he Decides鈥�- a coalition against USA鈥檚 global family planning funding cuts
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Mystery of Nodding Syndrome Revealed
Epilepsy caused by parasitic worm behind nodding syndrome mystery.
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Yellow Fever: Brazil鈥檚 New Outbreak
Alongside Zika, Brazil is now facing its worst yellow fever outbreak in 25 years
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How Uncertainty Makes us Dig our Heels in
Dogmatic people become more entrenched in their views in times of uncertainty study shows
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Time Outdoors Cuts Risk of Short-Sight
Could spending time outside help your eyesight?
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How to Spot Fake Health News
How do we sift fact from fiction in stories about health in the news and social media?
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Exercising Away Back Pain
Is exercise the key to preventing back pain?
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Getting the Best from Medicine
Tackling the twin health threats of over and under-use of medicine around the world
