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Health Check Episodes

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    What鈥檚 the Mind Doing When it is Daydreaming?

    Claudia Hammond peers inside the wandering mind

  2. Fashion to Protect Pregnant Women Against Zika

    Clothing to protect pregnant women against zika in El Salvador

  3. Tasers鈥� Effect on the Mind

    Tasers inflict physical agony, but what about their effect on the mind?

  4. Women Feel Empowered by Online Abortions

    Irish women opt for online abortions instead of costly travel to English clinics

  5. Poverty Fuels Disease in Rich Countries

    Tropical diseases of poverty spreading in rich countries

  6. Warning Over Skin-Lightening Injections

    Skin expert warns of dangers of skin-lightening injections

  7. Finding Rest in the Modern World

    Claudia Hammond and guests reveal the Rest test results and analyses how the world relaxes

  8. New Global Health Check

    Improving the health of everyone by aiming for the Sustainable Development Goals

  9. Should Hillary Tell All About Her Health?

    Do health problems hold world leaders back?

  10. People With Mental Health Problems Can't Vote or Marry in Third of UN Member States

    A new survey highlights the discrimination against people with mental illness

  11. Social Media and Depression

    Can Instagram diagnose depression?

  12. Olympic Minds: Retirement

    How do former athletes redefine their lives after retiring from elite competition?

  13. Olympic Minds: Football

    How footballers can overcome their fear of the penalty.

  14. Olympic Minds: Tennis 1/3

    The first of a special series. What mental skills are needed to become a champion?

  15. What Future for Babies of Women Infected with Zika?

    What does the future hold for the babies of women infected with Zika in Puerto Rico?

  16. Treating Gunshot Victims

    When treating gunshot victims, could paramedics do more to save them by doing less

  17. Fighting Antimicrobrial Resistance

    The search for new antibiotic producing bacteria as drug resistant infections increases

  18. Living Under a Noisy Flightpath Can Cause Mental Health Problems

    Can living under the flightpath of an airport increase your risk of developing depression?

  19. Cutting-edge Medicine from the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition

    How to stop disease-carrying mosquitoes by tracking their movements on camera

  20. How War and Conflict Have Helped to Improve Medical Treatments

    How medical advances grew out of necessity on the battlefields

  21. How Changing Abortion Laws Around the World Affects Women鈥檚 Health

    When abortion is illegal women who try to end their pregnancies can harm their health

  22. First Maps of Diseases Which Spread from Animals to Humans

    Bats are not to blame for spreading as many human diseases as we think

  23. Switching Off the Noisy Alarms in Hospitals Which Don鈥檛 Aid Recovery

    How alternatives to noisy hospital alarms could help intensive care patients

  24. Are Laws on Marketing Formula Milk Tough Enough?

    A report by WHO and Unicef reveals the status of national laws to regulate formula milk.

  25. New Shorter Treatment Offers Hope to TB Patients

    A new, shorter treatment for drug-resistant TB offers hope to patients around the world

  26. Health Advice for Gay Men Where Being Gay is Illegal

    Risks taken by health workers advising gay men in countries where homosexuality is illegal

  27. Vapers Urged to Keep e-Liquids Away from Young Children

    US researchers report an increase in children poisoning themselves with e-cigarette fuel

  28. The Race for the Biggest Job in Global Health

    Is it the turn of an African country to get the biggest job in global health?

  29. It's In Your Head

    The Wellcome Book Prize for 2016 was won this week by neurologist Dr Suzanne O鈥橲ullivan

  30. Concussion Test

    A blood test to spot concussion could be just five years away

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