Health Check Episodes Episode guide
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Yellow Fever Outbreak in Angola Worsens Vaccine Shortage
Outbreak of yellow fever in Angola kills more than 200
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Ketamine: Party Drug and Essential Anaesthetic in Africa
Impact on Surgery in Africa if Cheap Anaesthetic & Party Drug Ketamine Becomes Controlled
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The Crunch Effect: Why we Should Listen as we Eat
Hearing yourself eating may help you to eat less new study shows
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People with Autism Die Decades Before General Population
A recent Swedish study finds those with ASD die on average 16 years before those without
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Long-term Neurological Problems in Liberian Ebola Survivors
A new study finds brain symptoms being experienced by most, six months after infection
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One Man鈥檚 Mission to Prevent Suicides
The Australian sheep farmer who writes and places suicide prevention ads in local papers
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The American Psychologist Carl Rogers
A special programme on the man said to be the father of counselling
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Eating Seafood Linked to Less Alzheimer鈥檚 in the Brain
A new study finds that a portion of fish every week may stave off the disease
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The Medical Scandal Engulfing top Swedish University
The 鈥淢acchiarini affair鈥� which involved ground-breaking surgery with artificial windpipes
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Women with Microcephaly Babies Being Abandoned
The Brazilian men leaving their wives who have given birth to babies with microcephaly
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The Essential Guide to Zika
A Health Check special on everything you need to know about Zika
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Is Catching Up with Sleep Good for Your Health?
A new study finds a lie-in mitigates the increased diabetes risk after sleep deprivation
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The Deadly Disease Melioidosis
A little known but ancient disease killing more people than measles
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An App to Help the Health of Migrants
MedShr, a medical education platform being used by doctors in refugee camps
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Emergency Declared After 4,000 Brazilian Babies Born with Microcephaly
Why have 4000 babies in Brazil been born with a brain that has not fully developed?
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Rudeness in Medical Settings Harms Patients
How unpleasant behaviour distracts medical professionals from the task at hand
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Space Week: A Space Medicine Special
Examining how the human mind and body copes in space
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Why Cubans are Dying of Rich Peoples Diseases
Why are Cubans dying of heart disease, stroke and cancer?
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Health in Cuba: Prevention Better than Cure
The Cuban health service: lessons in prevention
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How Family Pets can Spread Antibiotic Resistance
The transfer of drug-resistant infections between pets and owners
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Dr Comfort Momoh, an inspiration in the world of women鈥檚 health
The public health specialist and staunch campaigner for the eradication of FGM
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Why a Hospital Stay Can be Bad for Your Health
How it can lead to an acquired condition of vulnerability and further hospital admissions
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What Does Rest Mean to You?
Launch of the rest test, a global investigation into the world's resting habits
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The first chemical proof of our brain adapting to chronic pain
A new insight into how we naturally increase our resilience to pain
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B F Skinner and Superstition in the Pigeon
One of the most famous and controversial psychologists of the 20th century.
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MSF President on Lessons from the Ebola Epidemic
Are we ready for the next outbreak of Ebola?
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Malaria and River Blindness Drugs Share Nobel Prize
Discoveries which saved lives and sight of millions in Africa win Medicine Nobel Prize.
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Most People Don鈥檛 Get the Cancer Surgery they Need
In some countries, surgery for cancer is almost non-existent
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The Psychology of Praise
The new approaches to praise, learning and encouragement to help children achieve more
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Malaria in Africa Halved Since 2000
Around 700 million cases of malaria prevented in Africa in the last 15 years
