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Health Check Episodes

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    Can We Zap Sea-sickness?

    Claudia Hammond tries out an electrical treatment for motion sickness

  2. Food on the Go Bad for Your Health?

    Does eating while walking make you add weight?

  3. Is Dementia Going to be the Massive Problem we Anticipate?

    A new study finds age-specific dementia prevalence is falling in parts of Western Europe.

  4. Does Eating Spicy Food Help You Live Longer?

    The new study that finds people who regularly eat spicy food have a lower risk of death.

  5. Can Tweets Trace Food Poisoning Outbreaks?

    Social media may be a faster and better weapon against food poisoning.

  6. Ebola, Malaria and Polio Vaccines: What's New?

    The new Ebola vaccine, the less than perfect malaria vaccine and Nigeria is polio-free.

  7. Are Game Play and Screen Time Bad for You?

    Claudia Hammond on digital devices and whether they are bad for young people鈥檚 health.

  8. How Aviation Improves Medical Safety

    Why lessons learned from aviation psychology are starting to save lives in hospitals

  9. Doctors Travelling to Join Extremist Cause in Syria and Iraq

    Medics recruited to work in areas controlled by so-called Islamic State

  10. Women being Pinched and Slapped during Childbirth

    A new report reveals widespread mistreatment of women during labour.

  11. A Clever New Cure for Vitiligo?

    The arthritis drug that has successfully restored pigment to a vitiligo sufferer

  12. The double burden of malnutrition in Mumbai slum children

    Eating too much junk food in combination with nutrient-poor diets

  13. Plants to Treat Malaria

    Extracts of the Mexican poppy found in Mali can treat malaria

  14. Preparing for Future Epidemics

    After Ebola are we prepared for future epidemics?

  15. Safe Surgery in the Developing World

    Two-thirds of the global population do not have access to safe surgery study shows

  16. Artemisinin Resistant Malaria in Africa

    Malaria resistant to artemisinin drug is found in Kenya

  17. Can studying Einstein鈥檚 brain tell us about his genius?

    Can studying Einstein鈥檚 brain tell us about his genius?

  18. Concussion

    Claudia Hammond investigates concussion in sport and asks, will science stop play?

  19. The dangers of buying breast milk from the internet

    A growing unregulated online market for human breast milk

  20. Ebola One Year On

    Dr Oliver Johnson warns that the spike in Ebola cases in Guinea are a cause for concern

  21. Affordable Dialysis Prize Announced

    Prize announced to design inexpensive dialysis machines

  22. Simulating Ward Rounds to Help Reduce Serious Medical Error

    A new training session which simulates a busy ward is being put to the test

  23. Interactive 3D Ebola Safety Training

    How technology from the gaming industry is being used to train healthcare workers

  24. Scientists find sun damage continues long after exposure

    Why you are still at risk of skin cancer hours after moving into shade

  25. The Spread of Measles in the Americas

    Why falling immunisation rates in the US and Brazil are to blame

  26. Lymphatic Filariasis in India

    The painful and disfiguring disease also known as elephantiasis

  27. Suspension of government support for the HPV vaccine in Japan

    Why false safety scares mean the vaccine is not currently being proactively recommended

  28. Is Expressing Anger Associated with Good or Bad Health?

    Why the association between anger and health depends on your culture

  29. The Impact of the Ebola Crisis on Mental Health in Sierra Leone

    How people are managing emotionally living in a country left in limbo by the Ebola crisis

  30. The Mysterious Sleeping Sickness of a Kazakh Village

    A disease outbreak that's causing residents of Kalachi to sleep - often for over 24 hours

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