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Health Check Episodes

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    Interactive 3D Ebola Safety Training

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

  2. Scientists find sun damage continues long after exposure

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

  3. The Spread of Measles in the Americas

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

  4. Lymphatic Filariasis in India

    The painful and disfiguring disease also known as elephantiasis

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

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

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

    Why the association between anger and health depends on your culture

  7. 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

  8. The Mysterious Sleeping Sickness of a Kazakh Village

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

  9. Criminal Behaviour in Neurodegenerative Disease Patients

    The patients blamed for committing crimes when in fact they have a form of dementia

  10. Babies鈥� Minds

    What influences the mind of a tiny newborn baby and do infants really get the joke?

  11. Fertility on a Shoestring

    Infertility treatment at a fraction of the usual cost in South Africa

  12. A New Test for Earlier Diagnosis of Lung Cancer?

    Doctors use pure light on the cheek cells of patients to test for cancer

  13. The Latest on Ebola from Sierra Leone and Liberia

    Sarah Boseley reports from West Africa on the Ebola situation

  14. Music Being Used for Ebola Education in Sierra Leone

    Government minister Mustapha Bai Attila releases eight songs about Ebola prevention

  15. Questioning the Health Benefits of Drinking Milk

    Does the lactose content in milk mean it is not as good for us as we might think?

  16. Watching TV to Identify Glaucoma

    How using eye-tracking software is helping to detect Glaucoma

  17. The Link Between Eating Protein and Blood Pressure

    Why eating eggs, meat and nuts can help keep blood pressure low

  18. Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words?

    Graphic images of diseases caused by smoking could be used on African cigarette packaging

  19. Sanitation Programmes in India

    How effective has the government of India's Total Sanitation Campaign been?

  20. Ebola Outbreak

    Can a vaccine for Ebola be developed successfully and what are the alternative therapies?

  21. Eating Bushmeat

    The risks associated with eating bushmeat in Africa

  22. Health Messages by Radio in Burkina Faso

    Delivering health messages by radio in Burkina Faso is helping to reduce child mortality

  23. Ebola Vaccine Being Tested on Humans

    An Ebola vaccine has been developed by the Jenner Institute in Oxford

  24. Airline Pilots and Skin Cancer

    Why are airline pilots at increased risk of skin cancer?

  25. E-cigarette Debate

    Are E-cigarettes helping people stop smoking or encouraging them to start?

  26. Cancer in Pregnancy

    A woman鈥檚 experience of a diagnosis of colon cancer nearly half way into her pregnancy

  27. Ebola's Impact

    How the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is affecting health services throughout the region

  28. Ebola 鈥� Who鈥檚 to Blame?

    Could more have been done in response to West Africa鈥檚 Ebola outbreak?

  29. Breast Milk, Ebola and Rehydration

    Why breast milk may offer protection against HIV transmission.

  30. Would you Want to Find out About an Inherited Genetic Condition?

    The impossibly difficult decisions after discovering a family history of genetic disorder

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