Health Check Episodes Episode guide
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Bedtime Aspirin
How taking aspirin at night may reduce the risk of a heart attack in the morning
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Children of Jannah
The UK charity providing specialist bereavement support for Muslims
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The myths concerning people鈥檚 health after natural disasters
Is it really true that spread of disease is inevitable or that dead bodies pose a risk?
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Intersex
Germany gives legal rights for people who do not fit the two genders of male or female
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Unemployment as a Health Issue
WHO launches a campaign to address the link between health and unemployment
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Polio in Syria
A suspected outbreak in Syria where vaccination rates have been slashed
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Vaccine for HPV in Laos
Anti-cervical cancer vaccine for girls where there is no screening or radiotherapy
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Haitian Health Care
The challenges facing health care in Haiti three years on from its devastating earthquake
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Reform of US Health System?
What will the US health reforms of universal health insurance mean for Americans?
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Awake and Anaesthetised
A new survey looking at the number of people who are aware during general anaesthesia
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Indigenous Rights and Medicine
How medical students in Canada are training to provide appropriate health care
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Tablets for Kids
Is medicine in tablet form better for children to take instead of liquid medicine?
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Child Psychologist Anna Freud
How Anna Freud, Sigmund Freud's daughter, revolutionised the way we think about children
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The Case of Henry Molaison
The neurological patient with amnesia who contributed to our understanding of memory
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Health Data and Ethnicity
A new report calling for ethnicity to be taken into account when health data is collected
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Window into the Brain
Why looking at the condition of blood vessels in the retina can help predict strokes
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Height and Cancer
What is the link between how tall someone is and the risk of getting cancer?
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What Doctors Feel
How do emotions affect physicians and the way they treat patients?
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The Occupational Hazards of Herring Processing
Why oily fish are good to eat, but not so great if you inhale their microscopic particles
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Abraham Maslow鈥檚 Hierarchy of Needs
What motivates humans and drives them to accomplish all they are capable of?
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James Pennebaker
How psychologist James Pennebaker showed writing about your emotions can improve health
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Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition
Could essential oils such as lavender and thyme be replacements for antibiotics?
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Falling Diabetes Mortality
Why fewer people have been dying from diabetes in the UK and Canada in the last 15 years
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Sunscreen Prevents Skin Ageing
How a randomised trial in skin cancer found using sunscreen protects against skin ageing
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Is There a Doctor on Board?
A new study sheds light on how to deal with medical emergencies on planes
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Paleofantasy
Are we biologically better-suited to the hunter-gatherer diet of our cavemen ancestors?
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Vaccine Confidence Project
A new online tool which scans the web for negative and positive mentions of vaccines
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Physical Effects of Chemical Weapons
What do chemicals like mustard gas and nerve agents do to the body?
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Chocolate Locust Anyone?
The UN urges the world to eat more insects
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A Comfort Blanket?
Why do people wear surgical face masks in Japan?
