Health Check Episodes Episode guide
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HIV
Imprisoned in hospital, why HIV affects men more than women and a viral cure for acne
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Outbreaks of Ebola and Hantavirus
Viruses are no respecter of economic barriers, dealing death in rich and poor countries
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12/09/2012
Addressing maternal mortality, new ways to fund healthcare and myths about sperm.
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05/09/2012
Why did fatal car accidents rise in the US by 1,600 in the year after 11 September 2001?
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Alcohol and cancer
Alcohol and cancer risk, and the dangers of painkiller misuse
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15/08/2012
Baby mind games. Weights cut diabetes risk. And turning young doctors into 70 year olds
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Julian Rotter - Locus Of Control
Is your life down to dumb luck? Or do you make your own luck?
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01/08/2012
Better health care for more people for less money. Global summit in London shows how.
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25/07/2012
Aids 2012 conference and the clinic for athletes at the 2012 London Olympics.
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18/07/2012
New findings on the polypill for heart disease and stroke prevention.
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Joseph Wolpe - Phobias
Joseph Wolpe - the psychiatrist who transformed the treatment of phobias.
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04/07/2012
Sudden cardiac death in athletes, genes vs smoking in lung disease, science of laughter.
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27/06/2012
Medicinal uses of psychedelic plants and fungi, and the safe use of Chinese Medicine.
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20/06/2012
Yemen food crisis. Fantasy computer game as good as therapy? Benefits of a cup of coffee.
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13/06/2012
The shortage of critical medicines in Greece as a result of the debt crisis
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06/06/2012
The results of a major trial which hoped that cannabis might slow down progression of MS
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30/05/2012
The rabies outbreak in Peru which has killed seven children
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23/05/2012
Spanish health reforms; Eating for two when pregnant; Taking therapy to the streets
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16/05/2012
Texting HIV results to save babies鈥� lives in Zambia
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09/05/2012
Drop in childhood deaths 鈥� in African Millennium Villages
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02/05/2012
More than a million babies die every year 鈥� the toll of premature birth
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25/04/2012
Haiti, a cure for blushing and the effects of wintering in Antarctica
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18/04/2012
Olympic health planning and the 40th anniversary of the CT Scan.
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11/04/2012
BRICS spend more on global health. Virtual blood bank in South Sudan. Acute pain relief
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04/04/2012
Flu research, eating food standing up, pets in the office, new quick test for syphilis.
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Lifecycle Of An Athlete
How elite athletes cope, physically and mentally, when they retire from their sport.
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The Human Race: Lifecycle Of An Athlete
Claudia visits Berlin, home to some of the world's most sophisticated sports technology.
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The Human Race: Lifecycle Of An Athlete
"From Promise to Podium", Claudia Hammond reports from Jamaica, the world's sprint capital
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The Human Race: Lifecycle Of An Athlete
Claudia Hammond discovers how future Olympic winners are spotted at an early age.
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29/02/2012
Claudia Hammond slays common myths about the brain and its workings
