Health Check Episodes Episode guide
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21/02/2011
Mind over matter; a different view of cancer; and a new test for glaucoma
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14/02/2011
Why do some women eat clay during pregnancy, and is it safe?
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07/02/2011
Access to medicines; how to sleep well; Cambodia toilets; preventing traumatic flashbacks
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31/01/2011
As public protests spread, does a psychologist think that a crowd has a mind of its own?
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24/01/2011
Buses and flu. Mental health in the Falklands. IQ boosting memories. Healthy heart tips
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17/01/2011
Gabrielle Gifford's brain surgery. Breastfeeding. Health in Southern Sudan. Yoga in Kenya
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10/01/2011
Freud used his first case history, Dora, to show how dreams could be used in analysis
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03/01/2011
Does it work to pay people to adopt healthy behaviours, such as stopping smoking?
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27/12/2010
Claudia Hammond hears how complimenting your doctor may not have the effect you hoped for
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20/12/2010
Origin of cholera in Haiti. Grandfather of Allergy medicine. Tracing birth families online
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13/12/2010
Interpreting medical research, menopausal experiences, and does sound influence taste?
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06/12/2010
Meningitis vaccine, the mind of a suicide bomber, surgery curing deafness, HIV kit
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22/11/2010
The case that for years apparently proved that nurture not nature dictates gender identity
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15/11/2010
How to stop cholera spreading further in Haiti
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08/11/2010
New IVF technique could double or even triple a woman's chance of conceiving
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01/11/2010
A woman's ability to conceive in her 30s or 40s might be affected by her blood type
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25/10/2010
Are you a worrier? A psychologist explains how to reduce the time you spend worrying
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18/10/2010
Saving large crowds from spreading disease
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11/10/2010
Scientists have made a breakthrough in Parkinson's Disease, giving hope of new therapies
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04/10/2010
Maternal health or vaccinating children? Another debate on how to improve global health
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27/09/2010
Clean water or girls' education? The second of four debates on improving global health
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20/09/2010
Innovation or medical staff? The first of four debates on improving global health
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13/09/2010
Remembering Sir Patrick Manson, the 'Father of Tropical Disease'
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06/09/2010
Claudia Hammond tells the story of SB, who transformed the field of visual perception
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30/08/2010
Claudia Hammond revisits classic case studies that have advanced psychological research
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23/08/2010
Strange objects which have turned up in people's airways
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16/08/2010
Could a new form of resistant superbug spell the end for antibiotics
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09/08/2010
Can literature help doctors and nurses understand mental illness? Claudia Hammond reports
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02/08/2010
Claudia Hammond reports on new research showing how education may lower dementia risk
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26/07/2010
New research on the problems facing people living into old age with HIV.
