Health Check Episodes Episode guide
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05/04/2010
Dr Atul Gawande talks to Claudia Hammond. Simple, ingenious solutions to medical problems.
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29/03/2010
Obama's health reforms; counting deaths to improve health; and India's search for TB drug.
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22/03/2010
Wheat allergy; morning after pill; dangerous tape worms; end of life visions.
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15/03/2010
Stephen Hawking's voice; i2蜜芽传媒; Computer Braille; disability and the internet.
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08/03/2010
Malaria in Cambodia. Condom fit. Feeling bad when ill. The internet and disability.
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01/03/2010
Two births from ovarian transplant;Winter Olympic dentistry;C-sections;Sleep deprivation.
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22/02/2010
Severe dengue outbreak in South America. Mindfulness. Hot weather advice.
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15/02/2010
Q Fever, memory and pregnancy, the hospital gown, the difference between mind and brain.
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08/02/2010
Banking sleep. Why was swine flu so mild? MMR paper retracted. Functional foods in Japan.
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01/02/2010
Surgeon Dr Atul Gawande tells us about simple but ingenious solutions to medical problems.
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25/01/2010
Soap Operas With A Mission: how radio and TV are delivering health messages.
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18/01/2010
Health Check investigates the downside of being positive for cancer patients.
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11/01/2010
Vivienne Parry follows patients and doctors involved in cystic fibrosis clinical trials.
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04/01/2010
Why do patients volunteer for clinical trials - just to get better or for the common good?
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28/12/2009
Should people be rewarded for donating their organs for transplants?
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21/12/2009
Good news from the WHO鈥檚 latest Malaria Report and should schizophrenia be renamed?
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14/12/2009
Psychology and climate change - how to encourage more environmentally sensitive behaviour.
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23/11/2009
Romania orphans today, future funding for HIV, Lifeline Express Train and the body clock.
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16/11/2009
Claudia Hammond talks to Dr Martin Seligman about Positive Psychology.
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09/11/2009
How the reunification of Germany has affected the health of two nations in various ways.
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02/11/2009
Maternal mortality special.
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26/10/2009
Can seasonal winds can make you ill? And the state of the world's vaccines.
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19/10/2009
Claudia Hammond on the latest global abortion figures and Carl Jung's famous Red Book.
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12/10/2009
Clever women make better wives; Famous hypochondriacs; Public health trials.
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05/10/2009
Smoking & Heart Disease. Does music help you run better? The genetics of sexual behaviour.
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28/09/2009
HIV vaccine breakthrough. Caveman diet = healthy waistline? Ethiopia road safety and khat.
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21/09/2009
Dementia special to mark World Alzheimer's Day.
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14/09/2009
Zambia obscenity trial. Male circumcision to help tackle HIV.Bollywood and mental illness.
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07/09/2009
Global Mental Health Summit, Athens. Egypt - mental health laws. Hearing voices. Recovery.
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31/08/2009
Japanese Encephalitis. Genetics of Perfect Pitch and healthy fasting during Ramadan.
