Health Check Episodes Episode guide
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21/12/2009
Good news from the WHO’s 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.
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24/08/2009
British Versus US healthcare debate. Why optimism is good for your health. Space medicine.
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17/08/2009
Brain scans and Acupuncture. Heart Disease. Time perception in children with ADHD.
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10/08/2009
Plague outbreak in China and why the patient's perspective is as valuable as the doctor's.
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03/08/2009
The writer, Timothy O'Grady examines the pros and cons to medical tourism.
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27/07/2009
The writer, Timothy O'Grady examines the benefits and pitfalls of medical tourism.
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20/07/2009
Childhood obesity. Low-fat curry. Health and politics.
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13/07/2009
Maternal Mortality. How lives are changed through sport. Gambling Addiction in Russia.
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06/07/2009
Claudia Hammond reports from Britain's Royal Society summer exhibition.
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29/06/2009
Polio. The secrets of ageing. Scourge of Hayfever. And the medical benefits of marijuana.
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22/06/2009
Why are men more at risk from getting and dying from cancer? Claudia Hammond finds out.
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22/06/2009
Men’s cancer risk. Cancer busting carrots. Recession and health. Dreams and creativity.
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15/06/2009
Bereavement without a body. Compulsory vaccinations. Swine flu pandemic. Rudeness.
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15/06/2009
Bereavement without a body. Compulsory vaccinations. Swine flu pandemic. Rudeness.
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08/06/2009
Gates Foundation, lullabies help tiny babies and the Physicians for Human Rights Project.
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Portugal Health
Claudia Hammond goes to Portugal to find out how decriminalising drugs could help addicts.