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Health Check Episodes

  4. The Truck Drivers Dying from AIDs

    Truckers have higher rates of HIV than the rest of India鈥檚 male population

  5. The Scent of Cancer

    Research into diagnosing skin cancer by its smell

  6. The Scandal in Global Health

    Mental illness causes more deaths than cancer or heart disease

  7. The Risks of Obesity in Pregnancy

    The risks for newborn babies of obesity in pregnancy

  8. The Placebo Effect

    When it comes to pain, why do expensive placebos work better than cheap ones?

  9. The Ethics of Drug Trials

    A look at the ethics of gene transfer drug trials in developing countries

  10. The Disappearance of Flight AF 447

    The effect on passengers' families of the disappearance of Flight AF 447

  11. The Brahmaputra River People

    Bringing health care to Bangladesh鈥檚 remote waterways

  12. Teenage Well-being

    The UK ranked at the bottom of table for well-being of teenagers

  13. Teenage Problems

    What attracts young people to under age drinking, smoking and sex?

  14. TB Awareness in Africa

    The importance of teaching awareness about tuberculosis in developing countries

  15. Swine Flu

    Discussing the bio-ethics of handling a pandemic as an outbreak of swine flu spreads

  16. Surgeons' Safety Checklist

    A look at aims to standardise and extend surgeons' safety checklists

  17. Superbugs and superfoods

    How to combat antibiotic resistance and the truth about the health claims of coconut oil

  18. Stem Cells Update

    How is the 鈥渟uper repair kit for the body鈥� being used today?

  19. Statins

    Should everyone over 50 be taking statins?

  20. Stalking Within Psychiatry

    Research suggests that one in 10 psychiatrists in UK have been stalked

  21. Sri Lanka's War-Wounded Population

    As civil war ends in Sri Lanka, a look at the health problems of the war-wounded

  22. Space

    Who would spend two years in a space capsule in the name of medicine?

  23. South Asian Women and Depression

    The hidden statistics relating to depression and ageing South Asian women in the UK

  24. South Africa Special - Part One

    Groundbreaking treatments for tuberculosis and HIV in Khayelitsha, South Africa

  25. Snake Bites and the World Health Organisation

    Increasing the survival rates after snake bites in India

  26. Smoking and Tobacco Related Diseases

    Every 6.5 seconds someone dies as a result of Tobacco related disease

  27. Smoking and HIV

    Why smoking might increase your chances of contracting HIV?

  28. Smoking

    Nearly a quarter of the world's population smoke

  29. Smokers might have more Baby Girls

    Smoking can effect the sex of a baby

  30. Smokers and Autoimmune Skin Disease

    Study shows smokers are more likely to get psoriasis

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