Health Check Episodes Episode guide
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Working with disability
Measures to empower people living with disability in Senegal
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Visceral fat and Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Do you know the dangers of visceral fat
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Vaccinating Africa against Covid-19
Vaccinating Africa鈥檚 1.2 billion people against Covid-19 & simple sanitation solutions
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Tropical Disease Reaches Europe
Italy has an epidemic of Chikungunya. Why has the mosquito-borne virus taken hold there?
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Treating Java, Indonesia
In 2006 an earthquake hit Java, Indonesia
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Traditional Healers and Risks to Young People
Are traditional healers spreading HIV?
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The World's Happiest Nation
Which country is the most optimistic and which is the most pessimistic? The results are in
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The Truth About Life and Death: Fertility on a Shoestring
Providing infertility treatment at a fraction of the cost.
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The Truck Drivers Dying from AIDs
Truckers have higher rates of HIV than the rest of India鈥檚 male population
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The Scent of Cancer
Research into diagnosing skin cancer by its smell
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The Scandal in Global Health
Mental illness causes more deaths than cancer or heart disease
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The Risks of Obesity in Pregnancy
The risks for newborn babies of obesity in pregnancy
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The Placebo Effect
When it comes to pain, why do expensive placebos work better than cheap ones?
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The Ethics of Drug Trials
A look at the ethics of gene transfer drug trials in developing countries
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The Disappearance of Flight AF 447
The effect on passengers' families of the disappearance of Flight AF 447
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The Brahmaputra River People
Bringing health care to Bangladesh鈥檚 remote waterways
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Teenage Well-being
The UK ranked at the bottom of table for well-being of teenagers
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Teenage Problems
What attracts young people to under age drinking, smoking and sex?
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TB Awareness in Africa
The importance of teaching awareness about tuberculosis in developing countries
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Swine Flu
Discussing the bio-ethics of handling a pandemic as an outbreak of swine flu spreads
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Surgeons' Safety Checklist
A look at aims to standardise and extend surgeons' safety checklists
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Superbugs and superfoods
How to combat antibiotic resistance and the truth about the health claims of coconut oil
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Stem Cells Update
How is the 鈥渟uper repair kit for the body鈥� being used today?
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Statins
Should everyone over 50 be taking statins?
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Stalking Within Psychiatry
Research suggests that one in 10 psychiatrists in UK have been stalked
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Sri Lanka's War-Wounded Population
As civil war ends in Sri Lanka, a look at the health problems of the war-wounded
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Space
Who would spend two years in a space capsule in the name of medicine?
