Health Check Episodes Episode guide
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Drugs Policy in Portugal
The radical approach taken by Portugal in tackling the problem of drug addiction
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Drug testing Children
A look at the Italian parents who are testing their children's urine for drugs
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Drug Prices in Developing Countries
The pharmaceutical industry and the price of drugs in the developing world
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Dreams
What can dreams tell us about ourselves?
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Downs Syndrome
There has been a lot of stigma attached to people with Downs Syndrome. Can it be changed?
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Do Clever People Live Longer?
Would you know what to do for a burns victim?
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Digital Medicine
What’s in store for the doctors and patients of the future?
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Dengue Fever and Sleep for Weight Loss
Tackling Dengue fever outbreak and detecting breast cancer early in Egypt
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Dementia
Could religious faith slow down the progress of dementia?
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Darker Side of Sleep
Do you remember the most terrifying nightmare?
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Dangers of Diesel Fumes
How walking near traffic affects asthma sufferers
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Crack Cocaine Addiction
A new approach to crack cocaine addiction involving small financial incentives
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Covid-19 vaccination in Africa
How the roll out of vaccines is progressing
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Corporate Funding and Blindness in Nigeria
Funding medical projects in developing countries through corporate social responsibility
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Controversy over Vitamin Supplements
Scientists disagree over findings on long-term benefits of taking vitamin supplements
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Combatting mental illness
Mental health issues for breastfeeding mothers and why swimming can help
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Cluster Bombs
How children's lives round the world are ruined by cluster bombs
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Climate Change and Health
How climate change might affect health
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Chronic Conditions in the Developing World
Visiting a conference in Cape Town, run by the Oxford Health Alliance
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Cholera Outbreak in Zimbabwe
A report on Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak
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Cholera in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Euan McIlraith joins medical teams responding to the cholera outbreak in Congo
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Chilean Pesticides and Family Planning
Blisters and swelling. Investigating the health problems caused by pesticides
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Childhood Obesity
The results of a study on obesity and early childhood eating habits
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Child Slavery
The continuing worldwide scandal of child labour and slavery
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Child Rights
Millions of children endure multiple violations of their human rights
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Child Dietary Supplements
How can children's dietary health be improved?
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Cervical Cancer Vaccine
The new vaccine for cervical cancer and the prospects for its use in developing countries
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Cervical Cancer
Cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of deaths amongst women world wide
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Caudwell Xtreme Everest Expedition
A report on the Caudwell Xtreme Everest medical research expedition
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Care for Doctors with Depression
Who do doctors turn to when they're clinically depressed?