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    Giving small babies a better start

    Simple changes to antenatal care which doctors say could save small babies鈥� lives

  2. Keeping hospitals open in Khartoum

    Doctors working in Sudan share the latest from the ongoing conflict

  3. Why we need more black doctors

    Why more black doctors could increase life expectancy of local black people

  4. Malaria vaccines approved first in West Africa

    Nigeria follows Ghana in approving malaria vaccine for young children

  5. New way of giving lifesaving drug in childbirth

    Trial shows injecting drug into muscle to stop bleeding in childbirth is effective.

  6. Women aren鈥檛 being promoted in healthcare

    Why more women need to be leaders in healthcare.

  7. Could armpit sweat help tackle anxiety?

    Researchers test whether sniffing other people鈥檚 body odour might have a therapeutic use.

  8. How giving babies peanut butter could cut allergy

    Study says giving babies peanut butter could cut allergy by 77%.

  9. Obesity drug: New hope for weight loss?

    How a drug designed for diabetes patients could offer hope for obesity

  10. How to cope with earthquake trauma

    We assess the mental health toll a month after earthquakes in Syria and Turkey.

  11. Vaccines: A tale of the unexpected

    We explore how some vaccines can have positive effects beyond their target

  12. Supporting Ukrainian children

    One year on from the start of the war, what support are Ukrainian children getting?

  13. Biting back: The fight against snakebite

    What is being done to tackle the issue of venomous snakebites?

  14. Can heat affect mental health?

    Researchers in Bangladesh explore links between changes in the weather and mental health

  15. Back from the brink

    We鈥檒l hear a doctor and survivor鈥檚 stories of cardiac arrest 鈥� and have a guide to CPR.

  16. After the floods

    A medic describes the situation six months on from the worst floods in Pakistan鈥檚 history

  17. The 鈥楨ndo-Monster inside me鈥�

    This week, we hear from two women who talk about what life is like with endometriosis.

  18. Family鈥檚 gene therapy journey

    One family鈥檚 quest for their little girl to be treated for an incredibly rare disease

  19. Regret

    Claudia Hammond explores the psychology of regret

  20. Can you knit away your worries?

    Crochet classes in the pandemic helped to ease stress but it鈥檚 hard to prove in studies

  21. Biggest health stories of the year

    Our pick of the biggest stories of 2022 鈥� all covered right here on Health Check

  22. Liver drug could be repurposed for Covid

    A widely used liver disease drug could be repurposed to stop Covid-19 in its tracks.

  23. How words can save lives

    How words can save lives

  24. 'Historic' turning point for Alzheimer's

    Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.

  25. How to make surgery safer

    New evidence shows how simple steps can stop infections after surgery

  26. Genetic disorders and US abortion bans

    How US abortion bans are impacting women whose unborn babies show inherited disorders

  27. Psychological nudges for HIV treatment

    South Africa鈥檚 first HIV 鈥淣udge鈥� Unit

  28. Livers that live longer than we do

    The hundred year old transplanted livers still going strong

  29. Long Covid 鈥� the latest

    What doctors still don鈥檛 know about Long Covid

  30. Women and children鈥檚 health hit by disasters and Covid

    How women and children's health is impacted more by the pandemic and conflict

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