Health Check Episodes Episode guide
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How words can save lives
How words can save lives
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'Historic' turning point for Alzheimer's
Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
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How to make surgery safer
New evidence shows how simple steps can stop infections after surgery
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Genetic disorders and US abortion bans
How US abortion bans are impacting women whose unborn babies show inherited disorders
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Psychological nudges for HIV treatment
South Africa鈥檚 first HIV 鈥淣udge鈥� Unit
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Livers that live longer than we do
The hundred year old transplanted livers still going strong
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Long Covid 鈥� the latest
What doctors still don鈥檛 know about Long Covid
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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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Can a new star system help us to eat healthily?
How to work out what to eat to stay healthy
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'Historic' claims for new Alzheimer鈥檚 drug
Treatment hope for Alzheimer鈥檚 patients
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Floods spreading disease in Pakistan
Floods in Pakistan are causing a rise in waterborne diseases
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Egypt鈥檚 hepatitis C success story
How Egypt went from having the highest rate of hepatitis C to almost eliminating it
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Malaria vaccine effective
Malaria vaccine protects children in Burkina Faso
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China approves first inhaled Covid vaccine
China approves first inhaled Covid vaccine
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Statins rarely cause muscle pain
Reassurance over risk of statins side effects
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Deaths cut with recommended Ebola treatments
Lifesaving Ebola treatments
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Transplant hope as kidney blood groups swapped
Changing the blood groups of kidneys could improve access to donated organs
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鈥淰irtual鈥� hospital visits cut relatives鈥� distress
New study: video calls helped reduce distress when relatives couldn鈥檛 visit loved ones
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Can you be a kind boss?
In the cut throat world of work, can bosses be kind? Claudia Hammond unpicks the evidence
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Pure kindness
What can research tell us about whether there is such a thing as an act of pure kindness
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Marburg virus cases confirmed
Marburg virus cases confirmed in Ghana following two deaths
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New Covid booster recommendations
New Covid booster recommendations as cases rise
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Handy third thumb
Could a third thumb be handy?
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Polio misinformation
Polio misinformation and why looking after your body clock can be good for your health
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Poor Covid immunity after Omicron
New research shows Omicron is 'stealthy immune evader' with poor immunity boost
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Next generation Covid vaccines
Next generation Covid vaccines and how noticing our body clocks could improve our health
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What brain scans tell us
A new paper described as a bombshell in the world of brain scans
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Monkeypox misinformation and stigma
Concerns about monkeypox misinformation and stigma
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Monkeypox in central Africa
Monkeypox in central Africa; Covid Variants in South Africa and creams for eczema
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Healthcare provision in North Korea
Data on healthcare provision in North Korea
