Health Check Episodes Available now

London Knife Crime
Should London’s violent crime be a ‘public health issue’?

Melanoma Death Rates Higher in Men Than Women
Melanoma death rates are rising in men but static or falling in women

What’s Behind a Spike of AFM Cases in the US?
The mysterious, rare, polio-like disease causing paralysis in young children in the US

Stemming the Ebola Outbreak in the DRC
Ongoing violence and cultural issues preventing containment of the disease

What’s the Irish CervicalCheck Crisis All About?
The scandal where women later diagnosed with cancer were given false smear test results

Acanthamoeba Keratitis
New data on the rare but serious eye infection caused by an amoeba

The World’s Biggest Loneliness Experiment
Who’s lonely in the world?

India Health: Will Modicare be a Success?
India’s poorest to access free healthcare

Daily Aspirin: Not for Healthy Elderly
Aspirin doesn’t protect healthy older people from heart attacks

Europe Gets a Health Check
Europeans living longer - but obesity on the rise