Health Check Episodes Available now

The Case of Henry Molaison
The neurological patient with amnesia who contributed to our understanding of memory

Health Data and Ethnicity
A new report calling for ethnicity to be taken into account when health data is collected

Window into the Brain
Why looking at the condition of blood vessels in the retina can help predict strokes

Height and Cancer
What is the link between how tall someone is and the risk of getting cancer?

What Doctors Feel
How do emotions affect physicians and the way they treat patients?

The Occupational Hazards of Herring Processing
Why oily fish are good to eat, but not so great if you inhale their microscopic particles

Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
What motivates humans and drives them to accomplish all they are capable of?

James Pennebaker
How psychologist James Pennebaker showed writing about your emotions can improve health

Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition
Could essential oils such as lavender and thyme be replacements for antibiotics?

Falling Diabetes Mortality
Why fewer people have been dying from diabetes in the UK and Canada in the last 15 years