Inside Health Podcast
Series that demystifies health issues, separating fact from fiction and bringing clarity to conflicting health advice.
Episodes to download
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Appendicitis, Artificial hips, Temporal Arteritis, Urinary stones
Tue 16 Jul 2013
Dr Mark Porter on why Elton John is waiting two weeks for his appendix operation.
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Measles, Prostate, Juvenile arthritis, Scruffy docs, Xenon lung scanner
Tue 9 Jul 2013
Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us.
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Hayfever management; Generic drugs; Diclofenac; Breastfeeding and cheese molars; Pacemakers; Antibiotics and MS
Tue 2 Jul 2013
Generics versus branded medicines - why pay more for the same thing? With Dr Mark Porter.
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Preventing breast cancer, Iodine deficiency, Antibiotics for back pain
Tue 25 Jun 2013
Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us.
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Breast cancer and Tamoxifen; Drug holidays; Medicines for children; Cardiac training range
Tue 23 Apr 2013
Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us.
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High-intensity exercise, Measles, Teeth whitening, Voice-lift
Tue 16 Apr 2013
Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us.
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Red Meat & Heart Disease, Measles, Hypopituitarism
Tue 9 Apr 2013
Red meat and heart disease; measles outbreak in Swansea; head injury and pituitary damage.
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Obesity and Cancer, Fasting Diets and NHS 111
Tue 2 Apr 2013
Dr Mark Porter reports on the latest health stories, including the new NHS 111 number.
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NHS Reforms
Tue 26 Mar 2013
Dr Mark Porter reports on the new changes to the NHS. What do they mean for patients?
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Alcohol pricing, Phages, Cervical smears, Swaddling and hips, Smart beds
Tue 19 Mar 2013
Does minimum pricing of alcohol actually work? With Mark Porter.
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Antibiotics, cervical smears, premature labour, hip replacements
Tue 12 Mar 2013
Antibiotic resistance, preventing premature labour, smear tests and joint replacements.
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NHS reforms, epilepsy and pregnancy, thermometers
Tue 5 Mar 2013
Dr Mark Porter questions health minister Lord Howe about possible NHS reforms.
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Clinical trials, Yellow cards, Chemo brain, Conduct Disorder
Tue 26 Feb 2013
Dr Mark Porter puts the pharmaceutical industry in the spotlight as trials are criticised.
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Drinking urine, diclofenac, pigeon fancier's lung, hospital food
Tue 19 Feb 2013
Can drinking urine save your life? Heart risks of diclofenac and hospital food as medicine
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Shingles vaccine, Pill colour, First Aid, Contraception, Parkinson's
Tue 12 Feb 2013
New shingles vaccine, contraception for over-35s, first aid and early clues to Parkinson's
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Yellow cards, virtual autopsies, genetics and cancer
Tue 5 Feb 2013
Dr Mark Porter on how the technology that identified Richard III could help the rest of us
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Alcohol, cancer treatments, hair, halitosis
Tue 29 Jan 2013
Dr Mark Porter on alcohol, caffeine shampoo, targeted cancer therapies and halitosis.
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Asthma, Sunbeds, BMI, Dry mouth
Tue 22 Jan 2013
Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us.
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Junk food, asthma and eczema; salt; fingerprinting; TGA; amitriptyline
Tue 15 Jan 2013
Dr Mark Porter presents a series that aims to demystify perplexing health issues.
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Dementia, Sleep, Thyroxine
Tue 8 Jan 2013
Testing everyone over 75 who is admitted to hospital for signs of dementia.
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Self-Harm, Insulin Pumps, Night Terrors, Penile Cancer
Tue 23 Oct 2012
Dr Mark Porter on insulin pumps, night terrors, self-harming and penile cancer.
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Edge of space, Laparotomy, Tremor, Pyjamas
Tue 16 Oct 2012
The science behind this week's leap from the edge of space - how the human body copes.
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Stem cells, Functional disorders, Epilepsy, Stoptober, Whiplash
Tue 9 Oct 2012
Dr Mark Porter asks if stem cell research is making a difference to patients.
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What Doctors Don't Tell You, hepatitis E, vertigo
Tue 2 Oct 2012
Dr Mark Porter finds out what's behind a new magazine called What Doctors Don't Tell You.
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'SARS-like' virus, reflux heartburn, corrective baby helmets
Tue 25 Sep 2012
Dr Mark Porter asks whether headlines identifying a 'SARS-like' virus may cause panic.
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Ovarian cancer screening, BP tables, Cough, Vegetarianism, Gallstones
Tue 18 Sep 2012
US research suggests screening all women for ovarian cancer does more harm than good.
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Viruses and asthma, osteoarthritis, cartilage repair
Tue 11 Sep 2012
Dr Mark Porter finds out about the latest understanding and treatment of osteoarthritis.
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New HIV test, Vitamin D and TB, Vitamin B12, mouth ulcers
Tue 4 Sep 2012
Dr Mark Porter and Dr Margaret McCartney explore the incidence of HIV in the UK today.
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BP reax, fibroids, access to notes, botox
Tue 28 Aug 2012
Dr Mark Porter finds out that botox injections can help chronic migraine sufferers.
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Over-diagnosis: High Blood Pressure
Tue 21 Aug 2012
Dr Mark Porter asks whether doctors can try too hard in the early detection of disease.
