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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Over-diagnosis: Chronic Kidney Disease
Tue 14 Aug 2012
Dr Mark Porter asks why some medical conditions are over-diagnosed, thanks to test results
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Steroids, the killing season, telehealth, Dupuytren's
Tue 7 Aug 2012
Dr Mark Porter discovers new approaches to helping people who have strokes in rural areas.
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Liver disease, Hepatitis C
Wed 1 Aug 2012
Dr Mark Porter discovers the reasons for the recent rise in serious liver diseases.
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GP Access, Telehealth, ICU, Sewage
Tue 24 Jul 2012
Dr Mark Porter asks if telehealth is providing better medical care and saving money.
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Whooping cough, Cardiac screening, Antibacterials, Selfcare, Xbox
Tue 17 Jul 2012
Dr Mark Porter asks if amateur sportspeople should be screened for heart conditions.
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Coughs, vocal cord dysfunction and athletes, taste and smell, waiting room toys
Tue 10 Jul 2012
Dr Mark Porter asks what the performance of elite athletes tells us about our health.
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GI bleeds, pregnancy and working, frozen shoulder, patient surveys
Tue 3 Jul 2012
Is frozen shoulder a condition that's overdiagnosed? Dr Mark Porter investigates.
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Teenage depression, Choir, Heart failure, Protein shakes
Tue 24 Apr 2012
Dr Mark Porter on the claims of sports drinks and the benefits of joining a choir.
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Whooping cough, maternal deaths, blushing, intestinal transit
Tue 17 Apr 2012
Dr Mark Porter on why whooping cough is making a comeback.
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Morphine and the heart, antibiotics and the appendix, sick notes, blood tests, painkillers
Tue 10 Apr 2012
Pain relief during heart attacks, treating appendicitis with drugs, GPs and fit notes.
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Prescription charges, HPV vaccine, tattoos, cycle helmets
Tue 3 Apr 2012
Unfair and outdated - why the BMA says prescriptions should be free in England.
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Aspirin, holiday sickness, ADHD
Tue 27 Mar 2012
Mark Porter investigates aspirin preventing disease, ADHD in adults and holiday illnesses.
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PCOS, garlic, PSA test, dignity
Tue 20 Mar 2012
Dr Mark Porter demystifies discusses polycystic ovary syndrome, garlic and the PSA test.
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Red meat and heart health, carbon monoxide, screening, joints supplements
Tue 13 Mar 2012
What's behind the news that red meat eaters have a shorter life expectancy?
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Vitiligo, diabetes care, knee implants, masks, social media
Tue 6 Mar 2012
Dr Mark Porter tackles the confusion and prejudice around the skin condition vitiligo.
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Sleep tabs death, e-cigs, GP examples, underactive thyroid and pregnancy
Tue 28 Feb 2012
Dr Mark Porter asks why sleeping pills increase the chance of an early death.
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Anti-smoking incentives, ACE inhibitor cough, Raynaud's, fizzy drinks
Tue 21 Feb 2012
Dr Mark Porter investigates a scheme to stop pregnant women from smoking.
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Patient records, cholesterol, statins, whiplash
Tue 14 Feb 2012
Dr Mark Porter discusses patient records, cholesterol and statins, and whiplash.
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Hospital infections, nutrition, gout, gluten, Shockwave, tennis elbow
Tue 7 Feb 2012
Including the protocols for visitors to hospitals and a new treatment for tennis elbow.
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Pseudomonas, anti-coags, alcohol, pres drugs, high heels
Tue 31 Jan 2012
Presented by Dr Mark Porter. Looking at the bacteria Pseudomonas.
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NHS bill, tinnitus, pedestrians, teenage info, Vitamin D, cough mix
Tue 24 Jan 2012
Dr Mark Porter demystifies health issues that perplex us, including tinnitus and Vitamin D
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Health bill, Memory, Resuscitation, Flu
Tue 17 Jan 2012
Dr Mark Porter demystifies the health issues that perplex us.
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Med devices, Testosterone, Itching, BP, Pills, Tourette's
Tue 10 Jan 2012
Dr Mark Porter demystifies the health issues that perplex us.
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Why Becomea doctor? 3. A Matter of Life and Death
Fri 2 Sep 2016
Kevin Fong explores how doctors cope when things go wrong
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Why Become a Doctor? 2. All Work and No Play?
Thu 25 Aug 2016
The real lives of junior doctors today.
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Why Become a Doctor? 1. The Golden Age
Thu 25 Aug 2016
Was there ever a golden age in which to train to be a doctor?
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Personalised Medicine: Dose By Design
Tue 16 Aug 2016
Vivienne Parry asks if the NHS can deliver the benefits of genomic medicine for all
