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Aches and Rains

Episode 6 of 13

Eleanor wants to know if rain might be causing her legs to ache.

The team test the theory that you can use the weather to predict pain, separating science fact from fiction. It's an area with a huge amount of conflicting research, but one man who has investigated this is Professor Will Dixon, who explains that low pressure could be causing people's joints to ache more. Dara and Hannah are intrigued to hear our genes may also be responding to changes in temperature and hear how we might be pre-programmed to produce more inflammation during wintertime to fight off bugs - which has the unfortunate side effect of making other some conditions worse. But don't despair! The pair find out 21 degrees is the optimum temperature for health and wellbeing - a perfect English summer day.

Contributors:

Dr Chris Wallace
Professor Will Dixon
Professor Trevor
Professor Trevor Harley

Producer: Marijke Peters
Executive Producer: Alexandra Feachem

A ѿý Studios Audio Production

Release date:

28 minutes

On radio

Sat 10 May 2025 10:00

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  • Sat 10 May 2025 10:00
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