Health Check Podcast
Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
Episodes to download
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Henrietta Lacks’ family settle lawsuit
Wed 2 Aug 2023
Family of a black woman whose cells were taken settle case with biotech company
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Playing catch up on childhood immunisations
Wed 26 Jul 2023
How to get children immunised to pre-Pandemic numbers after Covid backslide
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A new era for Alzheimer’s drugs?
Wed 19 Jul 2023
Global trial confirms Alzheimer’s drug donanemab slows cognitive decline in early stages
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Sickle cell disease: Fighting for the future
Wed 12 Jul 2023
Better care for people with Sickle Cell Disease after figures reveal its global impact
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Drumming for a healthy life
Wed 5 Jul 2023
Drumming to Martian technology; Health research at the Royal Society summer exhibition
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The future of HIV research in Africa
Wed 28 Jun 2023
HIV research by African academics has increased but doesn’t yet reflect the virus’ impact
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Healthcare under threat in Myanmar
Wed 21 Jun 2023
Healthcare in Myanmar declines as workers say they’ve been targeted by Military Government
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A step closer to a Chikungunya vaccine
Wed 14 Jun 2023
Advanced vaccine trials for a mosquito-borne disease that’s becoming more prevalent
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China's Covid-19 lockdown: What happened next?
Wed 7 Jun 2023
Covid-19 cases could rise to 65 million in China, but lockdowns look unlikely
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Uganda's anti-gay law and healthcare
Wed 31 May 2023
Doctors fear Ugandan anti-gay legislation will slow progress on preventing spread of HIV
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What can we do about back pain?
Wed 24 May 2023
600 million people around the world have lower back pain so what can we do to help?
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ testing kits for disease screening
Wed 17 May 2023
A USA study shows home test kits lead to more women getting screened for cervical cancer
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Giving small babies a better start
Wed 10 May 2023
Simple changes to antenatal care which doctors say could save small babies’ lives
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Keeping hospitals open in Khartoum
Wed 3 May 2023
Doctors working in Sudan share the latest from the ongoing conflict
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Why we need more black doctors
Wed 26 Apr 2023
Why more black doctors could increase life expectancy of local black people
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Malaria vaccines approved first in West Africa
Wed 19 Apr 2023
Nigeria follows Ghana in approving malaria vaccine for young children
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New way of giving lifesaving drug in childbirth
Wed 12 Apr 2023
Trial shows injecting drug into muscle to stop bleeding in childbirth is effective.
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Women aren’t being promoted in healthcare
Wed 5 Apr 2023
Why more women need to be leaders in healthcare.
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Could armpit sweat help tackle anxiety?
Wed 29 Mar 2023
Researchers test whether sniffing other people’s body odour might have a therapeutic use.
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How giving babies peanut butter could cut allergy
Wed 22 Mar 2023
Study says giving babies peanut butter could cut allergy by 77%.
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Obesity drug: New hope for weight loss?
Wed 15 Mar 2023
How a drug designed for diabetes patients could offer hope for obesity
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How to cope with earthquake trauma
Wed 8 Mar 2023
We assess the mental health toll a month after earthquakes in Syria and Turkey.
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Vaccines: A tale of the unexpected
Wed 1 Mar 2023
We explore how some vaccines can have positive effects beyond their target
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Supporting Ukrainian children
Wed 22 Feb 2023
One year on from the start of the war, what support are Ukrainian children getting?
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Biting back: The fight against snakebite
Wed 15 Feb 2023
What is being done to tackle the issue of venomous snakebites?
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Can heat affect mental health?
Wed 8 Feb 2023
Researchers in Bangladesh explore links between changes in the weather and mental health
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Back from the brink
Wed 1 Feb 2023
We’ll hear a doctor and survivor’s stories of cardiac arrest – and have a guide to CPR.
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After the floods
Wed 25 Jan 2023
A medic describes the situation six months on from the worst floods in Pakistan’s history
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The ‘Endo-Monster inside me’
Wed 18 Jan 2023
This week, we hear from two women who talk about what life is like with endometriosis.
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Family’s gene therapy journey
Wed 11 Jan 2023
One family’s quest for their little girl to be treated for an incredibly rare disease
