Health Check

Health Check

Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.

Health Check

Episodes (315 available)

Health Check, Could AI improve healthcare in low-income communities?

Discussing the role of AI in healthcare and how it could impact low-income communities

23 Sept 2026

27 mins

Health Check, Expanding reproductive choice in women's sports

The Spanish FA announces new fertility treatment options for female footballers and refs

16 Sept 2026

26 mins

Health Check, Addressing the risks of period pain in childhood

Understanding which childhood risk factors lead to teenage period pain, and which don't

9 Sept 2026

26 mins

Health Check, Vaccinating against skin cancer

Could mRNA vaccine technology be used to reduce melanoma recurrence?

2 Sept 2026

28 mins

Health Check, Understanding OCD

We take a deep dive into treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder

26 Aug 2026

27 mins

Health Check, The health threat of rising temperatures

Older people have lower heat tolerance than previously thought

19 Aug 2026

26 mins

Health Check, The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Three months since the outbreak was declared more than 1,900 people have died from Ebola

12 Aug 2026

26 mins

Health Check, Why are some people microdosing weight loss drugs?

Makers of the drugs say they don't condone people modifying how they use their products

5 Aug 2026

27 mins

Health Check, Steering in the right direction to road safety

New research explores how global road injury rates have changed over the last 30 years

29 Jul 2026

26 mins

Health Check, USA military launches testosterone screening programme

Understanding testosterone and hormone replacement therapy

22 Jul 2026

27 mins

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