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Health Check Episodes

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    After the floods

    A medic describes the situation six months on from the worst floods in Pakistan’s history

  2. The ‘Endo-Monster inside me’

    This week, we hear from two women who talk about what life is like with endometriosis.

  3. Family’s gene therapy journey

    One family’s quest for their little girl to be treated for an incredibly rare disease

  4. Regret

    Claudia Hammond explores the psychology of regret

  5. Can you knit away your worries?

    Crochet classes in the pandemic helped to ease stress but it’s hard to prove in studies

  6. Biggest health stories of the year

    Our pick of the biggest stories of 2022 – all covered right here on Health Check

  7. Liver drug could be repurposed for Covid

    A widely used liver disease drug could be repurposed to stop Covid-19 in its tracks.

  8. How words can save lives

    How words can save lives

  9. 'Historic' turning point for Alzheimer's

    Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.

  10. How to make surgery safer

    New evidence shows how simple steps can stop infections after surgery

  11. Genetic disorders and US abortion bans

    How US abortion bans are impacting women whose unborn babies show inherited disorders

  12. Psychological nudges for HIV treatment

    South Africa’s first HIV “Nudge” Unit

  13. Livers that live longer than we do

    The hundred year old transplanted livers still going strong

  14. Long Covid – the latest

    What doctors still don’t know about Long Covid

  15. Women and children’s health hit by disasters and Covid

    How women and children's health is impacted more by the pandemic and conflict

  16. Can a new star system help us to eat healthily?

    How to work out what to eat to stay healthy

  17. 'Historic' claims for new Alzheimer’s drug

    Treatment hope for Alzheimer’s patients

  18. Floods spreading disease in Pakistan

    Floods in Pakistan are causing a rise in waterborne diseases

  19. Egypt’s hepatitis C success story

    How Egypt went from having the highest rate of hepatitis C to almost eliminating it

  20. Malaria vaccine effective

    Malaria vaccine protects children in Burkina Faso

  21. China approves first inhaled Covid vaccine

    China approves first inhaled Covid vaccine

  22. Statins rarely cause muscle pain

    Reassurance over risk of statins side effects

  23. Deaths cut with recommended Ebola treatments

    Lifesaving Ebola treatments

  24. Transplant hope as kidney blood groups swapped

    Changing the blood groups of kidneys could improve access to donated organs

  25. “Virtual” hospital visits cut relatives’ distress

    New study: video calls helped reduce distress when relatives couldn’t visit loved ones

  26. Can you be a kind boss?

    In the cut throat world of work, can bosses be kind? Claudia Hammond unpicks the evidence

  27. Pure kindness

    What can research tell us about whether there is such a thing as an act of pure kindness

  28. Marburg virus cases confirmed

    Marburg virus cases confirmed in Ghana following two deaths

  29. New Covid booster recommendations

    New Covid booster recommendations as cases rise

  30. Handy third thumb

    Could a third thumb be handy?

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