Health Check

Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.

World Service,908 episodes

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Health Check Loneliness Part 1
How does social media and friendship influence the development of loneliness?
02 Jan 2019,26 mins
Neuromyths
Claudia Hammond explores some common myths in neuroscience
26 Dec 2018,26 mins
Why Does It Take Longer to Get to Hospital in Poorer Areas of America?
The study looking at longer ambulance response times in lower income US neighbourhoods
19 Dec 2018,26 mins
Does a Fifth of the Dose of the Yellow Fever Vaccine Work?
A clever way of getting round the shortage in yellow fever vaccine supplies
12 Dec 2018,26 mins
World’s First Baby Born After Deceased Womb Transplant
A healthy baby girl has been born after using a womb from a dead woman
05 Dec 2018,26 mins
A Tribal Study Shedding Light on Blood Pressure
The remote South American tribe whose blood pressure doesn't appear to rise as they age
28 Nov 2018,26 mins
The Health Impact of Smoke from Californian Wildfires
What short and long-term health problems have residents been suffering from?
21 Nov 2018,26 mins
London Knife Crime
Should London’s violent crime be a ‘public health issue’?
14 Nov 2018,26 mins
Melanoma Death Rates Higher in Men Than Women
Melanoma death rates are rising in men but static or falling in women
07 Nov 2018,26 mins
What’s Behind a Spike of AFM Cases in the US?
The mysterious, rare, polio-like disease causing paralysis in young children in the US
31 Oct 2018,26 mins
Stemming the Ebola Outbreak in the DRC
Ongoing violence and cultural issues preventing containment of the disease
24 Oct 2018,26 mins
What’s the Irish CervicalCheck Crisis All About?
The scandal where women later diagnosed with cancer were given false smear test results
17 Oct 2018,26 mins
Acanthamoeba Keratitis
New data on the rare but serious eye infection caused by an amoeba
10 Oct 2018,26 mins
The World’s Biggest Loneliness Experiment
Who’s lonely in the world?
03 Oct 2018,26 mins
India Health: Will Modicare be a Success?
India’s poorest to access free healthcare
26 Sep 2018,26 mins
Daily Aspirin: Not for Healthy Elderly
Aspirin doesn’t protect healthy older people from heart attacks
19 Sep 2018,26 mins
Europe Gets a Health Check
Europeans living longer - but obesity on the rise
12 Sep 2018,26 mins
More Problems for Zika Babies
Babies born to women infected with Zika virus – more problems emerge in first year
05 Sep 2018,26 mins
How to Spot a Deadly Bleed on the Brain
How to spot the deadliest type of stroke which causes bleeding in the brain
29 Aug 2018,26 mins
Genetic Link: Disrupted Sleep and Bipolar Disorder
Genetic link between disrupted body clocks and mood disorders
22 Aug 2018,26 mins
The Woman Who Can’t Remember Her Own Past
When memory fails – and you can’t bear grudges
15 Aug 2018,26 mins
The Latest on the New Ebola Outbreak in Central Africa
Preparations for Ebola vaccinations in DRC.
08 Aug 2018,26 mins
Does the Treatment for Cardiac Arrest Need to Change?
Evidence that the use of adrenaline nearly doubles survivors’ risk of severe brain damage
01 Aug 2018,26 mins
Happy 40th Birthday To The First Test-Tube Baby
A special Health Check programme marking 40 years of in vitro fertilisation
25 Jul 2018,26 mins
Billion Dollar Talc Ruling in the US
Johnson and Johnson ordered to pay more than $4b in damages to 22 women
18 Jul 2018,26 mins
What Influence has the NHS had Globally?
How the British NHS has influenced health systems in other countries around the world
11 Jul 2018,26 mins
The Royal Society’s Health Innovations
3D-printed bones and slug “glue” at the Royal Society
04 Jul 2018,26 mins
Higher Cancer Risk for US Flight Crew
Evidence that US flight attendants have an increased chance of developing several cancers
27 Jun 2018,26 mins
Can Warnings Help Texting Pedestrians Safely Cross Roads?
Mobile phone alerts that help prevent texting pedestrians from being hit by cars
20 Jun 2018,26 mins
Keyhole Surgery for Hip Impingement
New treatment for hip condition that affects one to two members of each football squad
13 Jun 2018,26 mins