Inside Health Podcast
Series that demystifies health issues, separating fact from fiction and bringing clarity to conflicting health advice.
Episodes to download
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On the trail of a new street drug
Tue 15 Aug 2023
James Gallagher finds out what happens when a new drug hits the UK鈥檚 streets.
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What difference could new Alzheimer鈥檚 disease drugs make?
Tue 8 Aug 2023
Translating clinical trial breakthroughs into real life impacts for Alzheimer鈥檚 sufferers.
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Could weight-loss drugs treat addiction?
Tue 1 Aug 2023
Could weight-loss drugs also have potential to tackle serious addiction?
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What happened to mpox?
Tue 25 Jul 2023
With the global health emergency declared over, is mpox 鈥榙one鈥�?
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How fast should you eat your food?
Tue 18 Jul 2023
Slowing down your eating speed might impact your health
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Did Covid turn us into teeth grinders?
Tue 21 Mar 2023
James Gallagher finds out if we've become a nation of pandemic teeth grinders.
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Parkinson's and Ballet
Tue 14 Mar 2023
How exercise from ballet to cycling may help people living with Parkinson's disease.
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What soaring food prices are doing to our health
Tue 7 Feb 2023
The cost of everything is soaring, but what toll is that taking on our health?
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Women and heart attacks
Tue 31 Jan 2023
Women are dying of heart attacks because they're not getting the right treatment.
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Is a fungal pandemic possible?
Tue 24 Jan 2023
From deadly fungal meningitis to a hospital super bug, is a fungal pandemic possible?
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Maggot therapy for difficult wounds
Tue 17 Jan 2023
The maggots bred in Bridgend to help heal wounds of diabetes patients.
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Why is everyone ill? Can ketamine and therapy treat alcoholism?
Tue 10 Jan 2023
Why monitor changes in Covid viruses in China? A potential new therapy for alcoholism.
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How can a cold home affect your health?
Tue 1 Nov 2022
James is in South Wales to visit a cryo-lab and explore the impact of cold on the body.
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GP Records, Serotonin & how we get cancer
Tue 25 Oct 2022
Do you want to see your GP records at the touch of a button?
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Still Shielding; Childhood Vaccinations; Antibiotic Use
Tue 18 Oct 2022
The plight of the Covid-19 shielders.
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Have I dodged Covid? And skin colour and health
Tue 11 Oct 2022
Has James really dodged Covid? He gets to grips with his immunity, with blood test in tow.
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A spoonful of sweetener
Tue 27 Sep 2022
What do sweeteners do to our bodies? James Gallagher investigates.
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A good death with friends and family
Tue 9 Aug 2022
Friends and family are being trained to administer medicines to ease loved ones' dying.
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Covid waves, Gene therapy for haemophilia B, New uses for old drugs
Tue 2 Aug 2022
Smitha Mundasad asks what Covid will be like in the future, and new uses for old drugs.
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Are too many babies being diagnosed with cows' milk allergy?
Tue 26 Jul 2022
Cows' milk allergy in babies and gout in adults.
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Monkeypox, mind body connections, are children exercising less since Covid?
Tue 19 Jul 2022
James asks if the monkeypox virus is evolving. New research on mind body connections.
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Medical language, chemo brain & heatwaves
Tue 12 Jul 2022
James Gallagher explores the words that can belittle or blame when we visit the doctor.
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