Health Check Podcast
Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
Episodes to download
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Can you knit away your worries?
Wed 28 Dec 2022
Crochet classes in the pandemic helped to ease stress but it’s hard to prove in studies
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Biggest health stories of the year
Wed 21 Dec 2022
Our pick of the biggest stories of 2022 – all covered right here on Health Check
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Liver drug could be repurposed for Covid
Wed 14 Dec 2022
A widely used liver disease drug could be repurposed to stop Covid-19 in its tracks.
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'Historic' turning point for Alzheimer's
Wed 30 Nov 2022
Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
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How to make surgery safer
Wed 23 Nov 2022
New evidence shows how simple steps can stop infections after surgery
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Genetic disorders and US abortion bans
Wed 16 Nov 2022
How US abortion bans are impacting women whose unborn babies show inherited disorders
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Livers that live longer than we do
Wed 2 Nov 2022
The hundred year old transplanted livers still going strong
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Women and children’s health hit by disasters and Covid
Wed 19 Oct 2022
How women and children's health is impacted more by the pandemic and conflict
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Can a new star system help us to eat healthily?
Wed 12 Oct 2022
How to work out what to eat to stay healthy
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'Historic' claims for new Alzheimer’s drug
Wed 5 Oct 2022
Treatment hope for Alzheimer’s patients
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Floods spreading disease in Pakistan
Wed 28 Sep 2022
Floods in Pakistan are causing a rise in waterborne diseases
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Egypt’s hepatitis C success story
Wed 21 Sep 2022
How Egypt went from having the highest rate of hepatitis C to almost eliminating it
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China approves first inhaled Covid vaccine
Wed 7 Sep 2022
China approves first inhaled Covid vaccine
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Transplant hope as kidney blood groups swapped
Wed 17 Aug 2022
Changing the blood groups of kidneys could improve access to donated organs
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β€Virtualβ€ hospital visits cut relatives’ distress
Wed 10 Aug 2022
New study: video calls helped reduce distress when relatives couldn’t visit loved ones
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Can you be a kind boss?
Wed 3 Aug 2022
In the cut throat world of work, can bosses be kind? Claudia Hammond unpicks the evidence
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Pure kindness
Wed 27 Jul 2022
What can research tell us about whether there is such a thing as an act of pure kindness
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Marburg virus cases confirmed
Wed 20 Jul 2022
Marburg virus cases confirmed in Ghana following two deaths
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Polio misinformation
Wed 29 Jun 2022
Polio misinformation and why looking after your body clock can be good for your health
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Poor Covid immunity after Omicron
Wed 22 Jun 2022
New research shows Omicron is 'stealthy immune evader' with poor immunity boost
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Next generation Covid vaccines
Wed 15 Jun 2022
Next generation Covid vaccines and how noticing our body clocks could improve our health
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What brain scans tell us
Wed 8 Jun 2022
A new paper described as a bombshell in the world of brain scans