Health Check Podcast
Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
Episodes to download
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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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鈥淰irtual鈥� hospital visits cut relatives鈥� distress
Wed 10 Aug 2022
New study: video calls helped reduce distress when relatives couldn鈥檛 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
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Monkeypox misinformation and stigma
Wed 1 Jun 2022
Concerns about monkeypox misinformation and stigma
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Monkeypox in central Africa
Wed 25 May 2022
Monkeypox in central Africa; Covid Variants in South Africa and creams for eczema
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New trial results of a fourth Covid booster
Wed 11 May 2022
Brand new trial results investigating a fourth Covid booster.
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Combined protection of Covid vaccination and prior infection
Wed 4 May 2022
Evidence investigating a hybrid protection from Covid vaccines and prior infection
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Are we kinder to people like us?
Wed 20 Apr 2022
Claudia Hammond asks whether we are kinder to people who we think are like us?
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More cases of Covid in Africa than official figures suggest
Wed 6 Apr 2022
Results from Zambia suggesting more cases of Covid in Africa than official figures suggest
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What should Hong Kong do about Covid-19?
Wed 23 Mar 2022
What went wrong and what should happen next?
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How children think about maths and time
Thu 10 Mar 2022
Doughnuts today or tomorrow? How four-year-olds understand time
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Helping children cope with anxiety about war in Ukraine
Thu 3 Mar 2022
The news can be distressing. How can we help children who are feeling anxious?
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Why measles is sweeping through Afghanistan
Wed 23 Feb 2022
Cases rise against backdrop of malnutrition and low vaccination rates
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Pig organs for transplant patients
Wed 16 Feb 2022
Could pig organs solve the global shortage of hearts and kidneys?
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Bringing death back into life
Wed 2 Feb 2022
Experts are calling for a radical change in our approach to death and dying
