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Health Check Episodes

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    How giving babies peanut butter could cut allergy

    Study says giving babies peanut butter could cut allergy by 77%.

  2. Obesity drug: New hope for weight loss?

    How a drug designed for diabetes patients could offer hope for obesity

  3. How to cope with earthquake trauma

    We assess the mental health toll a month after earthquakes in Syria and Turkey.

  4. Vaccines: A tale of the unexpected

    We explore how some vaccines can have positive effects beyond their target

  5. Supporting Ukrainian children

    One year on from the start of the war, what support are Ukrainian children getting?

  6. Biting back: The fight against snakebite

    What is being done to tackle the issue of venomous snakebites?

  7. Can heat affect mental health?

    Researchers in Bangladesh explore links between changes in the weather and mental health

  8. Back from the brink

    We’ll hear a doctor and survivor’s stories of cardiac arrest – and have a guide to CPR.

  9. After the floods

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

  10. The β€˜Endo-Monster inside me’

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

  11. Family’s gene therapy journey

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

  12. Regret

    Claudia Hammond explores the psychology of regret

  13. Can you knit away your worries?

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

  14. Biggest health stories of the year

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

  15. Liver drug could be repurposed for Covid

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

  16. How words can save lives

    How words can save lives

  17. 'Historic' turning point for Alzheimer's

    Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.

  18. How to make surgery safer

    New evidence shows how simple steps can stop infections after surgery

  19. Genetic disorders and US abortion bans

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

  20. Psychological nudges for HIV treatment

    South Africa’s first HIV β€œNudge” Unit

  21. Livers that live longer than we do

    The hundred year old transplanted livers still going strong

  22. Long Covid – the latest

    What doctors still don’t know about Long Covid

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

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

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

    How to work out what to eat to stay healthy

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

    Treatment hope for Alzheimer’s patients

  26. Floods spreading disease in Pakistan

    Floods in Pakistan are causing a rise in waterborne diseases

  27. Egypt’s hepatitis C success story

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

  28. Malaria vaccine effective

    Malaria vaccine protects children in Burkina Faso

  29. China approves first inhaled Covid vaccine

    China approves first inhaled Covid vaccine

  30. Statins rarely cause muscle pain

    Reassurance over risk of statins side effects

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