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Health Check Episodes

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    Covid-19 in Italy

    Why was Covid-19 so deadly in Italy?

  2. The impact on doctors and nurses of making difficult medical decisions

    The 鈥渕oral injury鈥� felt by staff making difficult decisions during the Covid-19 pandemic

  3. The retired doctor who鈥檇 want to die at home if he got Covid-19

    The latest on the spread of Covid-19 in the USA

  4. Tracking diseases like Covid-19 that leap from animals into humans

    Learning from scientists in Vietnam tracking diseases that jump from animals to humans

  5. Coronavirus update

    As South Africa goes into lockdown what measures are they taking? Plus big data in Taiwan

  6. What have we learnt from Sars?

    The history of Sars, what was done to conquer it and what can we learn to fight Covid-19?

  7. Alcohol: How drinking less will help you live longer

    COVID-19 update, how to cut your alcohol intake and how Alexa could keep you healthy

  8. The maths of coronavirus

    Coronavirus in the US, the maths of epidemics, and coughs that last for years and years

  9. How life drawing helps us to understand anatomy

    Looking beneath a model鈥檚 skin to draw their skeleton and muscles

  10. Why is Covid spreading so quickly on cruise ships?

    First case of Covid in Africa reported as virus spreads rapidly on cruise ship near Japan

  11. The latest on the spread of Coronavirus

    A new test being developed could help track the spread of coronavirus

  12. Fighting the new coronavirus alongside other infections

    Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world

  13. Latest on the Chinese coronavirus

    Will quarantines help to stop the spread of the Chinese new coronavirus?

  14. Touch Special

    Claudia Hammond launches a major new study investigating the role of touch

  15. Rising depression amid Hong Kong unrest

    Is unrest in Hong Kong linked to a rise in depression?

  16. Alarm Over Mysterious Respiratory Illness in China

    The scientist who solved the mystery of a killer brain disease and a shrew

  17. A doctor鈥檚 tale of stress at work

    An ex-doctor and a psychologist offer tips on how to avoid stress at work

  18. The importance of play in childhood

    Why play matters: balancing time spent on video games with time outside, being active

  19. Malnutrition 鈥� you can be fat or thin

    Emergency food supplies help starving children 鈥� but may fuel obesity

  20. Mobile phones and head injuries

    Risking head injuries by using a mobile phone on the go

  21. When should you have a cholesterol test?

    Could cholesterol tests in our 30s cut heart attack and stroke risk?

  22. The global scale of corruption in healthcare

    How widespread is corruption in healthcare?

  23. Risk of depression higher in LGBT teens

    Half of LGBT teens in British study experience depression

  24. What鈥檚 behind the vaping deaths in the US?

    Illicit cannabis behind vaping deaths in United States

  25. How the smog in Delhi is harming people鈥檚 health

    Hospital admissions up in Delhi because of seasonal smog

  26. How the weather influences pain

    Cloudy with a chance of pain: how humidity makes arthritic joints hurt more

  27. Is drug addiction a criminal or public health issue?

    What鈥檚 the best way to get addicts off drugs?

  28. Cheap drug cuts head injuries deaths

    Hope for head injuries from clotting drug

  29. Abuse of women in childbirth

    Women in childbirth verbally and physically abused

  30. How athletes prepared for Doha heat

    Many athletes struggled with heat and humidity in Doha. How did they prepare?

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