Medical programme exploring a different topic each week, with reports and input from experts
Radio 4,Β·111 episodes
Dr Mark Porter is joined by Dr Anne Szarewski to discuss the HPV family of viruses.
Dr Mark Porter looks at common problems of hair, from greying to dandruff and baldness.
Dr Mark Porter visits the Royal Victoria Infirmary Poisons Unit in Newcastle.
Dr Mark Porter investigates the latest treatments for problems in the urinary tract.
Dr Mark Porter investigates aneurysms, swellings in blood vessels anywhere in the body.
Dr Mark Porter talks to a patient and her surgeon about controversial weight loss surgery.
Dr Mark Porter investigates what harm we can do to ourselves in the garden.
Dr Mark Porter reports on the latest findings about the experience of physical pain.
Dr Mark Porter reports on treatment for back problems, including his own.
Dr Mark Porter looks at diagnosis and treatment of prostate problems.
Dr Mark Porter weighs up the benefits of sunshine against the harm it can do to our skin.
Dr Mark Porter looks at knee injuries and how to treat them.
Dr Mark Porter leads a debate on health checks for the over 40s.
Dr Mark Porter reports on the latest treatments for rheumatoid arthritis.
Dr Mark Porter explores a pilot scheme in Yeovil to treat colo-rectal cancer.
Dr Mark Porter investigates health issues of the day.
Dr Mark Porter looks at problems that occur with abnormal activity of the thyroid gland.
Dr Mark Porter looks at fainting, why it happens and how we learn to cope with it.
Dr Mark Porter looks at liver disease with Professor Humphrey Hodgson.
Dr Mark Porter looks at cystic fibrosis and current research offering hope of a cure.
Dr Mark Porter looks at the problem of superbugs in hospitals.
Dr Mark Porter and guests discuss how to deal with the side effects of medication.
Dr Mark Porter looks at Metabolic Syndrome, which can herald diabetes and heart disease.
Dr Mark Porter explores what life is like after having a transplanted organ.
Dr Mark Porter looks at recent advances in the treatment of Down's Syndrome.
Dr Mark Porter looks at problems with the vocal cords.
Mark Porter joins Dr Esther Crawley to look at teenage cases of ME.
Dr Mark Porter reports on the latest advice on how to diagnose and treat meningitis.
Dr Mark Porter visits a new burns unit at Birmingham Children's Hospital.
Dr Mark Porter looks at statins, drugs that lower the levels of cholesterol in the blood.
