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Back pain
James Gallagher puts your back pain questions to an expert panel.
NHS weight-loss drug
Is an NHS weight-loss drug a new era in tackling obesity?
Parkinson's and Ballet
How exercise from ballet to cycling may help people living with Parkinson's disease.
Did Covid turn us into teeth grinders?
James Gallagher finds out if we've become a nation of pandemic teeth grinders.
How hot is too hot for human health?
What happens inside the body when it gets hot.
How fast should you eat your food?
Slowing down your eating speed might impact your health
What happened to mpox?
With the global health emergency declared over, is mpox ‘done’?
Could weight-loss drugs treat addiction?
Could weight-loss drugs also have potential to tackle serious addiction?
What difference could new Alzheimer’s disease drugs make?
Translating clinical trial breakthroughs into real life impacts for Alzheimer’s sufferers.
On the trail of a new street drug
James Gallagher finds out what happens when a new drug hits the UK’s streets.
Why is syphilis making a comeback?
Syphilis is at its highest rate since 1948. So why aren't we talking more about it?
When does sitting become bad for health?
James Gallagher visits the lab to explore how much sitting is too much.
Migraines and Headaches
As we enter a new era of migraine treatments, we answer your head pain questions.
Inside a sexual assault referral centre
James Gallagher meets the people who help victims of sexual assault.
What's stopping us from exercising in older age?
An 80-year-old athlete and a team of sports scientists help explain what can hold us back.
How do cold and flu remedies help when we're ill?
As cold and flu season nears, James finds out what the remedies in his cabinet do to help.
Living in a Bacterial World
Exploring our microbial metropolis - and is being clean important for good health?
Bladder, bowels and sex: Learning to live after my mountain accident
Niall McCann on navigating the ups and downs of life with a spinal cord injury.
Speedy medicine, and is fermented food good for us?
We meet the medics treating people in unusual places, and we talk all things fermented.
A guide to the perimenopause
How to prepare for the perimenopause and why it’s not all bad.
Why recovering from long Covid is a lot like training for the Olympics
We visit the first long Covid clinic to find out what we've learnt about the condition.
Coffee, nap, rave, repeat...
We discuss how much caffeine is too much, whether you need a nap and day-time raving.
Can noise harm our health?
We head into the lab to find out how unwanted sound can affect the body and brain.
Is intermittent fasting good for you?
From weight loss to prolonging life, James Gallagher investigates trending fast diets
We go on a tick hunt
James goes looking for ticks and asks how worried should we be about them.
Can insomnia be fixed?
We're joined by a panel of experts to answer your questions on insomnia.
Are more young people getting cancer?
Following the Princess of Wales’s diagnosis, we look at disease rates in people under 50.
What does alcohol do to the body and brain?
James visits the pub to find out what happens when he drinks two pints of lager.
Is watching sport good for you?
James monitors the physical ups and downs of watching the Euros final in an experiment.
How can we age well?
James and the Hay Festival audience try to conquer ageing, guided by a panel of experts.
Can diet and exercise ever replace statins?
Plus, sunburn remedies and how snus might enhance sporting performance