Health Check Podcast
Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
Episodes to download
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Malaria vaccines approved first in West Africa
Wed 19 Apr 2023
Nigeria follows Ghana in approving malaria vaccine for young children
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New way of giving lifesaving drug in childbirth
Wed 12 Apr 2023
Trial shows injecting drug into muscle to stop bleeding in childbirth is effective.
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Women aren’t being promoted in healthcare
Wed 5 Apr 2023
Why more women need to be leaders in healthcare.
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Could armpit sweat help tackle anxiety?
Wed 29 Mar 2023
Researchers test whether sniffing other people’s body odour might have a therapeutic use.
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How giving babies peanut butter could cut allergy
Wed 22 Mar 2023
Study says giving babies peanut butter could cut allergy by 77%.
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Obesity drug: New hope for weight loss?
Wed 15 Mar 2023
How a drug designed for diabetes patients could offer hope for obesity
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How to cope with earthquake trauma
Wed 8 Mar 2023
We assess the mental health toll a month after earthquakes in Syria and Turkey.
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Vaccines: A tale of the unexpected
Wed 1 Mar 2023
We explore how some vaccines can have positive effects beyond their target
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Supporting Ukrainian children
Wed 22 Feb 2023
One year on from the start of the war, what support are Ukrainian children getting?
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Biting back: The fight against snakebite
Wed 15 Feb 2023
What is being done to tackle the issue of venomous snakebites?
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Can heat affect mental health?
Wed 8 Feb 2023
Researchers in Bangladesh explore links between changes in the weather and mental health
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Back from the brink
Wed 1 Feb 2023
We’ll hear a doctor and survivor’s stories of cardiac arrest – and have a guide to CPR.
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After the floods
Wed 25 Jan 2023
A medic describes the situation six months on from the worst floods in Pakistan’s history
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The ‘Endo-Monster inside me’
Wed 18 Jan 2023
This week, we hear from two women who talk about what life is like with endometriosis.
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Family’s gene therapy journey
Wed 11 Jan 2023
One family’s quest for their little girl to be treated for an incredibly rare disease
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Can you knit away your worries?
Wed 28 Dec 2022
Crochet classes in the pandemic helped to ease stress but it’s hard to prove in studies
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Biggest health stories of the year
Wed 21 Dec 2022
Our pick of the biggest stories of 2022 – all covered right here on Health Check
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Liver drug could be repurposed for Covid
Wed 14 Dec 2022
A widely used liver disease drug could be repurposed to stop Covid-19 in its tracks.
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'Historic' turning point for Alzheimer's
Wed 30 Nov 2022
Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
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How to make surgery safer
Wed 23 Nov 2022
New evidence shows how simple steps can stop infections after surgery
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Genetic disorders and US abortion bans
Wed 16 Nov 2022
How US abortion bans are impacting women whose unborn babies show inherited disorders
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Livers that live longer than we do
Wed 2 Nov 2022
The hundred year old transplanted livers still going strong
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Women and children’s health hit by disasters and Covid
Wed 19 Oct 2022
How women and children's health is impacted more by the pandemic and conflict
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Can a new star system help us to eat healthily?
Wed 12 Oct 2022
How to work out what to eat to stay healthy
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Floods spreading disease in Pakistan
Wed 28 Sep 2022
Floods in Pakistan are causing a rise in waterborne diseases
