Health Check Episodes Episode guide
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06/07/2009
Claudia Hammond reports from Britain's Royal Society summer exhibition.
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29/06/2009
Polio. The secrets of ageing. Scourge of Hayfever. And the medical benefits of marijuana.
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22/06/2009
Why are men more at risk from getting and dying from cancer? Claudia Hammond finds out.
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22/06/2009
Men’s cancer risk. Cancer busting carrots. Recession and health. Dreams and creativity.
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15/06/2009
Bereavement without a body. Compulsory vaccinations. Swine flu pandemic. Rudeness.
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15/06/2009
Bereavement without a body. Compulsory vaccinations. Swine flu pandemic. Rudeness.
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08/06/2009
Gates Foundation, lullabies help tiny babies and the Physicians for Human Rights Project.
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Portugal Health
Claudia Hammond goes to Portugal to find out how decriminalising drugs could help addicts.
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25/05/2009
Sri Lankan IDPs, cancer & depression, skin cream from newborns, surgery via belly button.
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18/05/2009
Claudia Hammond explores why a million children die each year from violence or accidents.
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11/05/2009
Claudia Hammond finds out how governments prevent panic during a serious health outbreak.
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04/05/2009
The ethics of epidemics, visual neglect and stroke and snakebite treatment
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27/04/2009
Mental health in Cambodia; new drug for scarring; face recognition; Chinese health reform.
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20/04/2009
Meningitis in Nigeria and Niger, Phantom limbs, bed bugs and mass hysteria
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President Obama & Health Reforms in the US
Claudia Hammond finds out about President Obama's plans to reform the US health system.
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Lifespan and social status
Michael Marmot on why your social standing affects your health and even when you'll die.
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30/03/2009
How to make drugs more accessible, genetics and access to conterfeit drugs.
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23/03/2009
Heath Check reports from South Africa on how HIV/AIDS is affecting children's lives.
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16/03/2009
The first of two programmes looking at health in South Africa.
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09/03/2009
Medicine and healthcare with Claudia Hammond. Every Monday.
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02/03/2009
Medicine and healthcare with Claudia Hammond. Every Monday.
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23/02/2009
Medicine and healthcare with Claudia Hammond. Every Monday.
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16/02/2009
Medicine and healthcare with Claudia Hammond. Every Monday.
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09/02/2009
Medicine and healthcare with Claudia Hammond. Every Monday.
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02/02/2009
Medicine and healthcare with Claudia Hammond. Every Monday.
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26/01/2009
Medicine and healthcare with Claudia Hammond. Every Monday.
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19/01/2009
Medicine and healthcare with Claudia Hammond. Every Monday.
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12/01/2009
Medicine and healthcare with Claudia Hammond. Every Monday.
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05/01/2009
Medicine and healthcare with Claudia Hammond. Every Monday.
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03/01/2009
Medicine and healthcare with Claudia Hammond. Every Monday.