Health Check Episodes Episode guide
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Controversy over Vitamin Supplements
Scientists disagree over findings on long-term benefits of taking vitamin supplements
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Combatting mental illness
Mental health issues for breastfeeding mothers and why swimming can help
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Cluster Bombs
How children's lives round the world are ruined by cluster bombs
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Climate Change and Health
How climate change might affect health
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Chronic Conditions in the Developing World
Visiting a conference in Cape Town, run by the Oxford Health Alliance
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Cholera Outbreak in Zimbabwe
A report on Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak
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Cholera in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Euan McIlraith joins medical teams responding to the cholera outbreak in Congo
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Chilean Pesticides and Family Planning
Blisters and swelling. Investigating the health problems caused by pesticides
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Childhood Obesity
The results of a study on obesity and early childhood eating habits
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Child Slavery
The continuing worldwide scandal of child labour and slavery
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Child Rights
Millions of children endure multiple violations of their human rights
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Child Dietary Supplements
How can children's dietary health be improved?
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Cervical Cancer Vaccine
The new vaccine for cervical cancer and the prospects for its use in developing countries
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Cervical Cancer
Cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of deaths amongst women world wide
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Caudwell Xtreme Everest Expedition
A report on the Caudwell Xtreme Everest medical research expedition
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Care for Doctors with Depression
Who do doctors turn to when they're clinically depressed?
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Cancer in Ghana
Special edition from Ghana, focusing on the expected increase in cancer cases in Africa
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Can we eradicate leprosy?
Senegal has embarked on a campaign to stop the disease in its tracks
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Breastfeeding
An estimated 6 million lives have been saved by exclusive breastfeeding
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Breaking the Hippocratic Oath
Should doctors ever keep quiet about human rights abuses?
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Brain Scanning with Fusion Spectrum Imaging
New developments in brain scanning reveal some surprising results
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Brain Cell Transplants for Parkinson's Disease
The people who received brain cell transplants for Parkinson's Disease, 15 years on
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Bonus Podcast: Death in Ice Valley
A special preview of the new podcast Death in Ice Valley
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Bird Flu and Mental Health Screening
Managing bird flu and mass mental health screening for teenagers
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Beat Boxing and Jobs Affecting your Health
Beat Boxing and the strain on the voice
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Bangladesh’s Health Crisis
Malnutrition is just one of the major causes of death in Bengali children and women
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Attitudes to Pain
The differences in attitudes towards pain and pain management around the world
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Aspirin, Homoeopathy and Menopause
Is aspirin effective on people without circulatory problems?
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Artificial Hearts
A report on the latest attempt to develop the world's first fully artificial heart
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Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs
The threat of an alarming future without antibiotics