Inside Health Podcast
Series that demystifies health issues, separating fact from fiction and bringing clarity to conflicting health advice.
Episodes to download
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Mouthwash & dentistry during the pandemic
Tue 2 Feb 2021
Preventing coronavirus at the dentist, and can mouthwash really help kill coronavirus?
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Exercise in the time of Covid
Tue 26 Jan 2021
How to get back to exercise after recovering from Covid-19. Online physio to stop falls.
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Oximetry at home, Rapid lateral flow tests for Covid
Tue 19 Jan 2021
Could measuring oxygen levels at home, when people have covid, save lives?
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Statins and Nocebo, Vit D & Covid, new therapies for Covid
Tue 12 Jan 2021
Research trials for Covid-19. Do vitamin D supplements prevent infection from SARS-COV-2?
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Covid in 2021 & a blood test that claims to detect cancer early
Tue 5 Jan 2021
Covid in 2021 and a blood test that claims to detect cancer early.
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How Bangor Hospital's Intensive Care Unit is Preparing for Winter
Tue 27 Oct 2020
Saleyha Ahsan on how Bangor Hospital's Intensive Care Unit is preparing for winter.
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Covid-19 Test and Trace; Non-drug trials in a pandemic
Tue 13 Oct 2020
Covid-19 Test and Trace; Non-drug trials in a pandemic
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Antibodies to Covid in Kids, Covid and Colds, PIMS-TS,
Tue 29 Sep 2020
Antibodies to Covid found in kids before the pandemic; Covid and colds, PIMS-TS.
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Sticky Blood : From Blood Clots to Covid-19
Tue 22 Sep 2020
Sticky Blood : From Blood Clots to Covid-19
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Flu Vaccine; Dentistry and Covid; Diagnosing Coeliac disease; NHS preparations for winter
Tue 11 Aug 2020
Flu vaccine, dentistry and covid, diagnosing Coeliac disease and NHS winter preparations.
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Bedside Covid Test; Longterm Covid Recovery
Tue 4 Aug 2020
Dr Mark Porter on a bedside test for Covid-19 and long term recovery from the virus.
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Prescribing Cycling; Temperature Checks; False Positives; Choirs and Covid-19
Tue 28 Jul 2020
Evidence for GPs prescribing cycling; temperature checks; false positives; choirs & Covid.
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Public Health in the time of Coronavirus
Tue 21 Jul 2020
Dr Margaret McCartney looks at the vital role of public health in the pandemic.
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Covid-19 and ethnicity in medicine; medical devices safety review
Tue 14 Jul 2020
Covid-19 and ethnicity in medicine and medical devices safety review.
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Covid-19 and the Impact on UK Cancer Services
Tue 7 Jul 2020
James Gallagher investigates the impact on cancer care of the pandemic
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Shielding; Pandemic Lexicon; Southampton Hospital; Doctor rejects NHS Superhero Tag—Inside Health: The Virus
Tue 26 May 2020
Millions are 'shielding' from the virus. Tanya on the reality of long-term lockdown.
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Longest Stay Covid-19 Patient; Health Inequalities; Agoraphobia; Covid-19 Testing—Inside Health: The Virus
Tue 19 May 2020
Claudia Hammond on the longest stay COVID-19 case; Health Inequalities; Agoraphobia.
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Acute Kidney Injury with Covid-19; Passive Immunisation; Online GPs; face mask interactions—Inside Health: The Virus
Tue 12 May 2020
Acute Kidney Injury & Covid-19; passive immunisation; online GPs; face mask interactions.
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Diabetes & Covid-19; Southampton Critical Care; Antigen Tests; Cytokine Storm—Inside Health: The Virus
Tue 5 May 2020
Why do people with diabetes get so sick with Covid-19 and how can they protect themselves?
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Smoking vs Covid-19; non-urgent treatments; loneliness surveys; Southampton update, covid and the law.—Inside Health: The Virus
Tue 28 Apr 2020
Claudia Hammond on smoking and Covid-19, lockdown loneliness surveys, and clinical law.
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Southampton update; health anxiety; death certifications; fast-track drug screening—Inside Health: The Virus
Tue 21 Apr 2020
Southampton update, health anxiety, death certifications and fast-track drug screening.
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Covid-19 drug trial; Mental health alone; Southampton update; Antarctica's lockdown lessons—Inside Health: The Virus
Tue 14 Apr 2020
Claudia Hammond reports on the first drug trials for the treatment of Covid-19.
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Covid-19 and moral injury; Asthma; Southampton update; Mental health services—Inside Health: The Virus
Tue 7 Apr 2020
Claudia Hammond on moral injury, asthma, a Southampton update, and mental health services.
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Dispatches from University Hospital Southampton; Covid-19 and loss of smell; intensive care access; coronavirus home care—Inside Health: The Virus
Tue 31 Mar 2020
Claudia Hammond reports on the unfolding coronavirus pandemic.
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COVID-19 PPE; Secondary Pneumonia; Viral Load; Trauma Care in Fort William
Tue 24 Mar 2020
Margaret McCartney on COVID-19; Pneumonia; Viral Load; Trauma Care in Fort William.
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Covid-19 Intensive Care Beds; Ibuprofen; Laser and Glaucoma; Faecal Incontinence
Tue 17 Mar 2020
Dr Saleyha Ahsan investigates the struggle to increase capacity in intensive care.
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Coronavirus Special
Tue 10 Mar 2020
Saleyha Ahsan reports from her own emergency department about preparations for Coronavirus
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Cigarette Filters; Sepsis
Tue 25 Feb 2020
Chris van Tulleken examines cigarette filters and how the media report sepsis.
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