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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Health checks, Fertility, Adjustment
Tue 29 Mar 2016
The evidence for 'mid-life MOTs', female fertility and age and the meaning of 'adjustment'
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Preventive HIV therapy, Sugar tax, Bowel cancer, Surgery
Tue 22 Mar 2016
Dr Mark Porter explores preventive HIV therapy, the sugar tax, bowel cancer and surgery.
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Asthma, Visual snow, Confounding factors
Tue 15 Mar 2016
Why is asthma overdiagnosed and undertreated? Plus visual snow and confounding factors.
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Dementia advice, Antidepressants, Transplant organs, Vaginal seeding
Tue 8 Mar 2016
Antidepressants - how do you know when you are better and can stop taking them?
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Ovarian cancer, PBC, Treating severe head injury
Tue 1 Mar 2016
Talc use and ovarian cancer. PBC causes fatigue and itching but is often missed.
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Charles Bonnet syndrome, Co-proxamol, Meningitis B vaccine, Smart tablets
Tue 23 Feb 2016
Patient power and the parental clamour for more children to get the meningitis B vaccine.
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E-cigarettes, Asherman's syndrome, Rugby
Tue 16 Feb 2016
The UK's first licensed e-cigarette, owned by a tobacco company, is classed as a medicine.
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Chicken pox in pregnancy, Club foot, Test for Conn's syndrome, Teeth brushing
Tue 9 Feb 2016
Dr Mark Porter talks about chicken pox in pregnancy.
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Blood pressure, Palm oil
Tue 2 Feb 2016
How low should you go when treating blood pressure? And why is palm oil in so many foods?
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Folic acid in flour, Southampton FC and hip and groin pain, Online private doctors
Tue 26 Jan 2016
Folic acid in flour, Southampton FC and hip and groin pain, online private doctors.
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Hospital admissions and the 'weekend effect', Peyronie's disease
Tue 19 Jan 2016
Do more people die in hospital at the weekend? Dr Mark Porter examines the evidence.
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Health and Exercise Inside Health Special
Tue 12 Jan 2016
The healing power of exercise: how being fit helps everything from stiff joints to cancer.
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Pregabalin and gabapentin misuse, Natural birth after caesarean, Adrenaline auto-injectors
Tue 6 Oct 2015
Pregabalin and gabapentin misuse; natural birth after caesarean; adrenaline auto-injectors
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Pollution, Falls in the elderly, False positives and negatives, Meningitis B and teenagers
Tue 29 Sep 2015
Pollution kills 29,000 people a year in the UK but where does the statistic come from?
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Cancer drugs fund, Winter flu vaccine, Bandy legs and knock knees, Peer review
Tue 22 Sep 2015
Dr Mark Porter on the anxiety being caused by proposed reforms to the Cancer Drugs Fund.
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League tables, Nits, Feeling the cold, Language - Surrogate marker
Tue 15 Sep 2015
Are league tables listing surgical outcomes the best way to assess a surgeon?
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Aspirin and heart attacks, BPPV vertigo, Patronising language, Carpal tunnel sydrome, Osteoporosis treatment
Tue 8 Sep 2015
Aspirin and heart attacks, vertigo, carpal tunnel sydrome and osteoporosis treatment.
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Meningitis B, Hormones and depression, Statins, Unexpected heart attacks
Tue 1 Sep 2015
The latest advice on statins, menopause and depression, and the meningitis B vaccine.
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Off-patent Drugs Bill, Pre-diabetes, Sepsis, All-cause mortality
Tue 28 Jul 2015
The Off-patent Drugs Bill to prevent people missing out on life-saving treatments.
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Asthma inhalers, Knee arthroscopy, Pelvic girdle pain, Medically unexplained symptoms
Tue 21 Jul 2015
Does using an asthma inhaler give athletes a performance advantage in their sport?
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Tax on sugary drinks, Low libido in women, Europe's largest robotic pharmacy
Tue 14 Jul 2015
What is the evidence that taxing sugary drinks will help tackle obesity?
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Gestational diabetes, Low-carb diets, Needle pain
Tue 7 Jul 2015
Dr Mark Porter discusses new UK guidelines on diabetes in pregnancy.
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Emergency abdominal surgery, Thermometers, Vitamins and dementia, Risk
Tue 30 Jun 2015
Demistifying perplexing health issues, including which thermometers parents should use.
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Future of 7-day GP Access Pilots, Mers, Laughing Gas Health Risks
Tue 23 Jun 2015
What happens to seven-day opening at GP surgeries when the money runs out?
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Cervical Screening in Older Women; Hepatitis E in Nepal; Enlarged Prostate; Significance
Tue 16 Jun 2015
Cervical screening in older women and concerns about a hepatitis E outbreak in Nepal.
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Flibanserin; Strokes in young people; Outdoor swimming; Research terminology - Causation v Association
Tue 9 Jun 2015
Dr Mark Porter examines the new drug to treat low sex drive in women.
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Feedback on Teenage Pregnancy, Smoothies, AMD, Hospital Beds, Frailty, Feedback on Gallstones, Moles
Tue 24 Mar 2015
Listener feedback; numbers of hospital beds decline as admissions go up; frailty diagnosis
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Avastin, Peanut Allergy, Bowel Bacteria and Faecal Transplants
Tue 17 Mar 2015
Mark Porter visits a laboratory to find out how gut bacteria could be influencing weight.
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Cigarette Packets, Sex Education, Gallstones, Cosmetic Surgery
Tue 10 Mar 2015
Sex education, cosmetic surgery trends, removing gallstones and cigarette packaging.
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Saturated Fats, Moles, Egg Freezing
Tue 3 Mar 2015
Research into saturated fats, checking moles and success for egg freezing and pregnancy.
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