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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Drug Driving; End of Life Care; Smart Drugs
Tue 24 Feb 2015
New drug-driving laws include some medications, end of life care and smart drugs.
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Heart and Exercise, Smoking and Alcohol, Weight Management, Hepatitis C
Tue 17 Feb 2015
Can running too much be bad for you? Plus a psychological approach to weight loss.
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Low NHS morale; Flying when pregnant; Sugary drinks & menarche; FGM
Tue 10 Feb 2015
Low NHS staff morale, flying when pregnant, sugary drinks and menarche, FGM.
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NHS Satisfaction Survey; NHS & cancer; Headphones volume; P4 Medicine
Tue 3 Feb 2015
Diagnosing Cancer, personalised medicine based on genes and do headphones damage hearing?
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Drugs link to dementia, Gluten-free, Heart disease in women, Social jetlag, Boilers on prescription
Tue 27 Jan 2015
Increased risk of dementia from common drugs; and is going gluten free good for you?
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Mutant Flu, Weight-Loss Surgery, Young Men and Body Image, CVID, Dental Check-ups, Doctors' Example, Dry January Findings
Tue 20 Jan 2015
Dr Mark Porter on mutant flu, weight-loss surgery, six packs and 'dry January'.
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Dry January and Nalmefene, PLAC Blood Test for Inflammation, Dental Check-ups
Tue 13 Jan 2015
Treating alcohol dependence with a pill, predicting heart attack risk and dental visits.
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A&E in winter, Fruit juice, Opioid drugs and chronic pain, No evidence, Obesity
Tue 6 Jan 2015
Should fruit juice be dropped from 5-a-day? A&E in winter; Mark visits a busy pain clinic.
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GP incentives; Walk-in CT scans; Hot Flushes feedback; New anti-coagulants
Tue 28 Oct 2014
Do financial incentives for GPs work? Are walk-in CT scans a good idea?
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Private hospitals, Hyperbaric medicine, Sick day rules to reduce kidney damage, Warfarin
Tue 21 Oct 2014
Dr Mark Porter asks how much we know about patient safety in private hospitals.
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Sickness Absence, Ankle Arthritis, Hot Flushes, Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Tue 14 Oct 2014
Dr Mark Porter reports on ankle arthritis, and when you should keep your child off school.
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Ebola, Painkillers, Immunity (CVID), Integrated Health, Thyroid and Pregnancy
Tue 7 Oct 2014
Dr Mark Porter explores Ebola and how predictions of its spread are made.
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Antibiotics, Winter Flu, NHS Continuing Healthcare, Snoring
Tue 30 Sep 2014
Dr Mark Porter looks at the evidence for winter flu jabs and reviews sleep apps.
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Conflict resolution in Ashya King case; GPs near work; Lipoedema
Tue 23 Sep 2014
Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us.
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Conflicted Medicine: Public Health Campaigns
Tue 26 Aug 2014
Dr Mark Porter examines how powerful lobbying groups influence what you eat and drink.
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Conflicted Medicine: Specialists and GPs
Tue 19 Aug 2014
Dr Mark Porter examines the hidden conflicts of interest that can influence your health.
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Conflicted Medicine: Pharmaceuticals
Tue 12 Aug 2014
Are hidden conflicts of interest in medicine out of control or an over-hyped concern?
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HIV and MS; Black skin and cancer; Iron overload; Losing your sense of smell
Tue 5 Aug 2014
Dr Mark Porter finds out why people with HIV very rarely get multiple sclerosis.
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Back pain and paracetamol, blood thinning drugs, drug driving, kidney stones
Tue 29 Jul 2014
Paracetamol and back pain; blood thinning drugs; drug driving limits and kidney stones.
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Statins, Cholesterol-lowering spreads, Olive oil, Diet and inflammatory bowel disease, Singers' nodules
Tue 22 Jul 2014
With a look at Crohn's disease and diet, teachers' voices and cholesterol-lowering foods.
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Screening for Breast Cancer
Tue 15 Jul 2014
Dr Mark Porter debates the benefits and harms of screening for breast cancer.
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Ebola, Bike saddles, Recording consultations, Insect bites
Tue 8 Jul 2014
Ebola, bike saddles and erectile dysfunction, recording consultations and insect bites.
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Statins; improving cancer survival rates; reflux and heartburn; recycling medicines.
Tue 1 Jul 2014
Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us.
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Hospital patients dying of thirst; Paracetamol; Saturated fats; Baclofen and alcoholism
Tue 22 Apr 2014
Dr Mark Porter on how Baclofen stopped a listener drinking 6-8 bottles of wine a day.
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Video consultations, Low-fibre diets, Testosterone
Tue 15 Apr 2014
Dr Mark Porter investigates low testosterone, low-fibre diets and GPs on Skype.
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Anti-virals for flu, Bod Pod test for body fat, Patients' weight, X-rays and cancer
Tue 8 Apr 2014
The evidence for anti-virals and flu. Plus Mark gets his body fat checked.
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Care of the dying, Birdsong in GP surgeries, Sex development
Tue 1 Apr 2014
Dr Mark Porter presents a series that aims to demystify perplexing health issues.
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Stress and pregnancy, CBT for insomnia, Cluster headache, Smoking and mental health
Tue 25 Mar 2014
Why insomnia is often mismanaged despite there being an effective drug-free treatment.
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Cancer of the cervix & HPV; Oral cancer & HPV; Eating late; Feedback on Sugar, Thrush, Cataracts; Scarfree operations
Tue 18 Mar 2014
Why cervical cancer screening in the UK could change, and is there a right time to eat?
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Sugar, Prescription charges, Thrush, Iron and strokes
Tue 11 Mar 2014
Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us.
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