Health Check Episodes Episode guide
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Why we need more black doctors
Why more black doctors could increase life expectancy of local black people
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Malaria vaccines approved first in West Africa
Nigeria follows Ghana in approving malaria vaccine for young children
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New way of giving lifesaving drug in childbirth
Trial shows injecting drug into muscle to stop bleeding in childbirth is effective.
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Women aren鈥檛 being promoted in healthcare
Why more women need to be leaders in healthcare.
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Could armpit sweat help tackle anxiety?
Researchers test whether sniffing other people鈥檚 body odour might have a therapeutic use.
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How giving babies peanut butter could cut allergy
Study says giving babies peanut butter could cut allergy by 77%.
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Obesity drug: New hope for weight loss?
How a drug designed for diabetes patients could offer hope for obesity
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How to cope with earthquake trauma
We assess the mental health toll a month after earthquakes in Syria and Turkey.
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Vaccines: A tale of the unexpected
We explore how some vaccines can have positive effects beyond their target
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Supporting Ukrainian children
One year on from the start of the war, what support are Ukrainian children getting?
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Biting back: The fight against snakebite
What is being done to tackle the issue of venomous snakebites?
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Can heat affect mental health?
Researchers in Bangladesh explore links between changes in the weather and mental health
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Back from the brink
We鈥檒l hear a doctor and survivor鈥檚 stories of cardiac arrest 鈥� and have a guide to CPR.
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After the floods
A medic describes the situation six months on from the worst floods in Pakistan鈥檚 history
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The 鈥楨ndo-Monster inside me鈥�
This week, we hear from two women who talk about what life is like with endometriosis.
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Family鈥檚 gene therapy journey
One family鈥檚 quest for their little girl to be treated for an incredibly rare disease
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Regret
Claudia Hammond explores the psychology of regret
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Can you knit away your worries?
Crochet classes in the pandemic helped to ease stress but it鈥檚 hard to prove in studies
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Biggest health stories of the year
Our pick of the biggest stories of 2022 鈥� all covered right here on Health Check
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Liver drug could be repurposed for Covid
A widely used liver disease drug could be repurposed to stop Covid-19 in its tracks.
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How words can save lives
How words can save lives
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'Historic' turning point for Alzheimer's
Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
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How to make surgery safer
New evidence shows how simple steps can stop infections after surgery
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Genetic disorders and US abortion bans
How US abortion bans are impacting women whose unborn babies show inherited disorders
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Psychological nudges for HIV treatment
South Africa鈥檚 first HIV 鈥淣udge鈥� Unit
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Livers that live longer than we do
The hundred year old transplanted livers still going strong
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Long Covid 鈥� the latest
What doctors still don鈥檛 know about Long Covid
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Women and children鈥檚 health hit by disasters and Covid
How women and children's health is impacted more by the pandemic and conflict
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Can a new star system help us to eat healthily?
How to work out what to eat to stay healthy
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'Historic' claims for new Alzheimer鈥檚 drug
Treatment hope for Alzheimer鈥檚 patients
