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Testosterone; Antidepressants in Pregnancy; Laptop Use at Night and Sleep; Shifting School Times

Do the hours spent on laptops or tablets before bedtime disrupt your sleep?

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Glucosamine for osteoarthritis; Alcohol addiction; Gut instinct

What roles do paracetamol and glucosamine play in treating osteoarthritis?

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Loneliness, Statins, Feedback on glucosamine and gut instinct, Cycle lanes and air pollution, Coughs and antibiotics

Is loneliness bad for you, who should take statins, treating air pollution and coughs.

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Selenium & Vitamin E supplements in men, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Childhood Constipation

The risks from taking selenium supplements, lung disease and constipation in children.

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Scarlet Fever; Overtreating the over-80s; ICU and trauma; Feedback on constipation; Cataracts

Psychological trauma after intensive care, overtreating stroke, and scarlet fever.

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Sugar, Prescription charges, Thrush, Iron and strokes

Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us.

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Cancer of the cervix & HPV; Oral cancer & HPV; Eating late; Feedback on Sugar, Thrush, Cataracts; Scarfree operations

Why cervical cancer screening in the UK could change, and is there a right time to eat?

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Stress and pregnancy, CBT for insomnia, Cluster headache, Smoking and mental health

Why insomnia is often mismanaged despite there being an effective drug-free treatment.

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Care of the dying, Birdsong in GP surgeries, Sex development

Dr Mark Porter presents a series that aims to demystify perplexing health issues.

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Anti-virals for flu, Bod Pod test for body fat, Patients' weight, X-rays and cancer

The evidence for anti-virals and flu. Plus Mark gets his body fat checked.

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Video consultations, Low-fibre diets, Testosterone

Dr Mark Porter investigates low testosterone, low-fibre diets and GPs on Skype.

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Hospital patients dying of thirst; Paracetamol; Saturated fats; Baclofen and alcoholism

Dr Mark Porter on how Baclofen stopped a listener drinking 6-8 bottles of wine a day.

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Statins; improving cancer survival rates; reflux and heartburn; recycling medicines.

Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us.

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Ebola, Bike saddles, Recording consultations, Insect bites

Ebola, bike saddles and erectile dysfunction, recording consultations and insect bites.

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Screening for Breast Cancer

Dr Mark Porter debates the benefits and harms of screening for breast cancer.

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Statins, Cholesterol-lowering spreads, Olive oil, Diet and inflammatory bowel disease, Singers' nodules

With a look at Crohn's disease and diet, teachers' voices and cholesterol-lowering foods.

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Back pain and paracetamol, blood thinning drugs, drug driving, kidney stones

Paracetamol and back pain; blood thinning drugs; drug driving limits and kidney stones.

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HIV and MS; Black skin and cancer; Iron overload; Losing your sense of smell

Dr Mark Porter finds out why people with HIV very rarely get multiple sclerosis.

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Conflicted Medicine: Pharmaceuticals

Are hidden conflicts of interest in medicine out of control or an over-hyped concern?

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Conflicted Medicine: Specialists and GPs

Dr Mark Porter examines the hidden conflicts of interest that can influence your health.

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Conflicted Medicine: Public Health Campaigns

Dr Mark Porter examines how powerful lobbying groups influence what you eat and drink.

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Conflict resolution in Ashya King case; GPs near work; Lipoedema

Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us.

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Antibiotics, Winter Flu, NHS Continuing Healthcare, Snoring

Dr Mark Porter looks at the evidence for winter flu jabs and reviews sleep apps.

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Ebola, Painkillers, Immunity (CVID), Integrated Health, Thyroid and Pregnancy

Dr Mark Porter explores Ebola and how predictions of its spread are made.

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Sickness Absence, Ankle Arthritis, Hot Flushes, Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Dr Mark Porter reports on ankle arthritis, and when you should keep your child off school.

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Private hospitals, Hyperbaric medicine, Sick day rules to reduce kidney damage, Warfarin

Dr Mark Porter asks how much we know about patient safety in private hospitals.

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GP incentives; Walk-in CT scans; Hot Flushes feedback; New anti-coagulants

Do financial incentives for GPs work? Are walk-in CT scans a good idea?

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A&E in winter, Fruit juice, Opioid drugs and chronic pain, No evidence, Obesity

Should fruit juice be dropped from 5-a-day? A&E in winter; Mark visits a busy pain clinic.

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Dry January and Nalmefene, PLAC Blood Test for Inflammation, Dental Check-ups

Treating alcohol dependence with a pill, predicting heart attack risk and dental visits.

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Mutant Flu, Weight-Loss Surgery, Young Men and Body Image, CVID, Dental Check-ups, Doctors' Example, Dry January Findings

Dr Mark Porter on mutant flu, weight-loss surgery, six packs and 'dry January'.

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