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Conflicted Medicine: Public Health Campaigns

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

• 28 mins

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.

• 28 mins

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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Drugs link to dementia, Gluten-free, Heart disease in women, Social jetlag, Boilers on prescription

Increased risk of dementia from common drugs; and is going gluten free good for you?

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NHS Satisfaction Survey; NHS & cancer; Headphones volume; P4 Medicine

Diagnosing Cancer, personalised medicine based on genes and do headphones damage hearing?

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Low NHS morale; Flying when pregnant; Sugary drinks & menarche; FGM

Low NHS staff morale, flying when pregnant, sugary drinks and menarche, FGM.

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Heart and Exercise, Smoking and Alcohol, Weight Management, Hepatitis C

Can running too much be bad for you? Plus a psychological approach to weight loss.

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Drug Driving; End of Life Care; Smart Drugs

New drug-driving laws include some medications, end of life care and smart drugs.

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Saturated Fats, Moles, Egg Freezing

Research into saturated fats, checking moles and success for egg freezing and pregnancy.

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Cigarette Packets, Sex Education, Gallstones, Cosmetic Surgery

Sex education, cosmetic surgery trends, removing gallstones and cigarette packaging.

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Avastin, Peanut Allergy, Bowel Bacteria and Faecal Transplants

Mark Porter visits a laboratory to find out how gut bacteria could be influencing weight.

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Feedback on Teenage Pregnancy, Smoothies, AMD, Hospital Beds, Frailty, Feedback on Gallstones, Moles

Listener feedback; numbers of hospital beds decline as admissions go up; frailty diagnosis

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Flibanserin; Strokes in young people; Outdoor swimming; Research terminology - Causation v Association

Dr Mark Porter examines the new drug to treat low sex drive in women.

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Cervical Screening in Older Women; Hepatitis E in Nepal; Enlarged Prostate; Significance

Cervical screening in older women and concerns about a hepatitis E outbreak in Nepal.

• 28 mins

Future of 7-day GP Access Pilots, Mers, Laughing Gas Health Risks

What happens to seven-day opening at GP surgeries when the money runs out?

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Emergency abdominal surgery, Thermometers, Vitamins and dementia, Risk

Demistifying perplexing health issues, including which thermometers parents should use.

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Gestational diabetes, Low-carb diets, Needle pain

Dr Mark Porter discusses new UK guidelines on diabetes in pregnancy.

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Tax on sugary drinks, Low libido in women, Europe's largest robotic pharmacy

What is the evidence that taxing sugary drinks will help tackle obesity?

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Asthma inhalers, Knee arthroscopy, Pelvic girdle pain, Medically unexplained symptoms

Does using an asthma inhaler give athletes a performance advantage in their sport?

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Off-patent Drugs Bill, Pre-diabetes, Sepsis, All-cause mortality

The Off-patent Drugs Bill to prevent people missing out on life-saving treatments.

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Meningitis B, Hormones and depression, Statins, Unexpected heart attacks

The latest advice on statins, menopause and depression, and the meningitis B vaccine.

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Aspirin and heart attacks, BPPV vertigo, Patronising language, Carpal tunnel sydrome, Osteoporosis treatment

Aspirin and heart attacks, vertigo, carpal tunnel sydrome and osteoporosis treatment.

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League tables, Nits, Feeling the cold, Language - Surrogate marker

Are league tables listing surgical outcomes the best way to assess a surgeon?

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