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Folic acid in flour, Southampton FC and hip and groin pain, Online private doctors

Folic acid in flour, Southampton FC and hip and groin pain, online private doctors.

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Blood pressure, Palm oil

How low should you go when treating blood pressure? And why is palm oil in so many foods?

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Chicken pox in pregnancy, Club foot, Test for Conn's syndrome, Teeth brushing

Dr Mark Porter talks about chicken pox in pregnancy.

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E-cigarettes, Asherman's syndrome, Rugby

The UK's first licensed e-cigarette, owned by a tobacco company, is classed as a medicine.

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Charles Bonnet syndrome, Co-proxamol, Meningitis B vaccine, Smart tablets

Patient power and the parental clamour for more children to get the meningitis B vaccine.

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Ovarian cancer, PBC, Treating severe head injury

Talc use and ovarian cancer. PBC causes fatigue and itching but is often missed.

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Dementia advice, Antidepressants, Transplant organs, Vaginal seeding

Antidepressants - how do you know when you are better and can stop taking them?

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Asthma, Visual snow, Confounding factors

Why is asthma overdiagnosed and undertreated? Plus visual snow and confounding factors.

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Preventive HIV therapy, Sugar tax, Bowel cancer, Surgery

Dr Mark Porter explores preventive HIV therapy, the sugar tax, bowel cancer and surgery.

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Health checks, Fertility, Adjustment

The evidence for 'mid-life MOTs', female fertility and age and the meaning of 'adjustment'

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Multi-morbidity, one-shot radiotherapy during surgery for early stage breast cancer

David Haslam, chair of NICE, on managing the millions of people on 5 or more drugs a day.

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Care.data, Asthma, Acne rosacea, Pacemakers

Dr Mark Porter looks at care.data, asthma, acne rosacea and pacemakers.

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Papilloedema; Cardiac death in sport; Diagnosing early miscarriage; Warfarin

Papilloedema, cardiac death in sport, diagnosing early miscarriage, Warfarin.

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Braintraining and dementia; Cluster headaches; Cancer rehab; #hellomynameis

Dr Mark Porter investigates whether brain training can cut cases of dementia by a third.

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Statins in the media, Unusual neurological itch, The hunger hormone, Viagra

Has media coverage of statins caused people to come off the drugs?

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Zika in UK, Hip arthroscopy, Limits of cancer treatment

Dr Mark Porter finds out how hip arthroscopy is increasingly being used.

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Why Become a Doctor? 1. The Golden Age

Was there ever a golden age in which to train to be a doctor?

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Why Become a Doctor? 2. All Work and No Play?

The real lives of junior doctors today.

• 27 mins

Why Becomea doctor? 3. A Matter of Life and Death

Kevin Fong explores how doctors cope when things go wrong

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Obesity and smoking, Blood pressure, ADHD

Obesity and smoking, should blood pressure targets get lower? And medicating ADHD.

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Welsh patient power, Liquid biopsies, Food allergies, Dosing errors

A new way of tracking cancer is exciting oncologists worldwide.

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Breast cancer, Alcoholism, CRPS, Generics

Breast cancer and bisphosphonates, alcoholism and Baclofen, CRPS, generics.

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Ministrokes, Midwife study, Cyclic vomiting syndrome, Noise in intensive care

This edition looks at ministrokes, a midwife study, and cyclic vomiting syndrome.

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Meningitis ACWY vaccine, Testosterone for women, Allotments on prescription, Heart failure and iron

There is confusion about how teens should be getting the new Meningitis ACWY vaccine.

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Dying at Home, Familial Hypercholesterolaemia FH, Delirium

Dying at Home; Familial Hypercholesterolaemia FH; Delirium.

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Prostate Cancer

Mark Porter reports on two landmark trials assessing when and how to treat prostate cancer

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Paracetamol, Prostate and HIFU, Uncertainty - Oxygen and Heart Attacks

Evidence suggests paracetamol is not as effective as previously thought for chronic pain.

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NHS under pressure, Breast cancer prevention, Lactose intolerance

Do funding requests hinder NHS operations? Plus breast cancer prevention.

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Preventable deaths, Poo bank, Waterbirths

Preventable deaths in hospitals, Mark visits a stool bank, and evidence for water births.

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Why hernias, hands and varicose veins might not be treated on the NHS

Hernias, hands and varicose veins might not be treated on the NHS in the future.

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