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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How shoes affect our bodies and a focus on genital herpes
Tue 18 Feb 2025
Has James been buying the wrong shoes? He meets a podiatrist to find out.
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Dementia: Your questions answered and lion's mane mushrooms in the lab
Tue 11 Feb 2025
We tackle your questions on dementia and meet the team studying mushrooms for brain health
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Bird flu update after UK farm worker infected and your questions on urinary problems
Tue 4 Feb 2025
James discusses the risk from H5N1 and asks your questions on urinary incontinence.
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Raw milk: What are the risks and why are people talking about it?
Tue 28 Jan 2025
Pasteurising milk makes it safer, but are there any benefits to drinking it 'raw'?
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Can you really boost your immune system?
Tue 21 Jan 2025
From kombucha to cold water swims, does any of it help protect us from getting a virus?
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Mould and Indoor Air Pollution: How Concerned Should You Be?
Tue 14 Jan 2025
Investigating why mould can make us sick and how we can avoid air pollution in our homes.
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Can supervised toothbrushing fix the children's dental crisis?
Tue 19 Nov 2024
Around a third of British children have tooth decay. Is supervised toothbrushing the fix?
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Olympian Sir Chris Hoy wants more tests for prostate cancer - should it happen?
Tue 12 Nov 2024
Following a terminal cancer diagnosis, Chris wants more testing. We debate the evidence.
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What next for Alzheimer's treatment?
Tue 5 Nov 2024
The first drugs to slow Alzheimer's progression won't be offered on the NHS. What's next?
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How does embarrassment affect your health?
Tue 22 Oct 2024
And what can doctors and the NHS do to help alleviate the problem.
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Changing the lives of children with rare genetic diseases
Tue 15 Oct 2024
How gene analysis is impacting treatment and care for children with rare genetic disorders
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Cancer vaccine trials and planning for cyber attacks
Tue 27 Aug 2024
We meet a patient on a revolutionary cancer vaccine trial, plus planning for cyber attacks
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Mpox, your statins questions and tick-borne meat allergies
Tue 20 Aug 2024
Mpox is classed a public health emergency, statins questions and tick-borne meat allergies
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What should we do about vaping?
Tue 13 Aug 2024
Is vaping a tool to quit smoking or a gateway to starting? And why verrucas won't budge.
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Can diet and exercise ever replace statins?
Tue 6 Aug 2024
Plus, sunburn remedies and how snus might enhance sporting performance
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How can we age well?
Tue 30 Jul 2024
James and the Hay Festival audience try to conquer ageing, guided by a panel of experts.
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Is watching sport good for you?
Tue 23 Jul 2024
James monitors the physical ups and downs of watching the Euros final in an experiment.
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What does alcohol do to the body and brain?
Tue 7 May 2024
James visits the pub to find out what happens when he drinks two pints of lager.
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Are more young people getting cancer?
Tue 30 Apr 2024
Following the Princess of Wales’s diagnosis, we look at disease rates in people under 50.
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Can insomnia be fixed?
Tue 23 Apr 2024
We're joined by a panel of experts to answer your questions on insomnia.
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We go on a tick hunt
Tue 16 Apr 2024
James goes looking for ticks and asks how worried should we be about them.
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Is intermittent fasting good for you?
Tue 9 Apr 2024
From weight loss to prolonging life, James Gallagher investigates trending fast diets
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Can noise harm our health?
Tue 2 Apr 2024
We head into the lab to find out how unwanted sound can affect the body and brain.
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Coffee, nap, rave, repeat...
Tue 13 Feb 2024
We discuss how much caffeine is too much, whether you need a nap and day-time raving.
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Why recovering from long Covid is a lot like training for the Olympics
Tue 6 Feb 2024
We visit the first long Covid clinic to find out what we've learnt about the condition.
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A guide to the perimenopause
Tue 30 Jan 2024
How to prepare for the perimenopause and why it’s not all bad.
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Speedy medicine, and is fermented food good for us?
Tue 23 Jan 2024
We meet the medics treating people in unusual places, and we talk all things fermented.
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Bladder, bowels and sex: Learning to live after my mountain accident
Tue 16 Jan 2024
Niall McCann on navigating the ups and downs of life with a spinal cord injury.
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Living in a Bacterial World
Tue 9 Jan 2024
Exploring our microbial metropolis - and is being clean important for good health?
