Health Check Podcast
Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
Episodes to download
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India’s Covid-19 surge
Wed 28 Apr 2021
India's Covid surge update. New Malaria Vaccine breakthrough. How moving helps our minds
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Medical mysteries with neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan
Wed 21 Apr 2021
Neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan on medical mysteries from around the world
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Chile’s vaccine roll out
Wed 14 Apr 2021
Covid variants; India’s double mutant. Chile’s vaccine roll out. Dementia and sidewalks
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Mental Health and the long term implications of Covid
Wed 7 Apr 2021
Mental Health and Covid; Fukushima a decade on; Fast accurate saliva test for concussion
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Can we eradicate leprosy?
Thu 1 Apr 2021
Senegal has embarked on a campaign to stop the disease in its tracks
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Covid vaccines for children
Wed 31 Mar 2021
Covid vaccines for children and how to overcome hesitancy in parents
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Working with disability
Fri 26 Mar 2021
Measures to empower people living with disability in Senegal
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Can the common cold prevent Covid?
Wed 24 Mar 2021
Can a cold prevent Covid, mental health in Covid medical staff, and our amazing heart.
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Combatting mental illness
Fri 19 Mar 2021
Mental health issues for breastfeeding mothers and why swimming can help
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Vaccine and blood clots
Wed 17 Mar 2021
Covid vaccines and blood clots, Tanzania’s hidden epidemic? Haitian healthcare in Chile
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Do vaccines cure Long Covid?
Wed 10 Mar 2021
Long Covid and vaccines, blood transfusion myths, and Migraines
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Modern medicine versus the spirits
Fri 5 Mar 2021
Can traditional treatments, including calling on ancestors, help with serious ailments?
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Pregnancy and Covid-19 vaccination
Wed 3 Mar 2021
Health Check examines the issues around Covid-19 vaccines and pregnancy
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Long Covid: solving the mysteries
Wed 24 Feb 2021
The UK has launched four major research programmes into Long Covid
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Sexual health, Covid-19 vaccines
Fri 19 Feb 2021
A neglected area of reproductive health and concerns over Covid-19 vaccination in Africa
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Covid surge in Mozambique
Wed 17 Feb 2021
Doctor in Mozambique’s largest hospital on the massive surge in Covid cases and deaths
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Superbugs and superfoods
Mon 15 Feb 2021
How to combat antibiotic resistance and the truth about the health claims of coconut oil
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Covid vaccines: bad news, good news
Wed 10 Feb 2021
AstraZeneca vaccine disappoints in South Africa but may reduce virus spread elsewhere
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Vaccinating Africa against Covid-19
Mon 8 Feb 2021
Vaccinating Africa’s 1.2 billion people against Covid-19 & simple sanitation solutions
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Covid-19 vaccines prevent 100% of deaths
Wed 3 Feb 2021
With a new slew of good Covid vaccine trial results, a remarkable trend emerges
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Brazilian city’s Covid crisis: ‘It’s like Hell’
Wed 27 Jan 2021
Health system meltdown as coronavirus infections surge in Manaus for a second time
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First days of India’s Covid vaccination programme
Wed 20 Jan 2021
India’s Covid mass vaccination begins. But there are questions
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WHO warns against vaccine rollout unfairness
Wed 13 Jan 2021
Are poorer countries missing out in the global vaccine rollout? A warning from the WHO
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The first year of the pandemic
Wed 6 Jan 2021
The show looks back at the pandemic exactly one year since we first reported its start
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How children think about maths and time
Wed 30 Dec 2020
Doughnuts today or tomorrow? How 4 year olds understand time
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Ambiguous loss: a different kind of grief
Wed 23 Dec 2020
Have you lost a loved one who is still a part of your life in some way?
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In Iran, one in five infected by coronavirus
Wed 16 Dec 2020
Study reveals prevalence of coronavirus infection across Iran, with 72 percent in one city
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Gene therapy for sickle cell disease
Wed 9 Dec 2020
Gene therapy has transformed the lives of six young people with sickle cell disease
