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Health Check Episodes

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    Joseph Wolpe - Phobias

    Joseph Wolpe - the psychiatrist who transformed the treatment of phobias.

  2. 04/07/2012

    Sudden cardiac death in athletes, genes vs smoking in lung disease, science of laughter.

  3. 27/06/2012

    Medicinal uses of psychedelic plants and fungi, and the safe use of Chinese Medicine.

  4. 20/06/2012

    Yemen food crisis. Fantasy computer game as good as therapy? Benefits of a cup of coffee.

  5. 13/06/2012

    The shortage of critical medicines in Greece as a result of the debt crisis

  6. 06/06/2012

    The results of a major trial which hoped that cannabis might slow down progression of MS

  7. 30/05/2012

    The rabies outbreak in Peru which has killed seven children

  8. 23/05/2012

    Spanish health reforms; Eating for two when pregnant; Taking therapy to the streets

  9. 16/05/2012

    Texting HIV results to save babies’ lives in Zambia

  10. 09/05/2012

    Drop in childhood deaths – in African Millennium Villages

  11. 02/05/2012

    More than a million babies die every year – the toll of premature birth

  12. 25/04/2012

    Haiti, a cure for blushing and the effects of wintering in Antarctica

  13. 18/04/2012

    Olympic health planning and the 40th anniversary of the CT Scan.

  14. 11/04/2012

    BRICS spend more on global health. Virtual blood bank in South Sudan. Acute pain relief

  15. 04/04/2012

    Flu research, eating food standing up, pets in the office, new quick test for syphilis.

  16. Lifecycle Of An Athlete

    How elite athletes cope, physically and mentally, when they retire from their sport.

  17. The Human Race: Lifecycle Of An Athlete

    Claudia visits Berlin, home to some of the world's most sophisticated sports technology.

  18. The Human Race: Lifecycle Of An Athlete

    "From Promise to Podium", Claudia Hammond reports from Jamaica, the world's sprint capital

  19. The Human Race: Lifecycle Of An Athlete

    Claudia Hammond discovers how future Olympic winners are spotted at an early age.

  20. 29/02/2012

    Claudia Hammond slays common myths about the brain and its workings

  21. The Human Race: Special Live 80th Anniversary Show

    Claudia Hammond will be finding out what makes elite athletes so special.

  22. 22/02/2012

    Paying people to be healthy, old drug for TB, cleaning umbilical cords saves babies' lives

  23. 15/02/2012

    Claudia Hammond slays common myths about the brain and its workings.

  24. 08/02/2012

    Was it right for the CIA to use a doctor to help track down Osama Bin Laden?

  25. 01/02/2012

    Water pipe smoking more harmful than cigarettes, health on the web and doctors and obesity

  26. 25/01/2012

    The row over a French documentary on autism; Epilepsy medication in Kenya; Owls v Larks

  27. 18/01/2012

    Hepatitis C can destroy the liver - will a new vaccine mean the end for the virus?

  28. 11/01/2012

    Nicotine patches to help memory loss, HIV and circumcision, frozen embryos good for IVF.

  29. Daniel Kahneman: Thinking, fast and slow

    A 2012 interview with the Nobel Prize-winning psychologist

  30. 28/12/2011

    Claudia Hammond reports on the progress of Romanian orphanage babies adopted 21 years ago.

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