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Health Check Episodes

  1. Dangers of Diesel Fumes

    How walking near traffic affects asthma sufferers

  2. Crack Cocaine Addiction

    A new approach to crack cocaine addiction involving small financial incentives

  3. Covid-19 vaccination in Africa

    How the roll out of vaccines is progressing

  4. Corporate Funding and Blindness in Nigeria

    Funding medical projects in developing countries through corporate social responsibility

  5. Controversy over Vitamin Supplements

    Scientists disagree over findings on long-term benefits of taking vitamin supplements

  6. Combatting mental illness

    Mental health issues for breastfeeding mothers and why swimming can help

  7. Cluster Bombs

    How children's lives round the world are ruined by cluster bombs

  8. Climate Change and Health

    How climate change might affect health

  9. Chronic Conditions in the Developing World

    Visiting a conference in Cape Town, run by the Oxford Health Alliance

  10. Cholera Outbreak in Zimbabwe

    A report on Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak

  11. Cholera in the Democratic Republic of Congo

    Euan McIlraith joins medical teams responding to the cholera outbreak in Congo

  12. Chilean Pesticides and Family Planning

    Blisters and swelling. Investigating the health problems caused by pesticides

  13. Childhood Obesity

    The results of a study on obesity and early childhood eating habits

  14. Child Slavery

    The continuing worldwide scandal of child labour and slavery

  15. Child Rights

    Millions of children endure multiple violations of their human rights

  16. Child Dietary Supplements

    How can children's dietary health be improved?

  17. Cervical Cancer Vaccine

    The new vaccine for cervical cancer and the prospects for its use in developing countries

  18. Cervical Cancer

    Cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of deaths amongst women world wide

  19. Caudwell Xtreme Everest Expedition

    A report on the Caudwell Xtreme Everest medical research expedition

  20. Care for Doctors with Depression

    Who do doctors turn to when they're clinically depressed?

  21. Cancer in Ghana

    Special edition from Ghana, focusing on the expected increase in cancer cases in Africa

  22. Can we eradicate leprosy?

    Senegal has embarked on a campaign to stop the disease in its tracks

  23. Breastfeeding

    An estimated 6 million lives have been saved by exclusive breastfeeding

  24. Breaking the Hippocratic Oath

    Should doctors ever keep quiet about human rights abuses?

  25. Brain Scanning with Fusion Spectrum Imaging

    New developments in brain scanning reveal some surprising results

  26. Brain Cell Transplants for Parkinson's Disease

    The people who received brain cell transplants for Parkinson's Disease, 15 years on

  27. Bonus Podcast: Death in Ice Valley

    A special preview of the new podcast Death in Ice Valley

  28. Bird Flu and Mental Health Screening

    Managing bird flu and mass mental health screening for teenagers

  29. Beat Boxing and Jobs Affecting your Health

    Beat Boxing and the strain on the voice

  30. Bangladesh’s Health Crisis

    Malnutrition is just one of the major causes of death in Bengali children and women

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