Health Check Episodes Episode guide
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Childhood Obesity
The results of a study on obesity and early childhood eating habits
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Child Slavery
The continuing worldwide scandal of child labour and slavery
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Child Rights
Millions of children endure multiple violations of their human rights
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Child Dietary Supplements
How can children's dietary health be improved?
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Cervical Cancer Vaccine
The new vaccine for cervical cancer and the prospects for its use in developing countries
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Cervical Cancer
Cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of deaths amongst women world wide
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Caudwell Xtreme Everest Expedition
A report on the Caudwell Xtreme Everest medical research expedition
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Care for Doctors with Depression
Who do doctors turn to when they're clinically depressed?
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Cancer in Ghana
Special edition from Ghana, focusing on the expected increase in cancer cases in Africa
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Can we eradicate leprosy?
Senegal has embarked on a campaign to stop the disease in its tracks
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Breastfeeding
An estimated 6 million lives have been saved by exclusive breastfeeding
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Breaking the Hippocratic Oath
Should doctors ever keep quiet about human rights abuses?
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Brain Scanning with Fusion Spectrum Imaging
New developments in brain scanning reveal some surprising results
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Brain Cell Transplants for Parkinson's Disease
The people who received brain cell transplants for Parkinson's Disease, 15 years on
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Bonus Podcast: Death in Ice Valley
A special preview of the new podcast Death in Ice Valley
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Bird Flu and Mental Health Screening
Managing bird flu and mass mental health screening for teenagers
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Beat Boxing and Jobs Affecting your Health
Beat Boxing and the strain on the voice
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Bangladesh鈥檚 Health Crisis
Malnutrition is just one of the major causes of death in Bengali children and women
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Attitudes to Pain
The differences in attitudes towards pain and pain management around the world
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Aspirin, Homoeopathy and Menopause
Is aspirin effective on people without circulatory problems?
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Artificial Hearts
A report on the latest attempt to develop the world's first fully artificial heart
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Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs
The threat of an alarming future without antibiotics
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Anaesthetic Awareness
A patient who experienced anaesthetic awareness talks to the show
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Alcoholism and Spirituality
Alcoholics can find it difficult to quit even when they develop problems
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Alcohol In Russia
Why is excessive alcohol consumption so endemic within Russian culture?
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Alcohol
Examining the dangers of alcohol related diseases
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Air-conditioning and Research into Cancer
Investigating hospital rooms ventilation
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Aid Agencies Promoting Family Planning
The effect of George W Bush's ban on foreign aid agencies promoting abortion
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Africa鈥檚 blood shortage
Why don鈥檛 people want to give blood?
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Affordable Medication and Ear Surgery
The cost of research makes drugs expensive. Can the cost be reduced?