Health Check
Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
- Website
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p002vsyw
- Description
- Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-12-19 08:39
- last episode published
- 2024-12-18 21:00
- publication frequency
- 7.38 days
- Contributors
- BBC
- Owner
- BBC World Service
- Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 386
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Health & Fitness
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2024-12-18 | Claudia Hammond is joined by journalist Andrew Green to check-in on their 2024 health predictions and review just how accurate they were. Together, they explore the stories that we didn’t see coming and the game-changing medical innovations that shaped... |
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| 2024-12-11 | Researchers have trailed a revolutionary malaria vaccine that uses the entire malaria parasite and is delivered via the bite of a mosquito, offering a novel way to boost immunity. The next step involves developing an injectable version for broader use.... |
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| 2024-12-04 | A new study in Nature has looked at genetic underpinnings that could lead to earlier presentations of Type 2 diabetes in South Asian populations. Also on the program, we look at an exciting new development in asthma treatment, and how we can detect Alz... |
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| 2024-11-27 | As the war in Sudan leads to multiple health crises in the country, we look at what can be done to improve the situation. Also on the show, is climate change helping disease-carrying ticks to spread beyond their usual range by an unusual method – migra... |
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| 2024-11-20 | Some Ugandan children with complicated malaria have shown partial resistance to leading anti-malarial drug artemisinin. What challenge does this pose to treatment efficacy and raising concerns about the potential spread of drug-resistant strains. ... |
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| 2024-11-13 | As Trump is elected to a second term in office, what will his policies mean for U.S. and global health funding, vaccine distribution and international health strategies? Also on the program, have you ever wondered what health issues we should worry abo... |
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| 2024-11-06 | A new global report has found that tuberculosis is once again the leading infectious disease causing mortality around the globe, as covid cases recede. We find out what can be done to tackle the issue, and what lessons have been learned in the fight ag... |
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| 2024-10-30 | The telehealth industry is booming, but a new investigation reveals a hidden network of medical groups fuelling the rise of online prescriptions for weight-loss drugs. Are patients being put at risk in this rush for GLP-1 medications?Also on the show, ... |
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| 2024-10-23 | A new study from America looks at the safety of organ transplants between people with HIV. Its promising results raise the potential for expanding access to life-saving treatments.This week's show also examines a surprising resurgence of scurvy, a dise... |
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| 2024-10-16 | Can rapid diagnostic tests make a difference in the fight against malaria? A new study tries to quantify the real-world difference these tests are making.Also on the show, what can we learn from a single documented case of a medical anomaly: like the r... |
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