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Health Check Episodes

  1. 2026/09/30 GMT

    Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.

  2. 2026/09/23 GMT

    Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.

  3. Health Check

    Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.

  4. Health Check

    Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.

  5. Health Check

    Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.

  6. Understanding OCD

    We take a deep dive into treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder

  7. The health threat of rising temperatures

    Older people have lower heat tolerance than previously thought

  8. The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Three months since the outbreak was declared more than 1,900 people have died from Ebola

  9. Why are some people microdosing weight loss drugs?

    Makers of the drugs say they don't condone people modifying how they use their products

  10. Steering in the right direction to road safety

    New research explores how global road injury rates have changed over the last 30 years

  11. USA military launches testosterone screening programme

    Understanding testosterone and hormone replacement therapy

  12. HIV fears due to Niger’s anti-gay laws

    Organisations providing HIV services to gay men have had to close in Niger

  13. Health challenges after Venezuela earthquakes

    June 24th, twin earthquakes hit Venezuela, and the healthcare system has been overwhelmed

  14. Ebola drug trials in the Democratic Republic of Congo

    The latest on what is being done to try to combat the ongoing Ebola outbreak.

  15. Lack of evidence most IVF ‘add-ons’ improve fertility

    Providers may offer add-ons, additional treatments they say could help patients conceive

  16. The global toll of food poisoning

    A new WHO report finds that food contamination accounts for 1.5+ million deaths annually

  17. How reading fiction impacts our mental health

    What novels do for our minds, our imaginations and our well-being

  18. Health at the football World Cup

    Monitoring risks from heat exhaustion to dengue fever at a major sporting event

  19. Seafarer welfare in the Strait of Hormuz

    20,000 remain trapped on board their ships three months after the blockade began

  20. Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo

    An outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is declared a health emergency

  21. Why renaming a health condition matters

    Polycystic ovary syndrome has been renamed polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome

  22. Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship

    What exactly is hantavirus?

  23. Psychedelic drugs as treatment

    The US is fast tracking development of psychedelic drugs as a treatment for addiction

  24. Making surgery safer for infants

    A new injectable microgel to help reduce bleeding in infants who require surgical care

  25. Risky requests for unvaccinated blood on the rise

    Patients requiring blood transfusions are increasingly requesting ‘unvaccinated’ blood

  26. How awe can boost your health

    Is the Artemis II mission improving our health here on Earth?

  27. What next for sunscreen in Australia?

    Can regulation improve standards after many brands were found to offer weak protection

  28. Antimicrobial resistance in conflict zones

    War provides the perfect storm to accelerate the spread of multidrug-resistant infections

  29. Does your home country impact your cancer risk?

    North and South Koreans face different cancer risks due to childhood environment

  30. Using lasers to fight brain cancer

    Laser treatment weakens the brain’s protective barrier, allowing cancer drugs in

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