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Series that demystifies health issues, separating fact from fiction and bringing clarity to conflicting health advice.

The Power of the Dog
Does owning a dog lengthen your life?

28 mins

22 Mar 2022

Long Covid revisited
It's a long Covid reunion on Inside Health.

28 mins

15 Mar 2022

Multiple sclerosis and the Epstein Barr virus
Multiple sclerosis mystery solved: Glandular fever virus is the cause.

28 mins

08 Mar 2022

Cervical screening, blood donation & measles
How often do we need a smear test? James Gallagher investigates.

28 mins

01 Mar 2022

Rapid genome sequencing in the clinic
Doctors break world speed record for sequencing patient's DNA in super-fast diagnosis.

28 mins

22 Feb 2022

Can I take HRT forever & hydration myths
Can you take HRT forever? And what's the best way to keep hydrated? James busts the myths.

28 mins

15 Feb 2022

Pig organs for transplant patients
We talk to the doctor behind the first successful pig heart to human operation.

28 mins

08 Feb 2022

Covid boosters, Vaccine hesitancy in pregnancy, Group B strep
James Gallagher tackles a favourite listener question: will we need boosters forever?

28 mins

01 Feb 2022

New therapies for sickle cell disease
Hopes for a gene editing cure for sickle cell disease.

28 mins

25 Jan 2022

Asthma inhalers and Covid antivirals
Could switching your asthma inhaler be kinder to the planet and better for your health?

28 mins

18 Jan 2022

Omicron
Why is the Omicron Covid variant more infectious? And are treatments still effective

28 mins

11 Jan 2022

New Year's Resolutions
Are New Year's resolutions good for our health?

28 mins

04 Jan 2022

Prediabetes, Experiments in zero gravity
Prediabetes and medical experiments in zero gravity.

28 mins

02 Nov 2021

PPE waste and blood test tube shortage
How the NHS is going green to reduce its PPE waste.

28 mins

26 Oct 2021

Gene Silencing Treatments
The Inside Health insiders' guide to gene silencing therapies, could they change medicine?

28 mins

19 Oct 2021

Covid vaccines: their legacy & vaccinating teens
What say do teens have over their Covid vaccine? And where next for vaccine science?

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12 Oct 2021

The Nobel Prize for Medicine, new plans to add nutrients to foods
The Nobel Prize for Medicine, new plans to add nutrients to foods

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05 Oct 2021

Ultra-processed vegetarian & vegan foods
How healthy are ultra-processed vegan and vegetarian foods? James Gallagher investigates.

28 mins

28 Sep 2021

The vulva & your GP medical records
Few of us can identify the different parts of the vulva. James finds out why this matters.

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10 Aug 2021

Long covid in children & treating normal blood pressure
Long Covid in children and treating normal blood pressure.

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Am I Normal?

Series exploring how doctors decide what is normal and what is not

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How much do our libidos vary and what's normal? Vivienne Parry investigates.

30 mins

19 Jul 2011

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Is there such a thing as a normal immune system? Vivienne Parry investigates.

30 mins

26 Jul 2011

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Vivienne Parry explores changing attitudes to giving birth and asks what is a normal birth

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02 Aug 2011

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What level of tiredness is normal and when should we seek help? Vivienne Parry finds out.

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10 Aug 2011

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Ageing

Vivienne Parry explores what is 'normal' ageing.

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09 Mar 2010

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Health Anxiety

Vivienne Parry asks when a normal concern about our wellbeing turns into health anxiety.

30 mins

16 Mar 2010

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Eating

What does 'normal eating' mean when most of us are overweight or on a perpetual diet?

30 mins

23 Mar 2010

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Lung function

Vivienne Parry asks what is 'normal' lung function?

30 mins

24 Feb 2009

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Post-natal Depression

Vivienne Parry investigates post-natal depression.

30 mins

03 Mar 2009

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Early Menopause

As more women delay pregnancy, will early menopause be recognised more?

30 mins

10 Mar 2009

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Gifted and Talented

Vivienne finds out how 'gifted' children are measured and by whom.

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17 Mar 2009

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Yvonne van Amerongen: The "dementia village" that's redefining elder care

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How would you prefer to spend the last years of your life: in a sterile, hospital-like institution or in a village with a supermarket, pub, theater and park within easy walking distance? The answer seems obvious now, but when Yvonne van Amerongen helped develop the groundbreaking Hogeweyk dementia care center in Amsterdam 25 years ago, it was seen as a risky break from tradition.

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Matt Walker: How sleep can improve your immunity

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One of the best things that you can do to boost your immune system is head to bed, says sleep scientist Matt Walker. It can even make your flu shot more effective!