Inside Health Episodes Episode guide
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Dementia, Sleep, Thyroxine
Testing everyone over 75 who is admitted to hospital for signs of dementia.
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Self-Harm, Insulin Pumps, Night Terrors, Penile Cancer
Dr Mark Porter on insulin pumps, night terrors, self-harming and penile cancer.
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Edge of space, Laparotomy, Tremor, Pyjamas
The science behind this week's leap from the edge of space - how the human body copes.
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Stem cells, Functional disorders, Epilepsy, Stoptober, Whiplash
Dr Mark Porter asks if stem cell research is making a difference to patients.
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What Doctors Don't Tell You, hepatitis E, vertigo
Dr Mark Porter finds out what's behind a new magazine called What Doctors Don't Tell You.
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'SARS-like' virus, reflux heartburn, corrective baby helmets
Dr Mark Porter asks whether headlines identifying a 'SARS-like' virus may cause panic.
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Ovarian cancer screening, BP tables, Cough, Vegetarianism, Gallstones
US research suggests screening all women for ovarian cancer does more harm than good.
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Viruses and asthma, osteoarthritis, cartilage repair
Dr Mark Porter finds out about the latest understanding and treatment of osteoarthritis.
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New HIV test, Vitamin D and TB, Vitamin B12, mouth ulcers
Dr Mark Porter and Dr Margaret McCartney explore the incidence of HIV in the UK today.
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BP reax, fibroids, access to notes, botox
Dr Mark Porter finds out that botox injections can help chronic migraine sufferers.
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Over-diagnosis: High Blood Pressure
Dr Mark Porter asks whether doctors can try too hard in the early detection of disease.
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Over-diagnosis: Chronic Kidney Disease
Dr Mark Porter asks why some medical conditions are over-diagnosed, thanks to test results
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Steroids, the killing season, telehealth, Dupuytren's
Dr Mark Porter discovers new approaches to helping people who have strokes in rural areas.
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Liver disease, Hepatitis C
Dr Mark Porter discovers the reasons for the recent rise in serious liver diseases.
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GP Access, Telehealth, ICU, Sewage
Dr Mark Porter asks if telehealth is providing better medical care and saving money.
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Whooping cough, Cardiac screening, Antibacterials, Selfcare, Xbox
Dr Mark Porter asks if amateur sportspeople should be screened for heart conditions.
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Coughs, vocal cord dysfunction and athletes, taste and smell, waiting room toys
Dr Mark Porter asks what the performance of elite athletes tells us about our health.
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GI bleeds, pregnancy and working, frozen shoulder, patient surveys
Is frozen shoulder a condition that's overdiagnosed? Dr Mark Porter investigates.
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Teenage depression, Choir, Heart failure, Protein shakes
Dr Mark Porter on the claims of sports drinks and the benefits of joining a choir.
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Whooping cough, maternal deaths, blushing, intestinal transit
Dr Mark Porter on why whooping cough is making a comeback.
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Morphine and the heart, antibiotics and the appendix, sick notes, blood tests, painkillers
Pain relief during heart attacks, treating appendicitis with drugs, GPs and fit notes.
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Prescription charges, HPV vaccine, tattoos, cycle helmets
Unfair and outdated - why the BMA says prescriptions should be free in England.
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Aspirin, holiday sickness, ADHD
Mark Porter investigates aspirin preventing disease, ADHD in adults and holiday illnesses.
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PCOS, garlic, PSA test, dignity
Dr Mark Porter demystifies discusses polycystic ovary syndrome, garlic and the PSA test.
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Red meat and heart health, carbon monoxide, screening, joints supplements
What's behind the news that red meat eaters have a shorter life expectancy?
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Vitiligo, diabetes care, knee implants, masks, social media
Dr Mark Porter tackles the confusion and prejudice around the skin condition vitiligo.
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Sleep tabs death, e-cigs, GP examples, underactive thyroid and pregnancy
Dr Mark Porter asks why sleeping pills increase the chance of an early death.
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Anti-smoking incentives, ACE inhibitor cough, Raynaud's, fizzy drinks
Dr Mark Porter investigates a scheme to stop pregnant women from smoking.
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Patient records, cholesterol, statins, whiplash
Dr Mark Porter discusses patient records, cholesterol and statins, and whiplash.
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Hospital infections, nutrition, gout, gluten, Shockwave, tennis elbow
Including the protocols for visitors to hospitals and a new treatment for tennis elbow.
