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Inside Health

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

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Long Covid, Vaccine queries

Long Covid, Vaccine queries

Most people recover rapidly after catching coronavirus. But I chat to three people who were infected almost a year ago a... Read more

16 Feb 2021

27mins

Ranked #2

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High Blood Pressure

High Blood Pressure

Dr Mark Porter discusses High Blood Pressure , a silent threat that isn’t well managed, with only a third of those affec... Read more

8 Jan 2019

28mins

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Ranked #3

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Stress and pregnancy, CBT for insomnia, Cluster headache, Smoking and mental health

Stress and pregnancy, CBT for insomnia, Cluster headache, Smoking and mental health

Dr Mark Porter finds out why insomnia can often go untreated by the NHS despite there being a treatment that not only wo... Read more

25 Mar 2014

27mins

Ranked #4

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Ebola, Painkillers, Immunity (CVID), Integrated Health, Thyroid and Pregnancy

Ebola, Painkillers, Immunity (CVID), Integrated Health, Thyroid and Pregnancy

Ebola - how do they predict how it's going to spread, and why estimates have risen so rapidly.In the UK there are 22 mil... Read more

7 Oct 2014

27mins

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Gender X; Diabetes diagnosis; Trigeminal Neuralgia; Oesophageal cancer

Gender X; Diabetes diagnosis; Trigeminal Neuralgia; Oesophageal cancer

As Germany becomes the first country in Europe to pass a law allowing newborn babies to be registered as being of indete... Read more

5 Nov 2013

27mins

Ranked #6

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Cancer of the cervix & HPV; Oral cancer & HPV; Eating late; Feedback on Sugar, Thrush, Cataracts; Scarfree operations

Cancer of the cervix & HPV; Oral cancer & HPV; Eating late; Feedback on Sugar, Thrush, Cataracts; Scarfree operations

A committee advising the Food and Drug Administration in the US has voted to change the way it tests women for cervical ... Read more

18 Mar 2014

27mins

Ranked #7

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Glucosamine for osteoarthritis; Alcohol addiction; Gut instinct

Glucosamine for osteoarthritis; Alcohol addiction; Gut instinct

As NICE issues its latest guidelines for treating osteoarthritis, Inside Health looks at the use of paracetamol to relie... Read more

11 Feb 2014

27mins

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Braintraining and dementia; Cluster headaches; Cancer rehab; #hellomynameis

Braintraining and dementia; Cluster headaches; Cancer rehab; #hellomynameis

Every three minutes somebody in the UK develops dementia, so when it's claimed that tailored computer brain training can... Read more

26 Jul 2016

28mins

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Statins, Cholesterol-lowering spreads, Olive oil, Diet and inflammatory bowel disease, Singers' nodules

Statins, Cholesterol-lowering spreads, Olive oil, Diet and inflammatory bowel disease, Singers' nodules

Some media coverage has suggested that there is a link between eating junk food and the rise of conditions like Crohn's ... Read more

22 Jul 2014

28mins

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Dementia, Sleep, Thyroxine

Dementia, Sleep, Thyroxine

Dr Mark Porter explores Dementia Challenge - the Department of Health's much publicised campaign to improve dementia car... Read more

8 Jan 2013

27mins

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Health checks, Fertility, Adjustment

Health checks, Fertility, Adjustment

NHS health checks or 'mid-life MOTs' have hit the headlines as new research claims they are a success. The aim is preven... Read more

29 Mar 2016

28mins

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Heart and Exercise, Smoking and Alcohol, Weight Management, Hepatitis C

Heart and Exercise, Smoking and Alcohol, Weight Management, Hepatitis C

After recent headlines that running too much can be bad for your heart, Mark Porter talks to the Medical Director for th... Read more

17 Feb 2015

27mins

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Breast cancer, Alcoholism, CRPS, Generics

Breast cancer, Alcoholism, CRPS, Generics

Breast Cancer and Bisphosphonates; an old drug for treating weak bones can reduce the risk of breast cancer spreading, b... Read more

27 Sep 2016

27mins

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Flu vaccine and narcolepsy, Stoptober, Herbal medicines, Calcium supplements

Flu vaccine and narcolepsy, Stoptober, Herbal medicines, Calcium supplements

New research has found an association between Pandemrix, a swine flu vaccine, and a rare sleep disorder in children. Fea... Read more

1 Oct 2013

28mins

Ranked #15

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Sickness Absence, Ankle Arthritis, Hot Flushes, Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Sickness Absence, Ankle Arthritis, Hot Flushes, Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Inside Health examines advice for when parents should and shouldn't send their sick children to school. Is this another ... Read more

14 Oct 2014

28mins

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Over-diagnosis: High Blood Pressure

Over-diagnosis: High Blood Pressure

Dr Mark Porter asks whether doctors can try too hard in the early detection of disease and investigates the overdiagnosi... Read more

21 Aug 2012

27mins

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Obesity and smoking, Blood pressure, ADHD

Obesity and smoking, Blood pressure, ADHD

Is it useful as a public health message to compare obesity and smoking? Controversy in Rome behind a new trial that sugg... Read more

13 Sep 2016

28mins

Ranked #18

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Deprescribing long-term opioids, Diagnosing concussion

Deprescribing long-term opioids, Diagnosing concussion

Research suggests opioids don't work in long-term chronic pain but dispensing in the UK has risen four-fold since the ni... Read more

5 Mar 2019

27mins

Ranked #19

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Mutant Flu, Weight-Loss Surgery, Young Men and Body Image, CVID, Dental Check-ups, Doctors' Example, Dry January Findings

Mutant Flu, Weight-Loss Surgery, Young Men and Body Image, CVID, Dental Check-ups, Doctors' Example, Dry January Findings

Mark investigates reports that the UK faces an epidemic of "mutant flu".Just a month after NICE calls for more weight lo... Read more

20 Jan 2015

27mins

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