Inside Health
Summary: Demystifying the health issues of the day that confuse us. Inside Health, with Dr Mark Porter, will be offered in this download, as well as additional related programmes from BBC Radio 4.
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Podcasts:
Many women experience Morning Sickness during pregnancy, but doctors still do not fully understand why. Dr Mark Porter investigates the latest research into causes and treatments. He hears firsthand of the psychological and physical effects it can have on women and that for 1 in 150 women, sickness is so severe they are admitted to hospital.
Dr Mark Porter discusses epilepsy and its treatment. Advances in brain scanning and surgery mean an increasing number of people can be cured with an operation. However, surgery is not an option for the majority. Mark talks to epilepsy specialists about drug treatments, and a special high-fat diet, known as the ketogenic diet, which helps to reduce the severity of the condition in some children.
Dr Mark Porter visits the Royal Liverpool Hospital, the country's leading centre for treating and researching diseases of the pancreas.
Dr Mark Porter looks at the latest developments in radiotherapy. He reviews its origins with the pioneering research of Marie Curie one hundred years ago and he talks to doctors, radiologists and patients about the modern practise and experience of harnessing radiation to kill malignant tissue. Radiotherapy is sometimes described as the 'Cinderella' of cancer treatment. Its public profile is lower than the new generation of anti-cancer drugs. Yet doctors are continually finding ways of improving the effectiveness and accuracy of radiotherapy.
Dr Mark Porter visits St Joseph's Hospice in East London to find out about services available for people at the end of their lives
Glaucoma is an eye disease in which fluid pressure is raised. It causes irreversible damage to the optic nerve and loss of vision. Dr Mark Porter visits Moorfields Eye Hospital in London and finds about a new test for glaucoma, which will lead to earlier diagnosis He also hears about the latest research into the genetics of the optic nerve.
Experts at Europe's largest liver transplant unit, at King's College Hospital in London, explain how vague symptoms help to keep hepatitis C 'hidden' inside the body for years.
Southampton's 21st century Emergency Department - behind the scenes with Dr Mark Porter
The 1:4 statistic; Falklands Diary & Ancestors and Intelligence
Claudia Hammond looks at how social networking is changing adoption
Mapping the brain, online psychological support for cancer
John O'Donoghue, Digital memories and the Work Capability Assessment
Claudia Hammond looks at how the senses effect memory, food and design
Forensic science and psychology; Testosterone and City traders; Suicide terrorism
All In The Mind with Claudia Hammond. Brain injury in young offenders, an unusual case of memory loss, plus how to stop worrying.
