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:
The high flying female executive speaks out about her four year stalking ordeal by a disgruntled woman employee; Babies may be able to understand more than we think; Will the Olympics get us off the sofa and into our own sports kit?
Claudia talks to Jacopo Annese, director of the San Diego Brain Observatory about his plans to recruit brain donors of the future and provide one of the biggest archives of brains in the world.
Athletes with learning disabilities in the Paralympics; Conflict & diversity; Could it ever be possible to vaccinate against depression?
3-D Body Scanner & Eating Disorders; Neuroscience and the novel; teenagers' brains & social rejection
Bonuses; Street Therapy & Insanity Defence
Claudia Hammond visits HMP Grendon, the only prison in Europe which operates wholly as a therapeutic community. More than nine out of ten prisoners at Grendon are serving indeterminate sentences for murder or serious violent offences. Inmates have to apply for a place and once approved undergo intensive group therapy three times a week for well over a year. Claudia talks to inmates, therapists and prison staff to find out how the prison operates and how its unique environment aims to reduce reoffending rates.
What will happen to mental health services under the changes to the NHS next year? And what can psychological science tell us about online dating?
Dr Mark Porter finds out if it's true that a blood test can identify depression. The benefits of choir singing. Mark investigates how a new treatment for heart failure can transform patients overnight. And do special muscle-building drinks live up to the marketing hype?
Why whooping cough is making a comeback. Two radically different approaches for people who suffer from severe blushing - from a psychologist and a surgeon. Concern about changes to the way maternal deaths are investigated. Intestinal transit times. And Margaret McCartney doesn't like it when doctors use euphemisms for our genitals.
Dr Mark Porter reports on the possible downsides of giving morphine to people with heart attacks, antibiotics for early appendicitis, the sick note, which painkillers are best for acute pain and how blood is tested in the lab.
Should prescriptions be free for everyone? They already are in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland - so why aren't they in England? And as the vaccination campaign for young girls against the virus which causes cervical cancer and genital warts gains momentum - are boys losing out? There are confusing statistics surrounding the debate over the use of bicycle helmets for both adults and children. GP Margaret McCartney uses her own risk analysis to work out how to keep herself safe and fit.
Aspirin is over 100 years old, but doctors still can't agree whether the benefits outweigh the risks - Dr Mark Porter investigates. And - you've worked flat out to get on holiday, then come down with a stinking cold - is there any science behind why so many of us get sick on vacation. Plus ADHD - not in children, but ADULTS - why is it so hard for grown-ups to get a diagnosis.
We have an insider’s guide to the science behind resuscitation. New research suggesting that the one and half million or so women in the UK with polycystic ovary syndrome could be at increased risk of an early heart attack. A controversial test that has divided doctors for years - does PSA screening for prostate cancer actually make any difference? The issue of dignity - how a GP talks to a patient. And garlic – can it really lower blood pressure, reduce cholesterol levels, ward off the common cold, and protect against cancer.
Dr Mark Porter looks at the evidence behind a study showing that a diet rich in red meat increases the risk of bowel cancer - and ponders whether to take supplements for sore knees
Dr Mark Porter tackles the confusion and prejudice that surrounds the skin condition Vitiligo. Max Pemberton discovers why surgeons may be wearing masks for their benefit rather than their patients. And Margaret McCartney reminds doctors who tweet to proceed with caution - posting photographs of the first patient you've anaesthetised is likely to get you into trouble!