Inside Health

BBC Radio 4

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

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381 episodes
Updated July 28

Episodes381

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Feb 2, 2016 · 27 min
Blood pressure, Palm oil
How low should you go when treating blood pressure? And why is palm oil in so many foods?
Jan 26, 2016 · 27 min
Folic acid in flour, Southampton FC and hip and groin pain, Online private doctors
Folic acid in flour, Southampton FC and hip and groin pain, online private doctors.
Jan 19, 2016 · 27 min
Hospital admissions and the 'weekend effect', Peyronie's disease
Do more people die in hospital at the weekend? Dr Mark Porter examines the evidence.
Jan 12, 2016 · 27 min
Health and Exercise Inside Health Special
The healing power of exercise: how being fit helps everything from stiff joints to cancer.
Oct 6, 2015 · 27 min
Pregabalin and gabapentin misuse, Natural birth after caesarean, Adrenaline auto-injectors
Pregabalin and gabapentin misuse; natural birth after caesarean; adrenaline auto-injectors
Sep 29, 2015 · 28 min
Pollution, Falls in the elderly, False positives and negatives, Meningitis B and teenagers
Pollution kills 29,000 people a year in the UK but where does the statistic come from?
Sep 22, 2015 · 27 min
Cancer drugs fund, Winter flu vaccine, Bandy legs and knock knees, Peer review
Dr Mark Porter on the anxiety being caused by proposed reforms to the Cancer Drugs Fund.
Sep 15, 2015 · 27 min
League tables, Nits, Feeling the cold, Language - Surrogate marker
Are league tables listing surgical outcomes the best way to assess a surgeon?
Sep 8, 2015 · 27 min
Aspirin and heart attacks, BPPV vertigo, Patronising language, Carpal tunnel sydrome, Osteoporosis treatment
Aspirin and heart attacks, vertigo, carpal tunnel sydrome and osteoporosis treatment.
Sep 1, 2015 · 27 min
Meningitis B, Hormones and depression, Statins, Unexpected heart attacks
The latest advice on statins, menopause and depression, and the meningitis B vaccine.
Aug 13, 2015 · 27 min
Emergency abdominal surgery, Thermometers, Vitamins and dementia, Risk
Demistifying perplexing health issues, including which thermometers parents should use.
Jul 28, 2015 · 27 min
Off-patent Drugs Bill, Pre-diabetes, Sepsis, All-cause mortality
The Off-patent Drugs Bill to prevent people missing out on life-saving treatments.
Jul 21, 2015 · 28 min
Asthma inhalers, Knee arthroscopy, Pelvic girdle pain, Medically unexplained symptoms
Does using an asthma inhaler give athletes a performance advantage in their sport?
Jul 14, 2015 · 27 min
Tax on sugary drinks, Low libido in women, Europe's largest robotic pharmacy
What is the evidence that taxing sugary drinks will help tackle obesity?
Jul 7, 2015 · 27 min
Gestational diabetes, Low-carb diets, Needle pain
Dr Mark Porter discusses new UK guidelines on diabetes in pregnancy.
Jun 23, 2015 · 27 min
Future of 7-day GP Access Pilots, Mers, Laughing Gas Health Risks
What happens to seven-day opening at GP surgeries when the money runs out?
Jun 16, 2015 · 27 min
Cervical Screening in Older Women; Hepatitis E in Nepal; Enlarged Prostate; Significance
Cervical screening in older women and concerns about a hepatitis E outbreak in Nepal.
Jun 10, 2015 · 27 min
Flibanserin; Strokes in young people; Outdoor swimming; Research terminology - Causation v Association
Dr Mark Porter examines the new drug to treat low sex drive in women.
Mar 24, 2015 · 27 min
Feedback on Teenage Pregnancy, Smoothies, AMD, Hospital Beds, Frailty, Feedback on Gallstones, Moles
Listener feedback; numbers of hospital beds decline as admissions go up; frailty diagnosis
Mar 17, 2015 · 27 min
Avastin, Peanut Allergy, Bowel Bacteria and Faecal Transplants
Mark Porter visits a laboratory to find out how gut bacteria could be influencing weight.