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 26, 2013 · 28 min
Clinical trials, Yellow cards, Chemo brain, Conduct Disorder
Dr Mark Porter puts the pharmaceutical industry in the spotlight as trials are criticised.
Feb 19, 2013 · 27 min
Drinking urine, diclofenac, pigeon fancier's lung, hospital food
Can drinking urine save your life? Heart risks of diclofenac and hospital food as medicine
Feb 12, 2013 · 27 min
Shingles vaccine, Pill colour, First Aid, Contraception, Parkinson's
New shingles vaccine, contraception for over-35s, first aid and early clues to Parkinson's
Feb 5, 2013 · 27 min
Yellow cards, virtual autopsies, genetics and cancer
Dr Mark Porter on how the technology that identified Richard III could help the rest of us
Jan 29, 2013 · 27 min
Alcohol, cancer treatments, hair, halitosis
Dr Mark Porter on alcohol, caffeine shampoo, targeted cancer therapies and halitosis.
Jan 22, 2013 · 28 min
Asthma, Sunbeds, BMI, Dry mouth
Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us.
Jan 15, 2013 · 28 min
Junk food, asthma and eczema; salt; fingerprinting; TGA; amitriptyline
Dr Mark Porter presents a series that aims to demystify perplexing health issues.
Jan 8, 2013 · 27 min
Dementia, Sleep, Thyroxine
Testing everyone over 75 who is admitted to hospital for signs of dementia.
Oct 23, 2012 · 27 min
Self-Harm, Insulin Pumps, Night Terrors, Penile Cancer
Dr Mark Porter on insulin pumps, night terrors, self-harming and penile cancer.
Oct 16, 2012 · 27 min
Edge of space, Laparotomy, Tremor, Pyjamas
The science behind this week's leap from the edge of space - how the human body copes.
Oct 9, 2012 · 27 min
Stem cells, Functional disorders, Epilepsy, Stoptober, Whiplash
Dr Mark Porter asks if stem cell research is making a difference to patients.
Oct 2, 2012 · 27 min
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.
Sep 25, 2012 · 28 min
'SARS-like' virus, reflux heartburn, corrective baby helmets
Dr Mark Porter asks whether headlines identifying a 'SARS-like' virus may cause panic.
Sep 18, 2012 · 27 min
Ovarian cancer screening, BP tables, Cough, Vegetarianism, Gallstones
US research suggests screening all women for ovarian cancer does more harm than good.
Sep 11, 2012 · 27 min
Viruses and asthma, osteoarthritis, cartilage repair
Dr Mark Porter finds out about the latest understanding and treatment of osteoarthritis.
Sep 4, 2012 · 28 min
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.
Aug 28, 2012 · 27 min
BP reax, fibroids, access to notes, botox
Dr Mark Porter finds out that botox injections can help chronic migraine sufferers.
Aug 21, 2012 · 27 min
Over-diagnosis: High Blood Pressure
Dr Mark Porter asks whether doctors can try too hard in the early detection of disease.
Aug 14, 2012 · 27 min
Over-diagnosis: Chronic Kidney Disease
Dr Mark Porter asks why some medical conditions are over-diagnosed, thanks to test results
Aug 7, 2012 · 27 min
Steroids, the killing season, telehealth, Dupuytren's
Dr Mark Porter discovers new approaches to helping people who have strokes in rural areas.