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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Jul 31, 2012 · 27 min
Liver disease, Hepatitis C
Dr Mark Porter discovers the reasons for the recent rise in serious liver diseases.
Jul 24, 2012 · 28 min
GP Access, Telehealth, ICU, Sewage
Dr Mark Porter asks if telehealth is providing better medical care and saving money.
Jul 17, 2012 · 28 min
Whooping cough, Cardiac screening, Antibacterials, Selfcare, Xbox
Dr Mark Porter asks if amateur sportspeople should be screened for heart conditions.
Jul 10, 2012 · 28 min
Coughs, vocal cord dysfunction and athletes, taste and smell, waiting room toys
Dr Mark Porter asks what the performance of elite athletes tells us about our health.
Jul 3, 2012 · 28 min
GI bleeds, pregnancy and working, frozen shoulder, patient surveys
Is frozen shoulder a condition that's overdiagnosed? Dr Mark Porter investigates.
Apr 24, 2012 · 27 min
Teenage depression, Choir, Heart failure, Protein shakes
Dr Mark Porter on the claims of sports drinks and the benefits of joining a choir.
Apr 17, 2012 · 28 min
Whooping cough, maternal deaths, blushing, intestinal transit
Dr Mark Porter on why whooping cough is making a comeback.
Apr 10, 2012 · 27 min
Morphine and the heart, antibiotics and the appendix, sick notes, blood tests, painkillers
Pain relief during heart attacks, treating appendicitis with drugs, GPs and fit notes.
Apr 3, 2012 · 28 min
Prescription charges, HPV vaccine, tattoos, cycle helmets
Unfair and outdated - why the BMA says prescriptions should be free in England.
Mar 27, 2012 · 28 min
Aspirin, holiday sickness, ADHD
Mark Porter investigates aspirin preventing disease, ADHD in adults and holiday illnesses.
Mar 20, 2012 · 28 min
PCOS, garlic, PSA test, dignity
Dr Mark Porter demystifies discusses polycystic ovary syndrome, garlic and the PSA test.
Mar 13, 2012 · 28 min
Red meat and heart health, carbon monoxide, screening, joints supplements
What's behind the news that red meat eaters have a shorter life expectancy?
Mar 6, 2012 · 27 min
Vitiligo, diabetes care, knee implants, masks, social media
Dr Mark Porter tackles the confusion and prejudice around the skin condition vitiligo.
Feb 28, 2012 · 28 min
Sleep tabs death, e-cigs, GP examples, underactive thyroid and pregnancy
Dr Mark Porter asks why sleeping pills increase the chance of an early death.
Feb 21, 2012 · 27 min
Anti-smoking incentives, ACE inhibitor cough, Raynaud's, fizzy drinks
Dr Mark Porter investigates a scheme to stop pregnant women from smoking.
Feb 14, 2012 · 28 min
Patient records, cholesterol, statins, whiplash
Dr Mark Porter discusses patient records, cholesterol and statins, and whiplash.
Feb 7, 2012 · 27 min
Hospital infections, nutrition, gout, gluten, Shockwave, tennis elbow
Including the protocols for visitors to hospitals and a new treatment for tennis elbow.
Jan 31, 2012 · 28 min
Pseudomonas, anti-coags, alcohol, pres drugs, high heels
Presented by Dr Mark Porter. Looking at the bacteria Pseudomonas.
Jan 24, 2012 · 27 min
NHS bill, tinnitus, pedestrians, teenage info, Vitamin D, cough mix
Dr Mark Porter demystifies health issues that perplex us, including tinnitus and Vitamin D
Jan 17, 2012 · 28 min
Health bill, Memory, Resuscitation, Flu
Dr Mark Porter demystifies the health issues that perplex us.