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

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Jul 13, 2021 · 27 min
Increase in childhood viruses and can you be too fit?
Why is there an increase in childhood viruses? Plus, can you be too fit?
Jul 6, 2021 · 27 min
How to defeat needle phobia and football and lateral flow tests.
How to tackle needle phobia and get the vaccine, plus one man's lateral flow experiment.
Mar 23, 2021 · 27 min
Recovery Trial
One clinical trial set up in nine days has saved hundreds of thousands of lives globally.
Mar 16, 2021 · 27 min
Covid vaccine side-effects
Covid vaccination and the science behind the side-effects.
Mar 2, 2021 · 28 min
Human challenge trials, Chess & memory, Dementia misdiagnosed
The challenge trial that infects people with coronavirus, and how games help the brain.
Feb 23, 2021 · 27 min
Sexual health, contraception and tackling waiting lists
Contraception and sexual health during the Covid-19 pandemic. Tackling waiting lists.
Feb 16, 2021 · 27 min
Long Covid, Vaccine queries
How are people with long Covid being supported? James Gallagher investigates.
Feb 9, 2021 · 27 min
Covid Symptoms
Symptoms for Covid-19 test. Training your sense of smell. Delirium as a Covid-19 symptom.
Feb 2, 2021 · 27 min
Mouthwash & dentistry during the pandemic
Preventing coronavirus at the dentist, and can mouthwash really help kill coronavirus?
Jan 26, 2021 · 27 min
Exercise in the time of Covid
How to get back to exercise after recovering from Covid-19. Online physio to stop falls.
Jan 19, 2021 · 27 min
Oximetry at home, Rapid lateral flow tests for Covid
Could measuring oxygen levels at home, when people have covid, save lives?
Jan 12, 2021 · 27 min
Statins and Nocebo, Vit D & Covid, new therapies for Covid
Research trials for Covid-19. Do vitamin D supplements prevent infection from SARS-COV-2?
Jan 5, 2021 · 27 min
Covid in 2021 & a blood test that claims to detect cancer early
Covid in 2021 and a blood test that claims to detect cancer early.
Oct 28, 2020 · 28 min
How Bangor Hospital's Intensive Care Unit is Preparing for Winter
Saleyha Ahsan on how Bangor Hospital's Intensive Care Unit is preparing for winter.
Oct 20, 2020 · 28 min
20/10/2020
What's the best way to boost oxygen levels in Covid-19 patients?
Oct 13, 2020 · 28 min
Covid-19 Test and Trace; Non-drug trials in a pandemic
Covid-19 Test and Trace; Non-drug trials in a pandemic
Oct 6, 2020 · 27 min
Touch in Health Care
What role does touch play in health care?
Sep 29, 2020 · 27 min
Antibodies to Covid in Kids, Covid and Colds, PIMS-TS,
Antibodies to Covid found in kids before the pandemic; Covid and colds, PIMS-TS.
Sep 23, 2020 · 29 min
Sticky Blood : From Blood Clots to Covid-19
Sticky Blood : From Blood Clots to Covid-19
Aug 11, 2020 · 27 min
Flu Vaccine; Dentistry and Covid; Diagnosing Coeliac disease; NHS preparations for winter
Flu vaccine, dentistry and covid, diagnosing Coeliac disease and NHS winter preparations.