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Long Covid, Vaccine queries
Long Covid, Vaccine queries
Most people recover rapidly after catching coronavirus. But I chat to three people who were infected almost a year ago a... Read more
16 Feb 2021
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High Blood Pressure
High Blood Pressure
Dr Mark Porter discusses High Blood Pressure , a silent threat that isn’t well managed, with only a third of those affec... Read more
8 Jan 2019
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Stress and pregnancy, CBT for insomnia, Cluster headache, Smoking and mental health
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Dr Mark Porter finds out why insomnia can often go untreated by the NHS despite there being a treatment that not only wo... Read more
25 Mar 2014
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Ebola, Painkillers, Immunity (CVID), Integrated Health, Thyroid and Pregnancy
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Ebola - how do they predict how it's going to spread, and why estimates have risen so rapidly.In the UK there are 22 mil... Read more
7 Oct 2014
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Gender X; Diabetes diagnosis; Trigeminal Neuralgia; Oesophageal cancer
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As Germany becomes the first country in Europe to pass a law allowing newborn babies to be registered as being of indete... Read more
5 Nov 2013
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Cancer of the cervix & HPV; Oral cancer & HPV; Eating late; Feedback on Sugar, Thrush, Cataracts; Scarfree operations
Cancer of the cervix & HPV; Oral cancer & HPV; Eating late; Feedback on Sugar, Thrush, Cataracts; Scarfree operations
A committee advising the Food and Drug Administration in the US has voted to change the way it tests women for cervical ... Read more
18 Mar 2014
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Ranked #7
Glucosamine for osteoarthritis; Alcohol addiction; Gut instinct
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As NICE issues its latest guidelines for treating osteoarthritis, Inside Health looks at the use of paracetamol to relie... Read more
11 Feb 2014
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Braintraining and dementia; Cluster headaches; Cancer rehab; #hellomynameis
Braintraining and dementia; Cluster headaches; Cancer rehab; #hellomynameis
Every three minutes somebody in the UK develops dementia, so when it's claimed that tailored computer brain training can... Read more
26 Jul 2016
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Statins, Cholesterol-lowering spreads, Olive oil, Diet and inflammatory bowel disease, Singers' nodules
Statins, Cholesterol-lowering spreads, Olive oil, Diet and inflammatory bowel disease, Singers' nodules
Some media coverage has suggested that there is a link between eating junk food and the rise of conditions like Crohn's ... Read more
22 Jul 2014
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Dementia, Sleep, Thyroxine
Dementia, Sleep, Thyroxine
Dr Mark Porter explores Dementia Challenge - the Department of Health's much publicised campaign to improve dementia car... Read more
8 Jan 2013
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Ranked #11
Health checks, Fertility, Adjustment
Health checks, Fertility, Adjustment
NHS health checks or 'mid-life MOTs' have hit the headlines as new research claims they are a success. The aim is preven... Read more
29 Mar 2016
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Heart and Exercise, Smoking and Alcohol, Weight Management, Hepatitis C
Heart and Exercise, Smoking and Alcohol, Weight Management, Hepatitis C
After recent headlines that running too much can be bad for your heart, Mark Porter talks to the Medical Director for th... Read more
17 Feb 2015
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Ranked #13
Breast cancer, Alcoholism, CRPS, Generics
Breast cancer, Alcoholism, CRPS, Generics
Breast Cancer and Bisphosphonates; an old drug for treating weak bones can reduce the risk of breast cancer spreading, b... Read more
27 Sep 2016
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Ranked #14
Flu vaccine and narcolepsy, Stoptober, Herbal medicines, Calcium supplements
Flu vaccine and narcolepsy, Stoptober, Herbal medicines, Calcium supplements
New research has found an association between Pandemrix, a swine flu vaccine, and a rare sleep disorder in children. Fea... Read more
1 Oct 2013
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Sickness Absence, Ankle Arthritis, Hot Flushes, Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Sickness Absence, Ankle Arthritis, Hot Flushes, Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Inside Health examines advice for when parents should and shouldn't send their sick children to school. Is this another ... Read more
14 Oct 2014
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Ranked #16
Over-diagnosis: High Blood Pressure
Over-diagnosis: High Blood Pressure
Dr Mark Porter asks whether doctors can try too hard in the early detection of disease and investigates the overdiagnosi... Read more
21 Aug 2012
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Obesity and smoking, Blood pressure, ADHD
Obesity and smoking, Blood pressure, ADHD
Is it useful as a public health message to compare obesity and smoking? Controversy in Rome behind a new trial that sugg... Read more
13 Sep 2016
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Ranked #18
Deprescribing long-term opioids, Diagnosing concussion
Deprescribing long-term opioids, Diagnosing concussion
Research suggests opioids don't work in long-term chronic pain but dispensing in the UK has risen four-fold since the ni... Read more
5 Mar 2019
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Mutant Flu, Weight-Loss Surgery, Young Men and Body Image, CVID, Dental Check-ups, Doctors' Example, Dry January Findings
Mutant Flu, Weight-Loss Surgery, Young Men and Body Image, CVID, Dental Check-ups, Doctors' Example, Dry January Findings
Mark investigates reports that the UK faces an epidemic of "mutant flu".Just a month after NICE calls for more weight lo... Read more
20 Jan 2015
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