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• MM: AITM 22 May 12: Body Scanner; NeuroNovel; teens

  Tue, 22 May 12

  Duration:
  28 mins

  3-D Body Scanner & Eating Disorders; Neuroscience and the novel; teenagers' brains & social rejection

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• All In The Mind: 15 May 12: Bonuses

  Tue, 15 May 12

  Duration:
  28 mins

  Bonuses; Street Therapy & Insanity Defence

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• All In The Mind: 08 May 12: Claudia visits HMP Grendon, the only prison in Europe that runs as a therapeutic community

  Tue, 8 May 12

  Duration:
  28 mins

  Claudia Hammond visits HMP Grendon, the only prison in Europe which operates wholly as a therapeutic community. More than nine out of ten prisoners at Grendon are serving indeterminate sentences for murder or serious violent offences. Inmates have to apply for a place and once approved undergo intensive group therapy three times a week for well over a year. Claudia talks to inmates, therapists and prison staff to find out how the prison operates and how its unique environment aims to reduce reoffending rates.

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• All In The Mind: 01 May 12: Mental health services and NHS reform and the psychology of online dating

  Tue, 1 May 12

  Duration:
  29 mins

  What will happen to mental health services under the changes to the NHS next year? And what can psychological science tell us about online dating?

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• Inside Health:Depression,Choir,Heart,Drinks

  Tue, 24 Apr 12

  Duration:
  28 mins

  Dr Mark Porter finds out if it's true that a blood test can identify depression. The benefits of choir singing. Mark investigates how a new treatment for heart failure can transform patients overnight. And do special muscle-building drinks live up to the marketing hype?

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• Inside Health: Whooping Cough,Maternal deaths

  Tue, 17 Apr 12

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Why whooping cough is making a comeback. Two radically different approaches for people who suffer from severe blushing - from a psychologist and a surgeon. Concern about changes to the way maternal deaths are investigated. Intestinal transit times. And Margaret McCartney doesn't like it when doctors use euphemisms for our genitals.

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• Inside Health: Heart attacks, Appendix, Pain

  Tue, 10 Apr 12

  Duration:
  28 mins

  Dr Mark Porter reports on the possible downsides of giving morphine to people with heart attacks, antibiotics for early appendicitis, the sick note, which painkillers are best for acute pain and how blood is tested in the lab.

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• Inside Health: 'scrips, HPV, Tattoos, Helmets

  Tue, 3 Apr 12

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Should prescriptions be free for everyone? They already are in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland - so why aren't they in England? And as the vaccination campaign for young girls against the virus which causes cervical cancer and genital warts gains momentum - are boys losing out? There are confusing statistics surrounding the debate over the use of bicycle helmets for both adults and children. GP Margaret McCartney uses her own risk analysis to work out how to keep herself safe and fit.

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• Inside Health: Aspirin, Sick on hols, ADHD

  Tue, 27 Mar 12

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Aspirin is over 100 years old, but doctors still can't agree whether the benefits outweigh the risks - Dr Mark Porter investigates. And - you've worked flat out to get on holiday, then come down with a stinking cold - is there any science behind why so many of us get sick on vacation. Plus ADHD - not in children, but ADULTS - why is it so hard for grown-ups to get a diagnosis.

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• Inside Health: CPR, PSA, Garlic, PCOS

  Tue, 20 Mar 12

  Duration:
  29 mins

  We have an insider’s guide to the science behind resuscitation. New research suggesting that the one and half million or so women in the UK with polycystic ovary syndrome could be at increased risk of an early heart attack. A controversial test that has divided doctors for years - does PSA screening for prostate cancer actually make any difference? The issue of dignity - how a GP talks to a patient. And garlic – can it really lower blood pressure, reduce cholesterol levels, ward off the common cold, and protect against cancer.

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