Demystifying the health issues of the day that confuse us. Inside Health, with Dr Mark Porter, will be offered in this download, as well as additional related programmes from BBC Radio 4.
Episodes available:
Indefinitely 
Tue, 23 Apr 13
Duration:
28 mins
Breast Cancer prevention and new guidance from America to offer oestrogen blockers like Tamoxifen to women at high risk. If you are on long-term medication and suspect side effects - Margaret McCartney explains the benefits of taking a drug holiday. Why so many medicines prescribed by paediatricians are not licensed for use in children. And the science behind pulse rate monitors.
Tue, 16 Apr 13
Duration:
28 mins
The truth about high intensity exercise regimes. We review the latest evidence behind teeth whitening, and ask whether it is safe to use do-it-yourself kits? The latest figures on the measles outbreak in Swansea. And Voice lifts - despite what you may have heard they are not the voice equivalent of a face lift.
Tue, 9 Apr 13
Duration:
29 mins
What's the story behind the headlines about the links between red meat and heart disease? Measles outbreak in Swansea. And why head injury can lead to unrecognised pituitary damage.
Tue, 2 Apr 13
Duration:
29 mins
Dr Mark Porter reports on NHS 111 - the new 24 hour urgent care number designed for the public to access urgent medical care. It was meant to go live across the whole of England this week but has been plagued by problems. And Inside Health's resident sceptic Margaret McCartney turns her beady eye to the latest fashion in the diet industry - fasting and so called 2 day diets. Popular - but what about the evidence? And obesity and cancer - there's growing understanding that being overweight is an important risk factor for a number of common cancers, but the relationship is never realy explained - Mark Porter turns his attention to one of the factors that might explain the link.
Tue, 26 Mar 13
Duration:
28 mins
As part of NHS reforms doctors will be holding the purse strings from April 1st. In a special edition of the programme Dr Mark Porter finds out what the changes actually mean in practice. He meets GPs who have already been piloting some of the ways in which health services are commissioned to find out what they will mean for services on the ground. He also hears from GPs and hospital doctors about their concerns. One doctor says implementing GP commissioning is like flying a plane while it's being built. Why are GPs concerned and what could the changes mean for the future of our health services?
Tue, 19 Mar 13
Duration:
28 mins
Should alcoholic drinks in England and Wales have a minimum price to stem drink related problems? Could harnessing the power of phages – naturally occurring viruses that prey on bacteria – help fight the threat posed by growing resistance to antibiotics? Cervical smears follow up – if women in their late 60s are among those most likely to develop cancer of the cervix, why aren’t they included in the national screening programme? Babies’ hips – concerns that the resurgence of swaddling is leading to hip dysplasia. And the space age hospital bed that can detect everything from infections to some types of cancer. But this one isn’t in the sick bay of the starship Enterprise – it’s in a hospital in Leicester.
Tue, 12 Mar 13
Duration:
28 mins
Dr Mark Porter looks at the overuse of antibiotics, preventing premature labour, whether all women need smear tests, and aspirin to prevent the risk of stroke after hip replacements
Tue, 5 Mar 13
Duration:
29 mins
Dr Mark Porter questions Lord Howe, Minister for Health, as the government announces a U-turn to the NHS reforms following widespread concern that they would lead to privatisation by the back door, and the end of the NHS as we know it. Why women with epilepsy need to take extra care with their contraception, and the importance of managing their medication when they do get pregnant. And what sort of thermometer should you use when monitoring your child's temperature?
Tue, 26 Feb 13
Duration:
29 mins
Dr Mark Porter puts the Pharmaceutical Industry in the spotlight as some clinical trials are criticised for testing new drugs against a much weaker rival so that the results appear much better than they really are. Kamran Abbasi and Dr Bina Rawal from the Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry discuss if the hurdles are being set too low, so that a new therapy comes out on top. And what if sustained periods of adversity in childhood are associated with permanent structural changes in brain development? So suggests new research into adolescents with Conduct Disorder - a controversial diagnosis given to 1 in 20 teenagers in the UK with aggressive or anti-social behaviour. Mark Porter investigates.
Tue, 19 Feb 13
Duration:
28 mins
Is it safe to drink urine, or even sea water in a survival situation? Dr Mark Porter examines calls to withdraw one of the most widely used anti-inflammatory drugs, diclofenac because of its increased risk of heart attacks. And what kinds of health problems can result from living with a parrot, cockatiel or a loft full of pigeons? As guidelines to improve hospital meals are introduced, how will the idea of food as medicine improve patients' experience?
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