Medical Matters

• Updated:
  Weekly

• Episodes available:
  Indefinitely

Show recent episodes (10)

All episodes (77)

• 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

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All In The Mind: 15 May 12: Bonuses

  Tue, 15 May 12

  Duration:
  28 mins

  Bonuses; Street Therapy & Insanity Defence

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• 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.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• 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?

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• 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?

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• 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.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• 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.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• 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.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• 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.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• 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.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Inside Health: Red Meat, Joints, Screening

  Tue, 13 Mar 12

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Dr Mark Porter looks at the evidence behind a study showing that a diet rich in red meat increases the risk of bowel cancer - and ponders whether to take supplements for sore knees

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Inside Health: Vitiligo, Masks, Knees

  Tue, 6 Mar 12

  Duration:
  28 mins

  Dr Mark Porter tackles the confusion and prejudice that surrounds the skin condition Vitiligo. Max Pemberton discovers why surgeons may be wearing masks for their benefit rather than their patients. And Margaret McCartney reminds doctors who tweet to proceed with caution - posting photographs of the first patient you've anaesthetised is likely to get you into trouble!

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Inside Health: Sleeping pills, Thyroid, e-cigs

  Tue, 28 Feb 12

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Sleeping pills increasing the chance of an early death - drugs which are prescribed 10 million times a year in England. Could your GP’s dietary preferences and habits influence your well being? Under-active thyroid and pregnancy. Are electronic cigarettes dangerous?

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Inside Health: Incentives, Cough 21 Feb 12

  Tue, 21 Feb 12

  Duration:
  28 mins

  Health incentives, Ace inhibitor cough, Raynauds Phenomenon, Hazards of fizzy drinks

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Inside Health: Whiplash, Statins: 14 Feb 12

  Tue, 14 Feb 12

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Whiplash and government efforts to reduce compensation claims. Behind the headlines that suggested weaning your baby on finger foods may be healthier than spoon feeding. Cholesterol tests and effects of statins. And the latest on patient medical records. Dr Mark Porter presents.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Inside Health: Gout 07 Feb 12

  Tue, 7 Feb 12

  Duration:
  28 mins

  Hospital Acquired Infections - protocols for visitors to hospitals. Case for better nutrition education in medical schools. Gout on the rise due to obesity. Gluten intolerance. Shockwave Therapy for soft tissue injuries.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Inside Health: Pseudomonas 31 Jan 12

  Tue, 31 Jan 12

  Duration:
  29 mins

  The latest approach to tackling hospital superbugs. Clarification of the alcohol guidelines. A more convenient alternative to warfarin and why wearing high heels may be bad for your legs but good for your sex life.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Inside Health: Tinnitus 24 Jan 12

  Tue, 24 Jan 12

  Duration:
  28 mins

  Dr Mark Porter demystifies the health issues that perplex us, including the causes of Tinnitus, evidence on whether cough mixtures work and who should take Vitamin D

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Inside Health: Flu 17 Jan 12

  Tue, 17 Jan 12

  Duration:
  29 mins

  A single injection that protects you against all strains of flu virus – from the usual winter strains to swine and bird flu. Universal vaccines have been under development over the past few years and are now be trialled in volunteers at a ‘flu camp’ in London. Mark Porter visits the flu camp to find out if the vaccine is all it’s cracked up to be.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Inside Health: Medical Devices 10 Jan 12

  Tue, 10 Jan 12

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Dr Mark Porter investigates medical devices and why it’s so much easier to get approval for use in humans, compared to the strict criteria new medicines have to meet.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Am I Really Free 22 Dec 11

  Thu, 22 Dec 11

  Duration:
  28 mins

  When is a mentally ill patient really free to make a decision about their treatment, and when is it the disorder talking? Claudia Hammond explores some surprising new research.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All In The Mind: 20 Dec 11: Stress Test Results

  Tue, 20 Dec 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Stress Test Results; Mental health and comedy & Disclosure

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Post Mortem 14 Dec 11

  Thu, 15 Dec 11

  Duration:
  28 mins

  Pathologist Professor Sebastian Lucas performs a 'consented' post mortem to show Geoff Watts why he thinks the demise of this once common practice represents such a loss to medicine.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All In The Mind: 13 Dec 11:Taxi drivers' brains

  Tue, 13 Dec 11

  Duration:
  28 mins

  Taxi drivers' brains; Disclosing mental health problems at work; Neuroscience and the law

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All In The Mind: 06 Dec 11: Biopolar Disorder & Misdiagnosis

  Tue, 6 Dec 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Biopolar Disorder & Misdiagnosis; Complaining; Employment Support With Mental Illness

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All In The Mind: 29 Nov 11: Fraud in psychology

  Tue, 29 Nov 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Fraud in psychology; Mentoring scheme for people with anxiety; Earworms

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All In The Mind: 22 Nov 11: English Riots

  Tue, 22 Nov 11

  Duration:
  28 mins

  English Riots; Credit Cards and Anchoring; Bullying and Personality Disorder

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All In The Mind: 15 Nov 11: Daniel Kahneman & Conjoined twins with linked brains

  Tue, 15 Nov 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Daniel Kahneman & Conjoined twins with linked brains

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• 08.11.11: Mind Myths

  Tue, 8 Nov 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Do we only use 10% of our brains and does Mozart makes kids smarter? Engage the full 100% of your grey matter and listen to Claudia Hammond slay common myths about the brain.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• 01 Nov 11: Behavioural Insights and the Nudge Agenda

  Tue, 1 Nov 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  an All in the Mind special

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All In The Mind: 25 Oct 11: Why hysteria is not a thing of the past

  Tue, 25 Oct 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Why hysteria is not a thing of the past; Learning while you sleep; How carers are getting involved in mental health research

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Romanian Orphanage Babies: 21 Years On

  Tue, 11 Oct 11

  Duration:
  28 mins

  How have the Romanian orphanage babies, adopted 21 years ago, recovered from their appalling early treatment? Claudia Hammond reports on how scientists have tracked their progress and talks to the adoptees and their parents.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All in the Mind 04 Oct 11: Drugs

  Tue, 4 Oct 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  The health risks of anti-psychotic drugs - are psychiatrists doing enough? Breaking bad habits. And Jess Goodell the marine who got PTSD after retrieving bodies in Iraq

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• The First 1000 Days: A Legacy for Life - Part 3: Future Generations

  Tue, 30 Aug 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Dr Mark Porter asks if an adult's health - determined by their environment and nutrition in the first 1000 days of life -be passed on to their children? Part 3: Future Generations

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• The First 1000 Days: A Legacy for Life - Part 2: Infancy

  Tue, 23 Aug 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Could adult health be determined by our environment and nutrition in the first thousand days of life, or even many years earlier? Dr Mark Porter investigates. Part 2: Infancy

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• The First 1000 Days: A Legacy for Life - Part 1: In the Womb

  Tue, 16 Aug 11

  Duration:
  28 mins

  Could adult health be determined by our environment and nutrition in the first thousand days of life, or even many years earlier? Dr Mark Porter investigates. Part 1: In the Womb.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Am I Normal? (Tiredness)

  Wed, 10 Aug 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  What are normal levels of tiredness and when should we seek help for exhausation and fatigue? Vivienne Parry investigates.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Am I Normal? (Birth)

  Tue, 2 Aug 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Vivienne Parry explores changing attitudes to giving birth and asks what is a normal birth

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Inside the Ethics Committee

  Thu, 28 Jul 11

  Duration:
  42 mins

  Hear Joan Bakewell and her panel wrestle with a real life medical dilemma. Can conscious patients stop treatment, even though this will directly lead to their deaths?

  Download 19MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Am I Normal? (Immune System)

  Tue, 26 Jul 11

  Duration:
  28 mins

  Is there such a thing as a normal immune system? Vivienne Parry investigates.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Am I Normal? ( Libido)

  Tue, 19 Jul 11

  Duration:
  28 mins

  How much do our libidos vary and and when should we worry whether our sex drive is normal or we should seek help. Vivienne Parry investigates.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Inside the Ethics Committee Unconscious & Pregnant

  Thu, 14 Jul 11

  Duration:
  42 mins

  Hear Joan Bakewell and her panel wrestle with a real life medical dilemma. How do you make medical decisions about an unconscious woman when she is pregnant?

  Download 20MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All In The Mind: 12 July 11: Arson, Parents Teach Parents & Autism

  Tue, 12 Jul 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Arson, Parents Teach Parents & Autism

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All In The Mind: 05 July 11: The link between gambling and superstitious thinking

  Tue, 5 Jul 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  The link between gambling and superstitious thinking, the power of language to affect what we think and gardening to improve mental health.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All In The Mind: 28 June 11: Mental Health in Hong Kong

  Tue, 28 Jun 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Mental Health in Hong Kong

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All In The Mind: 21 June 11: Stress special: What exactly is stress and how does it affect our mental health?

  Tue, 21 Jun 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Stress special: What exactly is stress and how does it affect our mental health? All In The Mind launches a pioneering online scientific experiment to test the nation's mental health and well being

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All In The Mind: 14 June 11: Siblings of people with mental health problems

  Tue, 14 Jun 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Siblings of people with mental health problems; Are stages of grief a myth?; Why expert predictions often fail yet we believe them anyway

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All In The Mind: 07 June 11: Compassion therapy

  Tue, 7 Jun 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Compassion therapy; How adverts influence what children eat; The brain and magic

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All In The Mind: 31 May 11: Controlling and violent behaviour in teenage intimate relationships

  Tue, 31 May 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Controlling and violent behaviour in teenage intimate relationships; Super autobiographical memory – the people who cannot forget

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All In The Mind: 24 May 11: Does mess make us racist

  Tue, 24 May 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Does mess make us racist; Graphic art –a true psychiatric tale; Taking control for sporting success

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All In The Mind: 17 May 11: Earthquake trauma treatment

  Tue, 17 May 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Earthquake trauma treatment; Do placebos work when you know that's what they are? And why Botox may stop you reading others emotions

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All In The Mind: 10 May 11: Ostracism

  Tue, 10 May 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Ostracism; Suicide; Help for the carers of people with anorexia

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All In The Mind: 03 May 11: Personal space & claustrophobia

  Tue, 3 May 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Personal space and claustrophobia; suicide and bereavement; what brain scans reveal about us

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All In The Mind: 26 Apr 11: Psychopathic brain

  Tue, 26 Apr 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Psychopathic brain; Mirror-touch; The emotional calendar

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All In The Mind: 19 Apr 11: Anorexia and autism

  Tue, 19 Apr 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Anorexia and autism; Baby language; The middle-age brain

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Fingerprints on Trial 10 Mar 11

  Fri, 11 Mar 11

  Duration:
  28 mins

  After a century in which it has been accepted as the Gold Standard for forensic evidence, Claudia Hammond investigates the growing body of research, including studies by cognitive psychologists and neuroscientists, that challenges the infallibility of fingerprint evidence.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Case Notes Gut Bacteria 08 Mar 11

  Tue, 8 Mar 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Dr Mark Porter on faecal transplants, and the balance of good and bad bugs in our guts.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Case Notes Morning Sickness Tue 29 Feb 11

  Tue, 1 Mar 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Many women experience Morning Sickness during pregnancy, but doctors still do not fully understand why. Dr Mark Porter investigates the latest research into causes and treatments. He hears firsthand of the psychological and physical effects it can have on women and that for 1 in 150 women, sickness is so severe they are admitted to hospital.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Case Notes Epilepsy 22 Feb 11

  Tue, 22 Feb 11

  Duration:
  28 mins

  Dr Mark Porter discusses epilepsy and its treatment. Advances in brain scanning and surgery mean an increasing number of people can be cured with an operation. However, surgery is not an option for the majority. Mark talks to epilepsy specialists about drug treatments, and a special high-fat diet, known as the ketogenic diet, which helps to reduce the severity of the condition in some children.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Case Notes The Pancreas 15 Feb 11

  Tue, 15 Feb 11

  Duration:
  28 mins

  Dr Mark Porter visits the Royal Liverpool Hospital, the country's leading centre for treating and researching diseases of the pancreas.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Case Notes Radiotherapy 08 Feb 11

  Tue, 8 Feb 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Dr Mark Porter looks at the latest developments in radiotherapy. He reviews its origins with the pioneering research of Marie Curie one hundred years ago and he talks to doctors, radiologists and patients about the modern practise and experience of harnessing radiation to kill malignant tissue. Radiotherapy is sometimes described as the 'Cinderella' of cancer treatment. Its public profile is lower than the new generation of anti-cancer drugs. Yet doctors are continually finding ways of improving the effectiveness and accuracy of radiotherapy.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Case Notes End of Life 01 Feb 11

  Tue, 1 Feb 11

  Duration:
  28 mins

  Dr Mark Porter visits St Joseph's Hospice in East London to find out about services available for people at the end of their lives

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Case Notes Glaucoma 25 Jan 11

  Tue, 25 Jan 11

  Duration:
  28 mins

  Glaucoma is an eye disease in which fluid pressure is raised. It causes irreversible damage to the optic nerve and loss of vision. Dr Mark Porter visits Moorfields Eye Hospital in London and finds about a new test for glaucoma, which will lead to earlier diagnosis He also hears about the latest research into the genetics of the optic nerve.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Case Notes Hepatitis C 18 Jan 11

  Tue, 18 Jan 11

  Duration:
  28 mins

  Experts at Europe's largest liver transplant unit, at King's College Hospital in London, explain how vague symptoms help to keep hepatitis C 'hidden' inside the body for years.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Case Notes A Night in ER 28 Dec 10

  Tue, 28 Dec 10

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Southampton's 21st century Emergency Department - behind the scenes with Dr Mark Porter

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All In The Mind: 21 Dec 10

  Tue, 21 Dec 10

  Duration:
  29 mins

  The 1:4 statistic; Falklands Diary & Ancestors and Intelligence

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All In The Mind: 14 Dec 10

  Tue, 14 Dec 10

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Claudia Hammond looks at how social networking is changing adoption

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All In The Mind: 07 Dec 10

  Tue, 7 Dec 10

  Duration:
  28 mins

  Mapping the brain, online psychological support for cancer

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All In The Mind: 30 Nov 10

  Tue, 30 Nov 10

  Duration:
  29 mins

  John O'Donoghue, Digital memories and the Work Capability Assessment

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All In The Mind: 23 Nov 10

  Tue, 23 Nov 10

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Claudia Hammond looks at how the senses effect memory, food and design

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All In The Mind: 16 Nov 10

  Tue, 16 Nov 10

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Forensic science and psychology; Testosterone and City traders; Suicide terrorism

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All In The Mind: 09 Nov 10

  Tue, 9 Nov 10

  Duration:
  29 mins

  All In The Mind with Claudia Hammond. Brain injury in young offenders, an unusual case of memory loss, plus how to stop worrying.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• All In The Mind: 02 Nov 10

  Tue, 2 Nov 10

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Battlefield Mental Health, antidepressants and morality and Community Treatment Orders

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Sugaring the Pill: 26 Oct 10

  Tue, 26 Oct 10

  Duration:
  28 mins

  But does paying people to be healthy work? Claudia Hammond assesses the evidence and makes a discovery that astonishes her.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Case Notes Blood Transfusion Consent 21 Sep 10

  Tue, 21 Sep 10

  Duration:
  29 mins

  We take it for granted that blood will be available if we need an emergency transfusion. Dr Mark Porter explores the issues of consent when giving a patient a blood transfusion

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Case Notes Good Fats & Bad Fats 14 Sep 10

  Tue, 14 Sep 10

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Dr Mark Porter investigates the good and bad fats we eat and how they impact on our health, from trans fats associated with heart disease to the health benefits of fish oils.

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

• Case Notes Biomechanics 07 Sep 10

  Tue, 7 Sep 10

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Dr Mark Porter gets his kit on to investigate biomechanics and sports injuries at the University of Bath Sports Village

  Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")

Play episodes