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?
Tue, 12 Feb 13
Duration:
28 mins
Dr Mark Porter investigates a new shingles vaccine for the over 70s, is a chicken pox vaccine for children an alternative? contraception for over 35s, can you take the pill until the menopause? Why we're so poor at First Aid? And switching to cheaper drugs, does the size and colour influence how you take your medicine, could changing to a cheaper brand have a hidden cost? And early clues to Parkinson's disease.
Tue, 5 Feb 13
Duration:
28 mins
Why the reporting of drug side effects has dropped by a third in a decade - it's the responsiblity of GP's and the general public to notifiy through the yellow card system - but it's on the wain - does that mean drug safety is slipping through the net? Mark Porter finds out how the medical technology that identified why King Richard III died could be used to help the rest of us. And answers a listener's question about so called 'chemo brain'. Does chemotherapy really effect memory and the ability to concentrate? Plus a family history of cancer - is it always as worrying as it sounds?
Tue, 29 Jan 13
Duration:
28 mins
Alcohol – no reduction in deaths from alcohol in England but fewer in Wales. Targeted cancer therapies – thousands of people with cancer are to have their genes mapped as part of a new drive towards treatment tailored to the individual. But what’s in it for the patient? Caffeine – it’s a natural component of coffee, tea, cola and chocolate, but what is it doing in shampoo? If the TV ad promoting caffeine enriched hair products has had you scratching your head, then we have got the answers. And, continuing the personal hygiene theme, are you worried that you have bad breath? We’ll be finding out why it is often imagined, rather than real – and what can be done to help people with halitophobia.
Tue, 22 Jan 13
Duration:
28 mins
New research suggesting that the ban on smoking in public places has led to a sharp fall in the number of children admitted to hospital with asthma. Sunbeds and cancer, Dr Mark Porter examines claims by some tanning salons that their machines do not increase the risk of developing skin cancer despite UV tanning devices being classified as carcinogenic to humans. Plus we visit a leading expert to answer a listener's query about why she is waking up with a very dry mouth. And why your body mass index may not be the best way to work out if you are overweight.
Tue, 15 Jan 13
Duration:
29 mins
After Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham suggested recently that legislation could be introduced to reduce salt levels in processed foods - Inside Health asks how helpful is cutting out salt at home, if most of what we eat is hidden inside processed foods? Margaret McCartney provides clarity behind this week's headlines of a link between junk food and the risk of developing asthma and eczema. Margaret also visits the Science Museum to find out about an old drug, with new tricks - amitriptyline - an out-of-favour antidepressant now a popular remedy for everything from migraine to back pain. Plus a listener's question about the day he lost through amnesia. And what your fingerprints can reveal about the medicines you've taken.
Tue, 8 Jan 13
Duration:
28 mins
Dr Mark Porter explores Dementia Challenge - the Department of Health's much publicised campaign to improve dementia care, including a new scheme to test everyone over 75 who's admitted to hospital for signs of the condition. Will this lead to overdiagnosis or will it get people treated early? And prescribing sleeping tablets for those unable to rest on a noisy hospital ward may seem like a quick fix but there is strong evidence that they are linked to side effects including an increase in falls. Mark Porter investigates and finds some simple solutions to getting a good night's kip in hospital. Plus a leading expert on the thyroid gland answers a listener's concerns about the use of the hormone thyroxine.
Tue, 18 Dec 12
Duration:
29 mins
New method of talking to your baby; How should long term risks of anti-psychotics be communicated; An art science collaboration for dyslexia.
Tue, 11 Dec 12
Duration:
28 mins
Preventing PTSD; Archaeology and mental health; Organophosphates and the brain
Tue, 4 Dec 12
Duration:
28 mins
Alzheimer's Disease; Why we continue to believe information even when we know it’s wrong; PTSD
Tue, 27 Nov 12
Duration:
29 mins
Mandatory polygraphs for sex offenders; birdsong; body image and disfigurement
Tue, 20 Nov 12
Duration:
29 mins
MIT research into distraction in drone operators; New study on bonding in fostered children; Sarah Wise "Inconvenient People" discovers victims of wrongful incarceration in Victorian Asylums
Tue, 13 Nov 12
Duration:
28 mins
How does our "Gaydar" work? De-coding the signals of sexuality; Self-confidence, Self-obsession, Self-regard - the downside of the Me Generation; IQ tests and learning disabilties
Tue, 6 Nov 12
Duration:
29 mins
The frontline treatment for psychosis is antipsychotic medication, but a trial in Manchester is evaluating Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, without medication
Tue, 30 Oct 12
Duration:
28 mins
Claudia Hammond talks to the new minister with responsibility for mental health, Norman Lamb. She also hears how feeling guilty might make you a better leader and sixty years on, how the Anna Freud Centre famous for psychoanalysis is embracing neuroscience.
Tue, 23 Oct 12
Duration:
28 mins
Self-harm report findings indicate people don't know where to go for help, investigation into the use of insulin pumps, how to manage night terrors and healthtalkonline's new section on penile cancer
Tue, 16 Oct 12
Duration:
28 mins
The science behind this week's leap from the edge of space - how the human body copes. Why are the chances of surviving a common type of emergency abdominal surgery lower if you have the operation at night or over the weekend? One listener - a former artist and puppeteer - emailed Inside Health about his recent diagnosis of essential tremor. He's finding the shaking of his hands embarrassing and wants to know what can be done about it. And a new design of pyjamas in response to a spate of blocked catheters in patients wearing conventional pyjamas.
Tue, 9 Oct 12
Duration:
28 mins
As the Nobel Prize for medicine announced this week recognises stem cell research, Dr Mark Porter asks if it's already making a difference to patients. And imagine waking up with numbness in your face, by the end of the day with paralysis in your leg, all tests are normal and there's no apparent cause - Margaret McCartney reports from Edinburgh on a burgeoning field of medicine - functional disorders. Plus an Inside Health listener who has been taking epilepsy treatment for 35 years asks when is it safe to stop taking her medication? And do 'stop-smoking' campaigns really work? Kamran Abbasi looks at the evidence.
Tue, 2 Oct 12
Duration:
28 mins
Dr Mark Porter talks to a world expert on Hepatitis E and hears about a new health magazine which promises to reveal What Doctors Don't Tell You. And a listener finds out what might be causing her dizziness when she turns over in bed.
Tue, 25 Sep 12
Duration:
29 mins
Dr Mark Porter asks whether headlines identifying a 'SARS Like' virus may cause unnecessary alarm. While this new virus and SARS are both members of the same family, virologist John Oxford explains that they are more like cousins that behave differently. And should you be worried about the shape of your baby's head? Lots of parents are. Dr Margaret McCartney questions the growing trend for corrective helmets to treat so called 'flat head syndrome'. Plus Mark Porter visits the first NHS hospital to offer a new approach to treating heartburn.
Tue, 18 Sep 12
Duration:
28 mins
US research says screening all women for ovarian cancer does more harm than good. And listeners' emails on gallstones, vegetarianism and a constant urge to clear one's throat.
Tue, 11 Sep 12
Duration:
28 mins
The truth behind the headlines that crippling viral infections cause asthma. Osteoarthritis is usually put down to ageing and the result of wear and tear, but as Mark Porter finds out, it should be seen as a disease in its own right and treated accordingly. And a technique using human stem cells that will allow doctors to replace damaged cartilage.
Tue, 4 Sep 12
Duration:
29 mins
Dr Mark Porter and regular contributor GP Dr Margaret McCartney explore the incidence of HIV in the UK today and why a new home-testing kit in the States is a bad idea. New research shows that Vitamin D alongside antibiotics assists in treating TB. Why a growing number of people believe deficienty in B12 is underdiagnosed and undertreated. And what can be done to help people plagued with recurrent attacks of mouth ulcers.
Tue, 28 Aug 12
Duration:
28 mins
Dr Mark Porter goes to Hull to watch botox being used on a patient who suffers from severe chronic migraine. He also looks at surgical options for boosting fertility in women whose fibroids can make it difficult for them to have children. And why GPs should allow patients to see their own notes.
Tue, 21 Aug 12
Duration:
28 mins
Dr Mark Porter asks whether doctors can try too hard in the early detection of disease and investigates the overdiagnosis of high blood pressure.
Tue, 14 Aug 12
Duration:
28 mins
Dr Mark Porter finds out that some medical conditions are overdiagnosed and therefore over-treated, because of the results of certain tests.
Tue, 7 Aug 12
Duration:
28 mins
Dr Mark Porter discovers new approaches to helping people who have strokes in rural areas Apart from a few cases that hit the headlines, the use of anabolic steroids is rare among the athletes in the Olympic village. But the in wider society abuse has exploded, according to an expert from Liverpool John Moores University. Jim McVeigh - who's Deputy Director at the Centre for Public Health - says that anabolic steroid abusers are the largest group using needle exchanges. It's has been dubbed the Killing Season by some sections of the media - but Dr Margaret McCartney believes that August isn't as risky a time to be in hospital as the headlines claim. Inside Health listener and keen pianist Roger emailed the programme about Dupuytren's contracture - where the fingers curve into the hand and can't be straightened. A new treatment is becoming available on the NHS for this common problem which affects 1 in 10 people's hands.
Tue, 31 Jul 12
Duration:
28 mins
Recent headlines suggest that the growing increase in deaths from liver disease is entirely down to excessive alcohol consumption, but it's estimated that two thirds of liver-related deaths are caused by other conditions. Dr Mark Porter investigates two liver conditions that do not hit the headlines but could be silently creeping up on millions of people in the UK.
Tue, 24 Jul 12
Duration:
29 mins
Do you have trouble getting an appointment to see your GP? Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners Dr Clare Gerada offers some insight. Telehealth - providing health monitoring or advice at a distance using technology - has been heralded as a cost effective way to better medical care. Is it delivering benefits? The importance of getting sedation right in intensive care - Dr Mark Porter finds out why so many seriously ill people dream they are on a space ship run by aliens. And beware the hazards lurking in the water in hot weather. Inside Health investigates sewage levels in the sea at Weston-Super-Mare in Somerset.
Tue, 17 Jul 12
Duration:
29 mins
The return of Whooping Cough. The pros and cons of screening young people for silent heart problems. How the latest computer games are being harnessed to help people recover from strokes and brain injury. The science behind adding antibacterial agents to household products. And the latest self-care campaign by the NHS.
Tue, 10 Jul 12
Duration:
29 mins
Dr Mark Porter debates whether the recent lung cancer awareness campaign on TV, radio and the internet, hits the spot or is scaremongering. He discovers new research suggesting some people with exercise induced asthma are being given the wrong diagnosis and treatment. And GP Margaret McCartney investigates rumours this week that children's toys are to be thrown out of the doctors' surgery in the ongoing battle against infection.
Tue, 3 Jul 12
Duration:
29 mins
GI bleeds, Pregnancy & working, Frozen shoulder, Patient surveys
Tue, 26 Jun 12
Duration:
29 mins
A special programme about the links between nature and mental health. Includes the nature writer, Richard Mabey, ecotherapy training in an Essex woodland, a men’s allotment group and discussion of the latest research on “green care” and “green therapies” with Dr Rachel Bragg.
Tue, 19 Jun 12
Duration:
29 mins
Death while detained on a psychiatric ward; Does having children make you happy? Club Drug Clinic
Tue, 12 Jun 12
Duration:
28 mins
The high flying female executive speaks out about her four year stalking ordeal by a disgruntled woman employee; Babies may be able to understand more than we think; Will the Olympics get us off the sofa and into our own sports kit?
Tue, 5 Jun 12
Duration:
29 mins
Claudia talks to Jacopo Annese, director of the San Diego Brain Observatory about his plans to recruit brain donors of the future and provide one of the biggest archives of brains in the world.
Tue, 29 May 12
Duration:
28 mins
Athletes with learning disabilities in the Paralympics; Conflict & diversity; Could it ever be possible to vaccinate against depression?
Tue, 22 May 12
Duration:
28 mins
3-D Body Scanner & Eating Disorders; Neuroscience and the novel; teenagers' brains & social rejection
Tue, 15 May 12
Duration:
28 mins
Bonuses; Street Therapy & Insanity Defence
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.
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?
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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!
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?
Tue, 21 Feb 12
Duration:
28 mins
Health incentives, Ace inhibitor cough, Raynauds Phenomenon, Hazards of fizzy drinks
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Tue, 20 Dec 11
Duration:
29 mins
Stress Test Results; Mental health and comedy & Disclosure
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.
Tue, 13 Dec 11
Duration:
28 mins
Taxi drivers' brains; Disclosing mental health problems at work; Neuroscience and the law
Tue, 6 Dec 11
Duration:
29 mins
Biopolar Disorder & Misdiagnosis; Complaining; Employment Support With Mental Illness
Tue, 29 Nov 11
Duration:
29 mins
Fraud in psychology; Mentoring scheme for people with anxiety; Earworms
Tue, 22 Nov 11
Duration:
28 mins
English Riots; Credit Cards and Anchoring; Bullying and Personality Disorder
Tue, 15 Nov 11
Duration:
29 mins
Daniel Kahneman & Conjoined twins with linked brains
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.
Tue, 1 Nov 11
Duration:
29 mins
an All in the Mind special
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
Tue, 2 Aug 11
Duration:
29 mins
Vivienne Parry explores changing attitudes to giving birth and asks what is a normal birth
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?
Tue, 26 Jul 11
Duration:
28 mins
Is there such a thing as a normal immune system? Vivienne Parry investigates.
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.
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?
Tue, 12 Jul 11
Duration:
29 mins
Arson, Parents Teach Parents & Autism
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.
Tue, 28 Jun 11
Duration:
29 mins
Mental Health in Hong Kong
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
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
Tue, 7 Jun 11
Duration:
29 mins
Compassion therapy; How adverts influence what children eat; The brain and magic
Tue, 31 May 11
Duration:
29 mins
Controlling and violent behaviour in teenage intimate relationships; Super autobiographical memory – the people who cannot forget
Tue, 24 May 11
Duration:
29 mins
Does mess make us racist; Graphic art –a true psychiatric tale; Taking control for sporting success
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
Tue, 10 May 11
Duration:
29 mins
Ostracism; Suicide; Help for the carers of people with anorexia
Tue, 3 May 11
Duration:
29 mins
Personal space and claustrophobia; suicide and bereavement; what brain scans reveal about us
Tue, 26 Apr 11
Duration:
29 mins
Psychopathic brain; Mirror-touch; The emotional calendar
Tue, 19 Apr 11
Duration:
29 mins
Anorexia and autism; Baby language; The middle-age brain
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.
Tue, 8 Mar 11
Duration:
29 mins
Dr Mark Porter on faecal transplants, and the balance of good and bad bugs in our guts.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Tue, 28 Dec 10
Duration:
29 mins
Southampton's 21st century Emergency Department - behind the scenes with Dr Mark Porter
Tue, 21 Dec 10
Duration:
29 mins
The 1:4 statistic; Falklands Diary & Ancestors and Intelligence
Tue, 14 Dec 10
Duration:
29 mins
Claudia Hammond looks at how social networking is changing adoption
Tue, 7 Dec 10
Duration:
28 mins
Mapping the brain, online psychological support for cancer
Tue, 30 Nov 10
Duration:
29 mins
John O'Donoghue, Digital memories and the Work Capability Assessment
Tue, 23 Nov 10
Duration:
29 mins
Claudia Hammond looks at how the senses effect memory, food and design
Tue, 16 Nov 10
Duration:
29 mins
Forensic science and psychology; Testosterone and City traders; Suicide terrorism
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.
Tue, 2 Nov 10
Duration:
29 mins
Battlefield Mental Health, antidepressants and morality and Community Treatment Orders
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.
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
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.
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
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