Health Check
A podcast by BBC World Service - Wednesdays
278 Episodes
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Shingles vaccine slows the progression of dementia
Published: 12/10/2025 -
The risky use of skin lightening in children
Published: 12/3/2025 -
Childhood hypertension becomes more common
Published: 11/26/2025 -
The disappearing mid-life crisis
Published: 11/19/2025 -
Canada loses measles elimination status
Published: 11/12/2025 -
Cloud seeding to cut air pollution in Delhi
Published: 11/5/2025 -
What surpassing 1.5°C means for global health
Published: 10/29/2025 -
How impostors distort medical research
Published: 10/22/2025 -
How to prioritise aid in Gaza
Published: 10/15/2025 -
Immune system researchers win Nobel Prize
Published: 10/8/2025 -
Creating human eggs from skin cells
Published: 10/1/2025 -
Trump’s unproven claims on autism and paracetamol
Published: 9/24/2025 -
More children are obese than underweight
Published: 9/17/2025 -
The psychology of curiosity
Published: 9/10/2025 -
Have we found a better alternative to aspirin?
Published: 9/3/2025 -
A breakthrough in treating chronic pain
Published: 8/27/2025 -
Using AI to discover new antibiotics
Published: 8/20/2025 -
How plastic harms health
Published: 8/13/2025 -
Malnutrition in Gaza
Published: 8/6/2025 -
Making human blood deadly to mosquitoes
Published: 7/30/2025
Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
