Inside Health

Microprocessor Knees, The 'Glasgow Effect', Mesothelioma

About six thousand people in the UK lose a leg every year from amputations due to vascular...

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Alzheimer's and Parkinson's research, HPV Vaccine, BRCA genes

News that the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has pulled out of research into Alzheimer's and...

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The Future Heart

It's fifty years since the first human heart transplant but the number of donor organs - about...

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Flu, Cow's milk allergy, Robotic pharmacy

What goes into our flu vaccine always has an element of guesswork. Usually the experts get it...

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Medical detection dogs

Can dogs smell cancer? Ever since Hippocrates the odour of disease has been used to aid diagnosis...

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Antibiotics, Statins and Pneumonia, Neurosurgery for Epilepsy

The Chief Medical Officer has warned of a "post-antibiotic apocalypse" and "the end of modern...

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Dr Google; Sexual orientation and the NHS; Hypermobility; Surgery for COPD

GPs have been told to ask about their patients' sexual orientation as NHS England plans to record...

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Vaginal mesh; alcohol and the heart

Vaginal mesh, used for the treatment of prolapse and incontinence, has hit the news recently as...

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Vaginal mesh; alcohol and the heart

Vaginal mesh, used for the treatment of prolapse and incontinence, has hit the news recently as...

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Big Baby Birth Trial, Uveitis, Telephone Triage, Burns

Mention arthritis and most people think of older people with osteoarthritic hips or knees. But...

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Scoliosis, Depression, Pets in Hospital, Eustachian Tubes

After Simon Cowell paid for a Britain's Got talent contestant to have surgery in the US for her...

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Addiction services; Schizophrenia; Hearts and cancer

Inside Health reveals the poor state of addiction services in England with heroin and morphine...

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Breast density; Health education; Switching outcomes

Breast Density - the major risk factor for breast cancer that you may have never heard of. Health...

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Antibiotics, Lung Cancer, Dying of a Broken Heart, Gender Bias

Margaret McCartney unpicks recent headlines suggesting its okay not to finish your antibiotics;...

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PPIs, Aspirin and cancer, Radiotherapy and smoking

There are growing concerns about the widespread use of PPIs, the acid suppressing family of drugs...

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Hepatitis B vaccine, Sheds, Obesity Paradox, Taking part in clinical trials

The Hepatitis B vaccine has been added to the childhood national programme joining the 5 vaccines...

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Robo-docs, using AI to diagnose; Pancreatic cancer; Statins and muscle aches

Are we on the cusp of a new era where computers rather than doctors will be doing the diagnosing....

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High costs of cheap medicines, Can a simple blood test help identify cancer, undescended testes, Aspirin

Price rises of everyday medicines due to some manufacturers utilising monopolies; Can a simple...

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Cholesterol-lowering drug, Defibrillators, Post-traumatic stress disorder and heart disease, Lack of drugs in pregnancy

Dr Mark Porter presents a series that aims to demystify perplexing health issues.

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Bisphosphonates, IBS and diet, CRP test for infection, Randomisation

Clarification of new evidence that Bisphosphonates for osteoporosis may actually weaken bones if...

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