Health Check

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Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.

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Yesterday · 26 min
What happens in the ovaries postmenopause?
New research shows the ovaries remain biologically active after the menopause
October 7 · 26 min
Should we be worried about the plague?
What exactly is the plague, where is it found and how dangerous is it?
September 30 · 26 min
Do men and women receive different medical treatment?
Men and women are frequently treated differently by healthcare systems
September 23 · 26 min
Could AI improve healthcare in low-income communities?
Discussing the role of AI in healthcare and how it could impact low-income communities
September 16 · 26 min
Expanding reproductive choice in women's sports
The Spanish FA announces new fertility treatment options for female footballers and refs
September 9 · 26 min
Addressing the risks of period pain in childhood
Understanding which childhood risk factors lead to teenage period pain, and which don't
September 2 · 27 min
Vaccinating against skin cancer
Could mRNA vaccine technology be used to reduce melanoma recurrence?
August 26 · 26 min
Understanding OCD
We take a deep dive into treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder
August 19 · 26 min
The health threat of rising temperatures
Older people have lower heat tolerance than previously thought
August 12 · 26 min
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Three months since the outbreak was declared more than 1,900 people have died from Ebola
August 5 · 27 min
Why are some people microdosing weight loss drugs?
Makers of the drugs say they don't condone people modifying how they use their products
July 29 · 26 min
Steering in the right direction to road safety
New research explores how global road injury rates have changed over the last 30 years
July 22 · 26 min
USA military launches testosterone screening programme
Understanding testosterone and hormone replacement therapy
July 15 · 26 min
HIV fears due to Niger’s anti-gay laws
Organisations providing HIV services to gay men have had to close in Niger
July 8 · 26 min
Health challenges after Venezuela earthquakes
June 24th, twin earthquakes hit Venezuela, and the healthcare system has been overwhelmed
July 1 · 26 min
Ebola drug trials in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The latest on what is being done to try to combat the ongoing Ebola outbreak.
June 24 · 26 min
Lack of evidence most IVF ‘add-ons’ improve fertility
Providers may offer add-ons, additional treatments they say could help patients conceive
June 17 · 26 min
The global toll of food poisoning
A new WHO report finds that food contamination accounts for 1.5+ million deaths annually
June 10 · 26 min
How reading fiction impacts our mental health
What novels do for our minds, our imaginations and our well-being
June 3 · 26 min
Health at the football World Cup
Monitoring risks from heat exhaustion to dengue fever at a major sporting event

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