Medical programme exploring a different topic each week, with reports and input from experts
Radio 4,路111 episodes
Mark Porter reports on when and how aspirin can prevent diseases.
Dr Mark Porter visits Selly Oak Hospital, treating the soldiers injured in Afghanistan.
Dr Mark Porter on the treatment of tuberculosis in Leeds.
Dr Mark Porter on the teenagers who are helping researchers to track childhood obesity.
Dr Mark Porter sorts out the good from the bad in terms of health advice online.
Dr Mark Porter on children's health at school.
Dr Mark Porter on how best to help people rebuild their lives after a head injury.
Dr Mark Porter traces the rise of the use of ultrasound in medicine.
Dr Mark Porter visits a fertility clinic to learn about the latest developments in IVF.
Dr Mark Porter on how blood clots kill thousands of hospital patients in England each year
Dr Mark Porter investigates the latest treatments for problems with the lens of the eye.
Dr Mark Porter visits the Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology in Nottingham.
Dr Mark Porter explores the diagnosis and treatment of Barrett's oesophagus.
Dr Mark Porter explores how to improve communication between medics and patients.
Dr Mark Porter investigates the past and future of surgery.
Dr Mark Porter explores the latest treatments for breast problems.
Dr Mark Porter discusses the causes and treatments for cerebral palsy.
Dr Mark Porter examines the outbreak of swine flu.
Dr Mark Porter visits Glasgow where doctors have pioneered a new treatment for strokes.
Dr Mark Porter reports on food intolerance.
Dr Mark Porter explores men's health in the workplace.
Dr Mark Porter joins ambulance crews as they go out to calls.
Dr Mark Porter reports on the ovary: from fertility to screening trials for ovarian cancer
Dr Mark Porter examines emergency procedures for heart attacks.
Dr Mark Porter examines the diagnosis and treatment of appendicitis.
Dr Mark Porter finds out about how to avoid and treat diseases caused by insects.
Dr Mark Porter explores the science behind the dramatic cut in the number of cot deaths.
Dr Mark Porter studies the latest guidelines on antibiotic prescriptions for ear ache.
Dr Mark Porter investigates the relationship between smell and taste.
Dr Mark Porter investigates the medical and psychological aspects of abortion.
