Dr Mark Porter goes to Birmingham to visit the surgery of Steve Field, GP and Chairman of The Royal College of General Practitioners. They offer tips on how to get the best from your doctor and discuss the impact of the government's new changes to the NHS.
Special programme on Circles of Support and Accountability, volunteers helping sex offenders
The Psychiatrists' Bible is being rewritten; the future of Asperger’s as a syndrome hangs in the balance.
Mental health care and the forthcoming budget cuts
Messages about how much water we should drink for optimum health are often confusing and contradictory. Dr Mark Porter talks to the author of a new report to unpick the myths.
Messages about how much water we should drink for optimum health are often confusing and contradictory. Dr Mark Porter talks to the author of a new report to unpick the myths.
Dr Mark Porter visits the Trauma Centre at the Royal London Hospital. It has set up teams of experts to rapidly deliver treatments to those who are seriously injured.
Iron deficient anaemia is common but so are the uncomfortable side effects from the tablets used to treat it. In this edition of Case Notes, Dr Mark Porter hears the wide ranging causes of this form of anaemia, and visits Birmingham hospitals where new techniques are being used to manage …
Vitamin D keeps our bones healthy, but new studies suggest deficiency may be linked to some cancers, diabetes and MS. In this edition of Case Notes, Dr Mark Porter looks at the evidence.
In this edition of Case Notes, Dr Mark Porter visits the specialist diabetic foot clinic at King's College Hospital in London. There he talks to doctors, surgeons and foot specialists about the risks of life-threatening complications of diabetes in the feet, and hears about the various treatments and surgical operations …
The dangers to health from the misuse of drugs have been much in the news – particularly the concerns surrounding the so-called legal high, mephedrone. In Case Notes, Dr Mark Porter talks to the scientist who led the group of experts which recommended the drug be made illegal and to …
Most of us are now overweight. And even while we’re eating too much and failing to exercise, at the same time, we’re also dieting. Vivienne Parry tries to pin down what we mean by “normal eating” in a food environment that’s completely different to that of our parents.
One and a half percent of the population suffers from health anxiety. Hypochondria is where aches and pains are misinterpreted as serious disease or impending death. It also relates to illness phobia, a dread of disease, which can stop you seeking medical help, even when you are seriously ill. The …
When does anger, teasing or persuasion become bullying and who decides? Today the wealth of anti-bullying websites, books and policies has been described as a "bandwagon". The modern definition of bullying - especially when applied to children - has been stretched so wide to include anything vaguely unpleasant. Vivienne Parry …