Covid-19 drug trial; Mental health alone; Southampton update; Antarctica's
lockdown lessons
April 14, 2020
Claudia Hammond reports on the first drug trials for the treatment of Covid-19.
Claudia Hammond on moral injury, asthma, a Southampton update, and mental health services.
Dispatches from University Hospital Southampton; Covid-19 and loss of smell;
intensive care access; coronavirus home care
March 31, 2020
Claudia Hammond reports on the unfolding coronavirus pandemic.
Margaret McCartney on COVID-19; Pneumonia; Viral Load; Trauma Care in Fort William.
Dr Saleyha Ahsan investigates the struggle to increase capacity in intensive care.
Saleyha Ahsan reports from her own emergency department about preparations for Coronavirus
Hard Sell for Private Cataract Surgery; Language in Healthcare; Specialist
Medical Travel Clinic
March 3, 2020
Chris van Tulleken investigates hard sell in the private cataract business
Chris van Tulleken examines cigarette filters and how the media report sepsis.
Keen cyclist and GP, Dr Farrah Jarral investigates the health effects of air pollution.
Coronavirus Transmission; Breakfast; Women and Heart Attacks; Personal digital
assistants
Feb. 12, 2020
Coronavirus; Breakfast; Women and Heart Attacks; Personal digital assistants.
Respiratory Syncytial Virus; Coronavirus Vaccine; Unnecessary Vaginal
Examinations; Compassion Fatigue
Feb. 4, 2020
James Gallagher on the virus almost nobody's heard of, Respiratory Syncytial Virus or RSV.
Coronavirus; Probiotics and gut health in early life; Pill Organisers; Haemophilia therapy
Dr Margaret McCartney on the challenges of healthcare when help isn't on your doorstep.
The best time of day to take blood pressure pills; ADHD; Recurrent fevers; Head lice
Antidepressant withdrawal; chemotherapy backpacks; dizziness; over the counter
gels for pain relief
Oct. 22, 2019
Antidepressant withdrawal; chemotherapy backpacks; dizziness; gels for pain relief
Zantac alert, newborn brain injury, Guide to Over the Counter choices, surgery for reflux.
High-dose statins over the counter, amyloidosis, and gene silencing.
Heparin and Pigs; Anticoagulants; Ovarian Freezing and Cancer; Thumb surgery.
Prescription Charges; Acute Kidney Injury; MMR vaccine; Meningitis in Students
Singing for breathlessness, Aneurysms and exercise, Sunscreens, Myasthenia gravis