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James Tapper
There’s more flu around – but it’s not more dangerous

Sun 14 Dec 2025

There’s more flu around – but it’s not more dangerous
Prof Hashim Ahmed
Screening for prostate cancer would do more harm than good

Mon 1 Dec 2025

Screening for prostate cancer would do more harm than good
Martha Gill
Maternity care is in decline, despite lower birth rates

Wed 26 Nov 2025

Maternity care is in decline, despite lower birth rates
Barney Macintyre
UK set to raise prices of drugs in US agreement

Sun 23 Nov 2025

UK set to raise prices of drugs in US agreement
Rachel Clarke
Herd impunity: how Covid-19 exposed the ineptitude of our government

Sun 23 Nov 2025

Herd impunity: how Covid-19 exposed the ineptitude of our government
Rachel Sylvester
Poor families of babies brain-damaged at birth given lower payouts than richer parents

Thu 20 Nov 2025

Poor families of babies brain-damaged at birth given lower payouts than richer parents
Nicotine pouches are more popular than ever

9 mins • S1, E1235

Nicotine pouches are more popular than ever
John Naughton
Amid a mental health crisis, building AI therapists may be good medicine

Fri 14 Nov 2025

Amid a mental health crisis, building AI therapists may be good medicine
Martha Gill
The organ donation ‘opt-out’ has been a fatal failure

Sat 8 Nov 2025

The organ donation ‘opt-out’ has been a fatal failure
Sarah Manavis
From ‘almond mum’ to ‘Ozempic mum’: how weight-loss injections are impacting kids

Mon 3 Nov 2025

From ‘almond mum’ to ‘Ozempic mum’: how weight-loss injections are impacting kids
Phoebe Davis
Top hospitals turn away pregnant women too scared to use local units

Mon 3 Nov 2025

Top hospitals turn away pregnant women too scared to use local units
Rachel Sylvester
Clinical negligence costs almost as much as maternity care

Mon 3 Nov 2025

Clinical negligence costs almost as much as maternity care
How we eat may be making us ill

9 mins • S1, E1221

How we eat may be making us ill
Melanie Reid
AI can’t care for you

Tue 21 Oct 2025

AI can’t care for you
Matt Cain
An injection to prevent HIV is something to celebrate

Fri 17 Oct 2025

An injection to prevent HIV is something to celebrate
Jessica Hayden
My brain injury left me unable to move

Sun 12 Oct 2025

My brain injury left me unable to move
Paul Hayward
Unlocking the mystery of motor neurone disease in athletes

Sat 11 Oct 2025

Unlocking the mystery of motor neurone disease in athletes
James Tapper
NHS cuts will ‘severely impact’ those who struggle to breathe

Mon 6 Oct 2025

NHS cuts will ‘severely impact’ those who struggle to breathe
Ara Darzi
Medical funding cuts could kill future breakthroughs

Thu 2 Oct 2025

Medical funding cuts could kill future breakthroughs
A breakthrough in treating Huntington’s disease

10 mins • S1, E1202

A breakthrough in treating Huntington’s disease
Martha Gill
Today James Herriot’s surgery would be part of a mega chain

Sun 28 Sept 2025

Today James Herriot’s surgery would be part of a mega chain
James Tapper
Scientific breakthrough could end Huntington’s

Sun 28 Sept 2025

Scientific breakthrough could end Huntington’s
Patricia Clarke
Blood rejuvenation, gut pills and beaded leggings

Sat 27 Sept 2025

Blood rejuvenation, gut pills and beaded leggings
James Tapper
Women wait longer for ovarian cancer care in UK

Fri 26 Sept 2025

Women wait longer for ovarian cancer care in UK
Lucy Jones
After Tylenol, will epidurals and caesareans be next?

Fri 26 Sept 2025

After Tylenol, will epidurals and caesareans be next?
Stephen Armstrong
Kennedy’s staff warn that he is dismantling US public health

Tue 23 Sept 2025

Kennedy’s staff warn that he is dismantling US public health
Martha Gill
How long before Britain becomes an opioid nation?

Sun 21 Sept 2025

How long before Britain becomes an opioid nation?
Rachel Sylvester
Hostile, degrading, offensive: women demand harsher penalties for ‘God complex’ surgeons

Fri 19 Sept 2025

Hostile, degrading, offensive: women demand harsher penalties for ‘God complex’ surgeons
Phoebe Davis
Women’s football is following the flow to transform the game

Sun 14 Sept 2025

Women’s football is following the flow to transform the game
Rachael Healy
Have we reached peak veganism? The future feels flexitarian

Sun 14 Sept 2025

Have we reached peak veganism? The future feels flexitarian
Emma Haslett
Snoop Dogg’s firm backs UK cannabis clinic with £4.5m

Sun 14 Sept 2025

Snoop Dogg’s firm backs UK cannabis clinic with £4.5m
The immortality bros: the new frontiers of health

41 mins • S1, E323

The immortality bros: the new frontiers of health
Catherine Neilan
Covid jab may have caused royal cancers, says Reform speaker

Sun 7 Sept 2025

Covid jab may have caused royal cancers, says Reform speaker
James Tapper
The twins helping scientists break new ground

Sat 6 Sept 2025

The twins helping scientists break new ground
James Tapper
Mounjaro price hikes will make obesity even more unfair

Thu 4 Sept 2025

Mounjaro price hikes will make obesity even more unfair
Matthew Bishop
Trump’s Warp Speed surprise mixes the message on vaccines

Mon 1 Sept 2025

Trump’s Warp Speed surprise mixes the message on vaccines
Martha Gill
Britain is being left behind the cancer treatment revolution

Sun 31 Aug 2025

Britain is being left behind the cancer treatment revolution
James Tapper
Fear as cost of weight loss drug soars

Sun 31 Aug 2025

Fear as cost of weight loss drug soars
Phoebe Davis
Alarm over ‘substitutes’ sold on black market as Mounjaro price bloats

Sun 31 Aug 2025

Alarm over ‘substitutes’ sold on black market as Mounjaro price bloats
Susie Orbach
‘So sick to make money out of body distress’

Sun 31 Aug 2025

‘So sick to make money out of body distress’
Eva Wiseman
Sometimes hope means waiting for a stranger

Fri 29 Aug 2025

Sometimes hope means waiting for a stranger
James Tapper
Cancer research ‘set back years’ as visa fees drive scientists away from UK

Sun 24 Aug 2025

Cancer research ‘set back years’ as visa fees drive scientists away from UK
Jessica Hayden
Concern over Serena Williams’ embrace of weight loss jabs

Sun 24 Aug 2025

Concern over Serena Williams’ embrace of weight loss jabs
Emma Forrest
Are there any products that can help reverse hair loss in your 40s?

Wed 20 Aug 2025

Are there any products that can help reverse hair loss in your 40s?
Fred Harter
New breakthroughs turn the tide against cancer

Mon 18 Aug 2025

New breakthroughs turn the tide against cancer
Joanna Taylor
The Mounjaro menu: ‘They’re just not eating as much’

Fri 15 Aug 2025

The Mounjaro menu: ‘They’re just not eating as much’
Lauren Bravo
Unpalatable: learning to live with food intolerance

Fri 8 Aug 2025

Unpalatable: learning to live with food intolerance
Chloe Hadjimatheou
Moth Winn’s recovery was a ‘miracle’. CBD patients and their doctors tell a different story

Wed 6 Aug 2025

Moth Winn’s recovery was a ‘miracle’. CBD patients and their doctors tell a different story
Chloe Hadjimatheou
‘Hope is extinguished’: CBD patients respond to Salt Path allegations

Wed 6 Aug 2025

‘Hope is extinguished’: CBD patients respond to Salt Path allegations
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Biotech start-ups on quest for ‘holy grail’ anti-ageing drug

Sun 27 Jul 2025

Biotech start-ups on quest for ‘holy grail’ anti-ageing drug
Andrew Gumbel
Kennedy’s slash-and-burn of mRNA research is just the beginning

Sun 27 Jul 2025

Kennedy’s slash-and-burn of mRNA research is just the beginning
Heidi Thomas
Measles is back. We need herd immunity, not herd instinct

Tue 22 Jul 2025

Measles is back. We need herd immunity, not herd instinct
Ara Darzi
‘Bacteria knows no borders. The UK must stay in the fight’

Mon 21 Jul 2025

‘Bacteria knows no borders. The UK must stay in the fight’
Barbara Ellen
Video killed the radio star, but who killed the pop video?

Sun 20 Jul 2025

Video killed the radio star, but who killed the pop video?
Matthew Bishop
In her genes? The woman who is giving DNA analysis a reboot

Sun 20 Jul 2025

In her genes? The woman who is giving DNA analysis a reboot
Catherine Neilan
Budget cuts close UK body tackling antimicrobial resistance

Sun 20 Jul 2025

Budget cuts close UK body tackling antimicrobial resistance
Eva Wiseman
The reality of living in a woman’s body is complicated

Fri 18 Jul 2025

The reality of living in a woman’s body is complicated
Melanie Reid
It’s a privilege to choose my own bedtime

Wed 16 Jul 2025

It’s a privilege to choose my own bedtime
James Tapper
Breakthrough against chemo resistance in ovarian cancer

Sun 13 Jul 2025

Breakthrough against chemo resistance in ovarian cancer

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