Medicine

First drug to slow Alzheimer’s too costly for NHS
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Health
Posted
22 August 2024
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2034
How worried should we be about mpox?
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Health
Posted
22 August 2024
Afghan women to finish medical studies in Scotland
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Scotland
Posted
21 August 2024
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford. The Human Guinea Pigs of Camp Lazear. Audio, 38 minutes
Is it time to start thinking differently about experimenting on humans?
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BBC Sounds
Available for over a year
'He'll be dead by then' - fears over drug shortage
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Lincolnshire
Posted
13 August 2024
New vaccine for respiratory disease rolls out in Scotland
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NE, Orkney & Shetland
Posted
12 August 2024
Sussex launches new online HIV medication service
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Sussex
Posted
12 August 2024
Retracted. Audio, 42 minutes
Was the data behind a medical research study really 'too good to be true'?
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
'Reckless slapping therapist cut mum's life short'
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Wiltshire
Posted
1 August 2024
Slimming jabs: 'I thought my body was shutting down'
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England
Posted
31 July 2024
The Tremor. Audio, 28 minutes
Surgeons sometimes develop hand tremors. Surgeon Lilli Cooper asks why.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Corpse shortage due to rise in Scottish medical students - report
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Edinburgh, Fife & East
Posted
30 July 2024
University plans to open new medical school
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Wolverhampton
Posted
30 July 2024
Neurology department set for review amid 'concerns'
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Jersey
Posted
26 July 2024
Weight-loss drug approved for heart problems in UK
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Health
Posted
23 July 2024
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The Battle to Beat Malaria. Video, 58 minutes
The inside story, from lab to roll-out, of a game-changing vaccine from Oxford.
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BBC Two
Available for over a year
Puberty blocker curb has not led to suicide rise – review
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Health
Posted
20 July 2024
'Supermodel granny' drug extends life in animals
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Health
Posted
17 July 2024
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685
The Life Scientific. Raymond Schinazi on revolutionising treatments for killer viruses. Audio, 29 minutes
Raymond Schinazi on how he helped revolutionise treatments for viruses, from HIV to Herpes
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
NHS rolls out 'speedy' MS injection
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Health
Posted
12 July 2024
'My life was transformed by tremors treatment'
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Health
Posted
4 July 2024
Study links weight-loss drug to rare eye condition
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Health
Posted
3 July 2024
Doctors dismissed these women as hysterical. Now they're fighting back
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Australia
Posted
2 July 2024
Low child vaccine uptake sees tipping-point warning
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Health
Posted
25 June 2024