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Health Check
BBC World Service
275 episodes
2 days ago

Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.

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Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.

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Health & Fitness
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The disappearing mid-life crisis
Health Check
26 minutes
2 days ago
The disappearing mid-life crisis

Global health journalist Andrew Green has been looking at the impact of US funding cuts on the global HIV response, and reports his findings from Botswana about the impact is it having on HIV and AIDS services there, and what new agreements may be reached on healthcare funding.

New research shows that the trend in human happiness is changing, with young people now experiencing more unhappiness than those in middle-age. Claudia speaks to Alex Bryson, Professor of Quantitative Social Sciences at University College London, to find out what is driving this change.

How can we reduce phantom limb pain in war amputations? Professor of anaesthesiology and pain medicine at Northwestern University, Doctor Steven Cohen, explains how Botox injections are helping Ukrainian patients recover post-amputation and improving their quality of life.

A new law in Karnataka, India will allow women a day of paid menstrual leave each month – but how is it being received? Plus, the remarkable HPV vaccination success story, and what that means for global cervical cancer rates.

Presenter: Claudia Hammond Producers: Helena Selby & Georgia Christie

Health Check

Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.