Podcast Episodes
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Last week BMJ Group held an inaugural global health conference http://globalhealth.bmj.com/ in London, looking at policies for sustainable and effect…
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Drink, drugs, and comic book villains
In this week’s podcast, Shaun Walker reports on alcohol consumption in Russia. Ewan Hoyle explains why he wants the Lib Dems to discuss drug policy. …
13 years ago
Facing the dragon
This week, chocolate is good for your emotional heart, but what about your physical one? Oscar Franco, clinical lecturer in public health at the Univ…
13 years ago
Unprecedented access
John Young, professor of elderly care medicine at Leeds University, gives Mabel Chew tips on carrying out a cognitive assessment of an older person. …
13 years ago
Mental health and mortality
Research has found that the gap in all-cause mortality between psychiatric patients after discharge, and the general population, is growing. Uy Hoang…
13 years ago
Caring for the carers
This week, the UK’s General Medical Council is reviewing its standards of good medical practice. Helen Jaques quizzes Niall Dickson, the council’s ch…
13 years ago
10 Lords revolting
Seth Berkley, CEO of GAVI (formerly the “Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation”), talks to Rebecca Coombes about the future of vaccination fu…
13 years ago
Regulating education, and respiratory infections
The Health and Social Care Bill for England has now reached the House of Lords. With the proposed demise of deaneries, questions still remain about h…
13 years ago
Climate, health, and security
Hugh Montgomery, director of the University College London Institute for Human Health & Performance, talks about the space where climate, health, and…
13 years ago
Decriminalisation of drugs in Portugal
In 2001 Portugal abolished all criminal penalties for personal possession of drugs – effectively decriminalising their use. Health journalist Nigel H…
13 years ago