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30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Dr Mark Porter meets patients on the Active Back Programme at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital who are learning to live with their condition and be physically active. Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Dr Mark Porter investigates why 12,000 patients a year never find out what type of cancer they have, and hears how new guidance could improve their chances of beating the disease. Show more
30 minutes
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In the last year mephedrone has become one of the most popular 'party drugs' in the UK. Dr Mark Porter looks at what we know about its potential dangers. Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Dr Mark Porter looks at the 'Cinderella' of cancer treatment - radiotherapy. He reviews its origins with Marie Curie a century ago and the latest techniques in modern hospitals. Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Dr Mark Porter visits the Royal Liverpool Hospital, the country's leading centre for treating and researching diseases of the pancreas. Show more
30 minutes
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Dr Mark Porter visits St Joseph's Hospice in East London to find out about care options available for people at the end of their lives. Show more
30 minutes
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Dr Mark Porter visits Sheffield to hear about the latest treatments for osteoporosis, where bones become brittle. Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Vitamin D keeps our bones healthy, but new studies suggest deficiency may be linked to some cancers, diabetes and MS. Dr Mark Porter and guests look at the evidence. Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Dr Mark Porter visits Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham, where NHS and the military work side by side caring for the soldiers injured in battle in Afghanistan. Show more
Dr Mark Porter visits a GP surgery in Birmingham. He offers tips on how to get the best from your doctor and discusses the impact of the government's new NHS changes. Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Dr Mark Porter investigates constipation, to discover the causes and treatments of this extremely common problem that is often suffered in silence due to embarrassment. Show more
25 minutes
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Experts at Europe's largest liver transplant unit, at King's College Hospital in London, explain how vague symptoms help to keep hepatitis C 'hidden' inside the body for years. Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Messages about how much water we should drink for optimum health are often confusing and contradictory. Dr Mark Porter talks to the author of a new report to unpick the myths. Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Dr Mark Porter visits a midwife-led unit in south London to ask the mothers there why they have chosen this option. What happens if they need surgical intervention?
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Dr Mark Porter talks to patients, doctors and other clinical specialists about the various conditions which cause vertigo and disabling dizziness. Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Instead of putting patients to sleep, many major surgical procedures can be done under regional anaesthesia. Mark Porter visits Reading's Royal Berkshire Hospital to investigate. Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Dr Mark Porter reports on a study by researchers in Plymouth, who have been weighing a group of children since they were born 13 years ago to track when problems with obesity start. Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Mark Porter discovers how the transfusion services ensure the safe and timely provision of blood and its components, and finds out how the process is becoming more efficient. Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Could transplanting someone's faeces into your stomach cure diseases of the bowel? Dr Mark Porter investigates the amazing world of gut bacteria and their role in our health. Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Dr Mark Porter investigates health issues of the day.
