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Liver drug could be repurposed for Covid

A widely used liver disease drug could be repurposed to stop Covid-19 in its tracks.

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Biggest health stories of the year

Our pick of the biggest stories of 2022 鈥� all covered right here on Health Check

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Can you knit away your worries?

Crochet classes in the pandemic helped to ease stress but it鈥檚 hard to prove in studies

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Regret

Claudia Hammond explores the psychology of regret

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Family鈥檚 gene therapy journey

One family鈥檚 quest for their little girl to be treated for an incredibly rare disease

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The 鈥楨ndo-Monster inside me鈥�

This week, we hear from two women who talk about what life is like with endometriosis.

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After the floods

A medic describes the situation six months on from the worst floods in Pakistan鈥檚 history

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Back from the brink

We鈥檒l hear a doctor and survivor鈥檚 stories of cardiac arrest 鈥� and have a guide to CPR.

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Can heat affect mental health?

Researchers in Bangladesh explore links between changes in the weather and mental health

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Biting back: The fight against snakebite

What is being done to tackle the issue of venomous snakebites?

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Supporting Ukrainian children

One year on from the start of the war, what support are Ukrainian children getting?

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Vaccines: A tale of the unexpected

We explore how some vaccines can have positive effects beyond their target

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How to cope with earthquake trauma

We assess the mental health toll a month after earthquakes in Syria and Turkey.

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Obesity drug: New hope for weight loss?

How a drug designed for diabetes patients could offer hope for obesity

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How giving babies peanut butter could cut allergy

Study says giving babies peanut butter could cut allergy by 77%.

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Could armpit sweat help tackle anxiety?

Researchers test whether sniffing other people鈥檚 body odour might have a therapeutic use.

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Women aren鈥檛 being promoted in healthcare

Why more women need to be leaders in healthcare.

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New way of giving lifesaving drug in childbirth

Trial shows injecting drug into muscle to stop bleeding in childbirth is effective.

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Malaria vaccines approved first in West Africa

Nigeria follows Ghana in approving malaria vaccine for young children

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Why we need more black doctors

Why more black doctors could increase life expectancy of local black people

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Keeping hospitals open in Khartoum

Doctors working in Sudan share the latest from the ongoing conflict

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Giving small babies a better start

Simple changes to antenatal care which doctors say could save small babies鈥� lives

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主播大秀 testing kits for disease screening

A USA study shows home test kits lead to more women getting screened for cervical cancer

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What can we do about back pain?

600 million people around the world have lower back pain so what can we do to help?

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Uganda's anti-gay law and healthcare

Doctors fear Ugandan anti-gay legislation will slow progress on preventing spread of HIV

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China's Covid-19 lockdown: What happened next?

Covid-19 cases could rise to 65 million in China, but lockdowns look unlikely

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A step closer to a Chikungunya vaccine

Advanced vaccine trials for a mosquito-borne disease that鈥檚 becoming more prevalent

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Healthcare under threat in Myanmar

Healthcare in Myanmar declines as workers say they鈥檝e been targeted by Military Government

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The future of HIV research in Africa

HIV research by African academics has increased but doesn鈥檛 yet reflect the virus鈥� impact

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Drumming for a healthy life

Drumming to Martian technology; Health research at the Royal Society summer exhibition

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