Available for over a year Food Chain presenter Ruth Alexander was confident that she was eating a healthy diet, in particular, a diet that included enough fibre. But it turns out, like many of us, her fibre intake has been falling short of the recommended amount. In fact all over the world most of us […]

Available for over a year A new non-hormonal drug has been approved to treat menopausal hot flushes. It works by regulating the body’s cooling signals and is now available on the NHS for those who cannot use hormone replacement therapy. Before delving into the evidence with resident GP Dr Margaret McCartney, James finds out what

Available for over a year The UK was once a world leader in heart and lung transplantation. Pioneering surgeons attracted patients from all over the world. But the NHS has not kept pace with medical and technological developments and today the UK lags far behind most similar countries. It carries out fewer transplants and a

Available for over a year Little over a week on from the first meningitis cases in Canterbury, many crucial questions remain. So this week we’re taking an in-depth look at those questions and what we’ve learnt from this outbreak – and could it happen again? James also hears from author Michael Rosen whose son Eddie

Twenty-one-year-old Annabelle Mackay has spoken to the BBC about her experience of surviving a meningitis infection. The University of Kent law student believes she may have contracted it on 5 March at Club Chemistry, or possibly on an evening before this when she was out at a different venue. So far, there have been 29

Available for over a year More than 30,000 people are being contacted in the Canterbury area regarding the outbreak of bacterial meningitis in Kent. Two people have died, and others are seriously ill. James Gallagher speaks with immunologist Sir Andrew Pollard about the disease, and finds out what could have caused the outbreak. That’s the

Available for over a year There have been nearly 200 cases of measles in the UK so far this year. Measles can be prevented with vaccines – but the proportion of children being immunised is declining across the UK, particularly in parts of London. James visits Hackney, which has one of the lowest vaccination rates

Available for over a year Penis fillers were an unexpected talking point at the recent Winter Olympics after claims that male ski jumpers were having them to improve performance. So this week we’re digging into the UK’s penis filler industry. James visits a private clinic in Manchester to hear about about the procedure, which involves hyaluronic acid being

Available for over a year ME – also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – has long been one of medicine’s most perplexing conditions. With no definitive diagnostic test and a legacy of scepticism in parts of the medical community, patients have often struggled to be believed. But a surge of new research may finally be

Available for over a year In 1980, toxic shock syndrome (TSS) emerged as a public health crisis among women who used tampons. There were hundreds of cases, and The Centers for Disease Control linked deaths from TSS to super-absorbent tampons. The Food and Drug Administration responded by assembling a ‘Tampon Task Force’ in 1982 to