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Dr Mark Porter demystifies health issues, separating fact from fiction and bringing clarity to conflicting health advice, with the help of regular contributor GP Margaret McCartney
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 avai...
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 lo...
More than 30,000 people are being contacted in the Canterbury area regarding the outbreak of bacterial meningitis in Kent. Two people have d...
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 child...
Penis fillers were an unexpected talking point at the recent Winter Olympics after claims that male ski jumpers were having them to improve...
ME – also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – has long been one of medicine’s most perplexing conditions. With no definitive diagnostic test...
Over 1.5million adults in the UK tried weight loss drugs in 2024-25. Many swear by them, but they have been associated with side effects inc...
Dentistry is high on the public and political agenda. There have been dozens of headlines about access to NHS dentistry, with some people ha...
Most of us have Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) hiding in our bodies. You may know it as the cause of glandular fever or “kissing disease”. But mor...
This week we’re looking at government plans to start sequencing the DNA of every newborn baby in England within the next decade. Each newbor...
James Gallagher stands by four lanes of traffic and inhales exhaust fumes all to see if he can see air pollution in his body. He looks at an...
Saunas are popping up all over the country, with many people claiming they relax muscles and help ease stress. But what does the science say...
In 1964, the future for children born with Cystic Fibrosis was grim - most faced a life cut tragically short. Today, the majority of people...
Dementia is now the UK’s leading cause of death - but could a vaccine one day help prevent it? New data from Wales suggests the shingles vac...
More and more parents are using melatonin to help their children sleep - but there is little research on the long-term effects. So, what do...
Drug-related deaths are at their highest levels in England and Wales since records began 30 years ago. Scotland has had the highest number o...
Exosomes are tiny balls of fat that allow cells to communicate with each other in our bodies. They're being actively researched as an experi...
With bin strikes in Birmingham having gone on for months, James Gallagher heads to the Small Heath area of the city to ask what the health r...
As an era-defining summer of women’s sport kicks off, Inside Health looks at the science of sport and the female body. What do we know about...
The Prime Minister has launched a 'new era' for the NHS that aims to move away from reactive care in hospitals to preventing illness through...
When the sun shines, out come the warnings that we all need to be careful in the sun to avoid burning and the risk of skin cancer. There are...
What's the science behind a sweet tooth? James Gallagher explores whether sugar really can be addicted and what happens in our bodies when w...
We continue our exploration of some of the issues that could crop up if assisted dying becomes law under The Terminally Ill Adults (End of L...
You sent in your questions on dementia and now we're tackling them. Professor Tara Spires-Jones, Director of the Centre for Discovery Brain...
We continue our exploration of some of the issues that could crop up if assisted dying becomes law under The Terminally Ill Adults End of Li...
The Terminally Ill Adults End of Life Bill is working its way through Parliament. If it became law in England and Wales it would be one of t...
Five years on from the first Covid lockdown in the UK, we consider how the pandemic changed medicine. We're joined by Dr Emma Wall, academic...
John is registered blind, and relies on his hearing to get around in his everyday life. But as he has got older, he’s started to notice his...
Fitness trackers at the ready! Join James Gallagher at Cardiff Science Festival as he runs through the ways wearable tech is making an impac...
When we hit our teens it's often a time when everything starts to change. We meet new friends through work or studies, we start going out mo...
Has James been buying shoes that are bad his feet? He meets podiatrist Dao Tunprasert to find out how healthy his shoes are. Also, returning...
James Gallagher discusses the risk from H5N1 bird flu in the UK as a poultry worker in the West Midlands is infected and looks to the US whe...
Pasteurising milk makes it safer, but are there any benefits to drinking it “raw”? James heads to a dairy farm to investigate the evidence a...
From kombucha to cold water swims, sleep to supplements, so many things are claimed to help enhance your immune system. We investigate the e...
It has been a cold start to the year and for many that means the heating's on, windows are shut and we're drying clothes inside the house. F...
In the UK, around a third of British children have tooth decay. Just among the under-fives, it's a quarter - a figure that rises significant...
Olympic cyclist Sir Chris Hoy is calling for more prostate cancer testing after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Prostate cancer can o...
The first drugs to slow Alzheimer's progression have been making headlines around the world. For researchers in the field, the arrival of th...
Have you ever thought about how you breathe? For many of us, the 20,000+ breaths we take each day go underneath our conscious awareness. But...
There are so many campaigns now to stop stigma and embarrassment - from Davina McCall talking about the menopause to Idris Elba campaigning...
If you have a rare genetic disorder, new technology that allows your genetic code to be analysed means you could have a diagnosis within wee...
Trials of a cancer 'vaccine' have begun and presenter James meets Steve, one of the first patients to trial the new treatment, Steve remembe...
Mpox is spreading and it’s been classified a public health emergency by the World Health Organization. Presenter James Gallagher meets Profe...
Richard was 10 when he started smoking, and by the age of 35, he had given up on giving up smoking. But thanks to vaping he quit, almost by...
The inventor of statins, Akira Endo, died this summer. When he was prescribed statins in older age for high cholesterol he refused, preferri...
From the Hay Festival, James and a panel of experts explain what we can all do to help ourselves age well. We discover what’s going on in ou...
As the emotional roller coaster of the Euros comes to a close and the summer Olympics begin, James joins Professor Damian Bailey for an expe...
This week James visits a pub in Liverpool where he's joined by a trio of alcohol researchers who’ll watch carefully as he drinks two pints o...
Last month, Catherine, Princess of Wales shared she’d been diagnosed with cancer. Describing this news as ‘a huge shock’ and at age just 42,...
How did you sleep last night? Perhaps you couldn't drift off, or maybe you woke in the middle of the night and then couldn't nod off again....