The EvidenceEpisodes Episode guide
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Anaesthesia
What happens to our brains and our consciousness when we’re put to sleep?
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Weight loss jabs: A medical game changer?
Do weight loss injections have far-reaching benefits beyond weight management?
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The Thirst for Water
How is access to water (or lack of it) shaping our lives around the world?
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How does heat affect our health?
Why is it so hard to understand the effects a warming world has on our health?
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The burning problem in women's health
Why do we know so little about one of the most common health complaints?
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Would you get sick for science?
Why are some people deliberately infected with diseases?
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Salt
You eat it every day, but how much do you know about the incredible science of salt?
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Maternal health in Malawi
Why can the process of pregnancy and childbirth still be so dangerous for women?
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The science of the menopause
How is the menopause viewed around the world? Claudia Hammond unpacks the latest science
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Putting the mouth back in the body
What do our mouths reveal about the health of our bodies?
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Is the world becoming more allergic?
Are allergies still increasing in prevalence and can we prevent and treat them?
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Exploring the concept of solastalgia
The feeling of pain or distress associated with environmental change close to your home.
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Our microbes and our health
The astonishing and mysterious world of the human microbiome
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Preparing for the next pandemic
Scientists warn it’s not if, but when, another pandemic will hit us
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How pandemics end
Is it premature to say the pandemic is over?
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The nature of mental health
Plant power and mental health - is nature-cure a cure-all?
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War trauma and mental health
The psychological suffering caused by the toxic stress of war and conflict
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Coronavirus Special
International experts take a global look at the science surrounding Covid-19.
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Air pollution: The silent killer
Air pollution causes millions of premature deaths globally, but what are the solutions?
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Healthy buildings
What does Finland's Paimio Sanatorium tell us about design and health?
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How magic tricks reveal how we think
Why do humans like to be deceived? How magicians trick our brains and our perception.
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Contagious cities
How Hong Kong has been shaped by epidemics
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Living with Animals
Claudia Hammond and Tim Cockerill look at how we live with animals
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Animal Minds
Claudia Hammond and Tim Cockerill ask are we more like animals than we know?
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Should Vets and Doctors Work More Closely Together?
Claudia Hammond and Graham Easton ask should vets and doctors work more closely together?
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Should We All Be Vegetarians?
The ethical and scientific reasons of whether or not to be a vegetarian
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Preventing Epidemics
Claudia Hammond and Ha Mi ask "Does sharing our lives with animals lead to new diseases?"
