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Anti-virals for flu, Bod Pod test for body fat, Patients' weight, X-rays and cancer

The evidence for anti-virals and flu. Plus Mark gets his body fat checked.

• 28 mins

Video consultations, Low-fibre diets, Testosterone

Dr Mark Porter investigates low testosterone, low-fibre diets and GPs on Skype.

• 28 mins

Hospital patients dying of thirst; Paracetamol; Saturated fats; Baclofen and alcoholism

Dr Mark Porter on how Baclofen stopped a listener drinking 6-8 bottles of wine a day.

• 28 mins

Statins; improving cancer survival rates; reflux and heartburn; recycling medicines.

Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us.

• 28 mins

Ebola, Bike saddles, Recording consultations, Insect bites

Ebola, bike saddles and erectile dysfunction, recording consultations and insect bites.

• 28 mins

Screening for Breast Cancer

Dr Mark Porter debates the benefits and harms of screening for breast cancer.

• 28 mins

Statins, Cholesterol-lowering spreads, Olive oil, Diet and inflammatory bowel disease, Singers' nodules

With a look at Crohn's disease and diet, teachers' voices and cholesterol-lowering foods.

• 28 mins

Back pain and paracetamol, blood thinning drugs, drug driving, kidney stones

Paracetamol and back pain; blood thinning drugs; drug driving limits and kidney stones.

• 28 mins

HIV and MS; Black skin and cancer; Iron overload; Losing your sense of smell

Dr Mark Porter finds out why people with HIV very rarely get multiple sclerosis.

• 28 mins

Conflicted Medicine: Pharmaceuticals

Are hidden conflicts of interest in medicine out of control or an over-hyped concern?

• 28 mins

Conflicted Medicine: Specialists and GPs

Dr Mark Porter examines the hidden conflicts of interest that can influence your health.

• 28 mins

Conflicted Medicine: Public Health Campaigns

Dr Mark Porter examines how powerful lobbying groups influence what you eat and drink.

• 28 mins

Conflict resolution in Ashya King case; GPs near work; Lipoedema

Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us.

• 28 mins

Antibiotics, Winter Flu, NHS Continuing Healthcare, Snoring

Dr Mark Porter looks at the evidence for winter flu jabs and reviews sleep apps.

• 28 mins

Ebola, Painkillers, Immunity (CVID), Integrated Health, Thyroid and Pregnancy

Dr Mark Porter explores Ebola and how predictions of its spread are made.

• 28 mins

Sickness Absence, Ankle Arthritis, Hot Flushes, Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Dr Mark Porter reports on ankle arthritis, and when you should keep your child off school.

• 28 mins

Private hospitals, Hyperbaric medicine, Sick day rules to reduce kidney damage, Warfarin

Dr Mark Porter asks how much we know about patient safety in private hospitals.

• 28 mins

GP incentives; Walk-in CT scans; Hot Flushes feedback; New anti-coagulants

Do financial incentives for GPs work? Are walk-in CT scans a good idea?

• 28 mins

A&E in winter, Fruit juice, Opioid drugs and chronic pain, No evidence, Obesity

Should fruit juice be dropped from 5-a-day? A&E in winter; Mark visits a busy pain clinic.

• 28 mins

Dry January and Nalmefene, PLAC Blood Test for Inflammation, Dental Check-ups

Treating alcohol dependence with a pill, predicting heart attack risk and dental visits.

• 28 mins

Mutant Flu, Weight-Loss Surgery, Young Men and Body Image, CVID, Dental Check-ups, Doctors' Example, Dry January Findings

Dr Mark Porter on mutant flu, weight-loss surgery, six packs and 'dry January'.

• 28 mins

Drugs link to dementia, Gluten-free, Heart disease in women, Social jetlag, Boilers on prescription

Increased risk of dementia from common drugs; and is going gluten free good for you?

• 28 mins

NHS Satisfaction Survey; NHS & cancer; Headphones volume; P4 Medicine

Diagnosing Cancer, personalised medicine based on genes and do headphones damage hearing?

• 28 mins

Low NHS morale; Flying when pregnant; Sugary drinks & menarche; FGM

Low NHS staff morale, flying when pregnant, sugary drinks and menarche, FGM.

• 28 mins

Heart and Exercise, Smoking and Alcohol, Weight Management, Hepatitis C

Can running too much be bad for you? Plus a psychological approach to weight loss.

• 28 mins

Drug Driving; End of Life Care; Smart Drugs

New drug-driving laws include some medications, end of life care and smart drugs.

• 28 mins

Saturated Fats, Moles, Egg Freezing

Research into saturated fats, checking moles and success for egg freezing and pregnancy.

• 28 mins

Cigarette Packets, Sex Education, Gallstones, Cosmetic Surgery

Sex education, cosmetic surgery trends, removing gallstones and cigarette packaging.

• 28 mins

Avastin, Peanut Allergy, Bowel Bacteria and Faecal Transplants

Mark Porter visits a laboratory to find out how gut bacteria could be influencing weight.

• 28 mins

Feedback on Teenage Pregnancy, Smoothies, AMD, Hospital Beds, Frailty, Feedback on Gallstones, Moles

Listener feedback; numbers of hospital beds decline as admissions go up; frailty diagnosis

• 28 mins