Inside Health by BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
Categories: Health
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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 of lager.
They’ll give him a few tests and talk through exactly what is going on in the body and brain from the very first sip to the minutes and hours that follow.
James finds out we might be more at risk of harm than we may have thought - even if we drink below the recommended guidance of 14 units of alcohol per week.
And we’re also going to answer some more of your insomnia questions - from whether exercise can help to why chocolate before bed might be a no-no and whether falling asleep to your favourite health podcast is good for rest…
Inside Health is taking a short break for now so we'll see you in the summer. In our next series we're going to be talking about ageing and how to age well. Email your questions or thoughts to insidehealth@bbc.co.uk
Presenter: James Gallagher Producer: Gerry Holt Editor: Holly Squire Production coordinator: Liz Tuohy Studio manager: Neva Missirian
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361 - Liver disease, Hepatitis C Tue, 31 Jul 2012
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360 - GP Access, Telehealth, ICU, Sewage Tue, 24 Jul 2012
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359 - Whooping cough, Cardiac screening, Antibacterials, Selfcare, Xbox Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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358 - Coughs, vocal cord dysfunction and athletes, taste and smell, waiting room toys Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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357 - GI bleeds, pregnancy and working, frozen shoulder, patient surveys Tue, 03 Jul 2012
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356 - Teenage depression, Choir, Heart failure, Protein shakes Tue, 24 Apr 2012
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355 - Whooping cough, maternal deaths, blushing, intestinal transit Tue, 17 Apr 2012
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354 - Morphine and the heart, antibiotics and the appendix, sick notes, blood tests, painkillers Tue, 10 Apr 2012
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353 - Prescription charges, HPV vaccine, tattoos, cycle helmets Tue, 03 Apr 2012
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352 - Aspirin, holiday sickness, ADHD Tue, 27 Mar 2012
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351 - PCOS, garlic, PSA test, dignity Tue, 20 Mar 2012
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350 - Red meat and heart health, carbon monoxide, screening, joints supplements Tue, 13 Mar 2012
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349 - Vitiligo, diabetes care, knee implants, masks, social media Tue, 06 Mar 2012
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348 - Sleep tabs death, e-cigs, GP examples, underactive thyroid and pregnancy Tue, 28 Feb 2012
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347 - Anti-smoking incentives, ACE inhibitor cough, Raynaud's, fizzy drinks Tue, 21 Feb 2012
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346 - Patient records, cholesterol, statins, whiplash Tue, 14 Feb 2012
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345 - Hospital infections, nutrition, gout, gluten, Shockwave, tennis elbow Tue, 07 Feb 2012
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344 - Pseudomonas, anti-coags, alcohol, pres drugs, high heels Tue, 31 Jan 2012
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343 - NHS bill, tinnitus, pedestrians, teenage info, Vitamin D, cough mix Tue, 24 Jan 2012
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342 - Health bill, Memory, Resuscitation, Flu Tue, 17 Jan 2012
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341 - Med devices, Testosterone, Itching, BP, Pills, Tourette's Tue, 10 Jan 2012
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340 - Is intermittent fasting good for you? Tue, 09 Apr 2024
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339 - Can noise harm our health? Tue, 02 Apr 2024
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338 - Coffee, nap, rave, repeat... Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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337 - Why recovering from long Covid is a lot like training for the Olympics Tue, 06 Feb 2024
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336 - A guide to the perimenopause Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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335 - Speedy medicine, and is fermented food good for us? Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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334 - Bladder, bowels and sex: Learning to live after my mountain accident Tue, 16 Jan 2024
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333 - Living in a Bacterial World Tue, 09 Jan 2024
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332 - How do cold and flu remedies help when we're ill? Wed, 08 Nov 2023
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331 - What's stopping us from exercising in older age? Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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330 - Inside a sexual assault referral centre Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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329 - Migraines and Headaches Tue, 03 Oct 2023
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328 - When does sitting become bad for health? Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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327 - Why is syphilis making a comeback? Tue, 19 Sep 2023
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326 - On the trail of a new street drug Tue, 15 Aug 2023
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324 - Could weight-loss drugs treat addiction? Wed, 02 Aug 2023
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313 - What happened to mpox? Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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312 - How fast should you eat your food? Tue, 18 Jul 2023
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311 - How hot is too hot for human health? Tue, 11 Jul 2023