HealthHits Podcast
1) Episode 17: Vitamin D
Hello and welcome to the Health Hits podcast. Every year, GPs in the UK see hundreds of thousands of exhausted patients, and for some of them all that is needed is a simple daily vitamin D supplement....Show More
2) Episode 16: Shingles
Hello and welcome to the Health Hits podcast. In the last episode we covered chickenpox, that common viral infection, usually caught in childhood. It can be pretty miserable but the real kicker is tha...Show More
3) Episode 15: Chickenpox
Hello and welcome to the Health Hits podcast. This week we talk all about that miserable rite of passage that all children in the UK go through: Chickenpox. We’ll talk about how it affects us and why,...Show More
4) Episode 14: Hay Fever
Hello and welcome to the Health Hits podcast. Â As Spring and Summer approach the dreaded Hay Fever that affects so many of us raises its head. First described by John Bostock in 1819 we now understan...Show More
5) Episode 13: Florence Nightingale
Hello and welcome to the Health Hits podcast. May 12th is International Nurses Day and so we celebrate the mother of modern nursing, who was born that day in 1820. Yes Florence Nightingale had a fasci...Show More
6) Episode 12: Alcohol
This week we are talking about alcohol or ethanol. What it is, where it comes from, and how we use and abuse it. We cover how alcohol is broken down by the liver, and the effect it can have on the liv...Show More
7) Episode 11: Plague
Hello and welcome to the Health Hits podcast. Â This episode is all about Plague. The bacterial infection that caused The Black Death across Medieval Europe, but that continues to cause outbreaks even...Show More
8) Episode 10: Eczema
I’m your host Tom Fisher. I’m a doctor, a trainer, and when researching these podcasts I’m often a student too. Today’s episode covers eczema or atopic dermatitis. Its common, so common, one in 20 peo...Show More
9) Episode 9: Sepsis
Hello and welcome to the Health Hits podcast. This time we are covering the mysterious but often deadly condition of sepsis. Its not an infection as such, more the body’s response to serious infection...Show More
10) Episode 8: Hair Loss
Hello and welcome to the Health Hits podcast. This time we'll be learning about hair, why we have it and why we lose it. We'll look at the impact hair loss can have and also on the variety of treatmen...Show More