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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 children being immunised is declining across the UK, particularly in parts of London.James visits Hackney, which has one of the lowest vaccination ...  Show more

Penis fillers were an unexpected talking point at the recent Winter Olympics after claims that male ski jumpers were having them to improve performance.So this week we’re digging into the UK’s penis filler industry.James visits a private clinic in Manchester to hear about about t ...  Show more

  CPSolvers: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series Episode 25 – Live from SGIM 2024: Best of Antiracism Research at the Society of General Internal Medicine’s 2024 Annual Meeting Show Notes by Ashley M. Cooper September 19, 2024 Summary: This episode highlights a selection of antiracism ...  Show more

Morgan Levine, Ph.D., developed the phenotypic aging clock called PhenoAge and is a Founding Principal Investigator at Altos Labs, a biotech company that seeks to understand the mechanisms that drive the aging process and age-related diseases with the hope of identifying possible ...  Show more

Bias in the way medical research is carried out means that new medicines for diseases such as cancer – as well as the tools used to diagnose patients with some conditions – are disproportionally tested on people of European heritage. This can lead to those not represented in the ...  Show more

Caitlin shares her experiences living with cystic fibrosis. She details the horrifying way she and her family found out about her diagnosis as a baby, talks about what CF is and its impacts on her ability to be active. She walks through her health decline and waiting for a transp ...  Show more