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Programmes on TV and Radio
A documentary following children in the US who tell their parents they were born in the wrong body.
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A series of BBC radio 4 interviews by Vivienne Parry exploring health issues that affect our nation.
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BBC Radio 4 programme in which Dr Mark Foster talks to a patient who has undergone gastric bypass surgery.
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BBC Radio 4 programme looking at a study into childhood obesity.
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BBC Radio 4 programme in which Dr Mark Porter looks at this common complication of diabetes.
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BBC Radio 4 programme looking at cases of ME or chronic fatigue syndrome in teenagers.
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BBC Radio 4 programme in which Dr Mark Porter looks at the common problem of brittle bones.
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BBC Radio 4 programme in which Dr Mark Porter reports on the ovary - from fertility to screening trials for ovarian cancer.
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BBC Radio 4 programme looking at sexual dysfunction.
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BBC Radio 4 programme looking at conditions affecting the thyroid gland.
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BBC Radio 4 programme in which Dr Mark Porter looks at vitamin D deficiency.
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BBC Radio 4 programme exploring the hormone leptin.
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BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour discusses intersex conditions such as congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
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A BBC Radio 4 programme looking at how the environment in the womb and early life can programme your adult health.
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A channel 4 programme in which the journey a sperm makes to meet and fertilise an egg is scaled up to human size.
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The episode features pituitary tumour removal at King's College Hospital London carried out by surgeon Nick Thomas.
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BBC Radio 4 programme exploring gender testing asking whether female athletes will ever achieve a level playing field.
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