New Covid Research

New Covid Research and excess weight

Update on New Covid Research and the latest global research into Covid-19 and Claudia talks to the authors of a new study charting brain development over the human life span.

This programme is available on the Health Check Page and is available now until Wednesday the 4th of May. It will also be broadcast on Sunday the 1st of May in Phuket at 8:00 AM on 91.5 FM and 102.5 FM and Online via the Internet radio portals.

Could this be a useful tool to understand how the brain varies over population and over time and what are the ethical questions involved?

Plus if you carry excess weight, what difference does it make to your health if those extra kgs are around your waist or hips?

Presenter: Claudia Hammond Producer: Erika Wright

(Picture: Neurologists working with CT brain scan images in a laboratory. Photo credit: Gorodenkoff/Getty Images.)

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