Radio Doctor

Manx Radio's Radio Doctor provides a weekly audio surgery, providing tips on healthy living and medical dos and don'ts.

RADIO DOCTOR 17 MARCH 2025

The Radio Doctor returns - and discusses respiratory diseases, psoriasis and skinny jabs amongst other joys!

03-17
04:48

RADIO DOCTOR 06 JANUARY 2024

The Radio doctor looks at the joys of the new year including the so called "quandremic" . . flu, RSV, norovirus and covid. Keep up with those new year's resolutions!

01-06
05:34

RADIO DOCTOR 18 NOV 2024 - Prostate cancer, fertility and assisted dying

The Radio Doctor discusses prostate cancer, fertility in the country and the ongoing moves to allow assisted dying

11-18
05:51

RADIO DOCTOR 04 NOVEMBER - Discussing the issue of suicide

The Radio Doctor talks about issues relating to suicide and how help is always available for those who feel they can see no way forward in their lives

11-04
06:11

RADIO DOCTOR 15 OCTOBER - CPR and Defibs

Could you perform CPR? Or operate a defibrillator ? The Radio Doctor considers cases of sudden cardiac arrest

10-15
04:59

RADIO DOCTOR 16 SEPTEMBER 2024 - bugs, COVID and RSV

The Radio Doctor discusses the early autumn chills and bugs, COVID and Respiratory Synctial Virus or RSV

09-16
04:10

RADIO DOCTOR 29 AUGUST 2024 - lack of summer, polio and weight loss treatments

The Radio Doctor ponders a non-existent summer, the re-appearance of polio in Gaza and non-prescribed weight-loss treatments

08-29
05:36

RADIO DOCTOR JULY 29 - IT outages and sleeping tablets

The Radio doctor reflects on the effects of the mass IT outage and an increasing demand for sleeping tablets.

07-29
05:31

RADIO DOCTOR 08 JULY 2024

Covid, viral chest infections, diarrhoea, vomiting and horseflies - all in a day's work for the radio doctor.

07-08
05:07

10 JUNE 2024

The Radio Doctor muses on headaches caused for TT organisers - and headaches elsewhere among the general populace . . .

06-10
05:27

14 MAY 2024

The Radio Doctor muses about the weather - and ponders the misery of migraines . . 

05-14
06:31

15 APRIL 2024

The Radio Doctor talks about the prevalence of long term coughs and dry eye - and do you know the 20-20-20 rule . . .?

04-15
06:56

02 APRIL 2024

After the chocolate fest which is Easter, the Radio Doctor urges you to think about the sugar content of your diet and talks viruses, coughs and scabies. Welcome back!

04-02
04:21

06 NOVEMBER 2023

The Radio Doctor is back after suffering himself with RSV and reflects on the recent debate in Tynwald on assisted dying.

11-06
04:52

02 OCTOBER 2023

The Radio doctor looks at busy surgeries as we head towards winter and reviews some topics covered in the most recent GP educational afternoon held on the Island

10-02
05:30

04 SEPTEMBER 2023

The Radio doctor is back after a busy month, to tell us about the latest round of Covid infections, summer bugs, overdoses and and thanks for those who work with drug and alcohol addiction

09-04
05:16

02 AUGUST 2023

The Radio Doctor muses on consultant departures, PTSD after traumatic events such as the Summerland tragedy, the MMR vaccine and isometric exercise.

08-02
05:46

20 JULY 2023

The Radio Doctor looks back at 75 years of the NHS - its achievements, changes and future . .

07-20
06:18

19 JUNE 2023

The Radio Doctor marks a vague return to normality with chat about horse fly bites, heat, hydration and hospital backlogs . . 

06-19
05:36

12 MAY 2023

The radio doctor talks about changes in attitude to brain injuries, big pay-outs and lessons to be learnt and slip slap slop as it warms up on the IOM!

05-12
04:43

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