Curious Cases

Aches and Rains


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The team test the theory that you can use the weather to predict pain, separating science fact from fiction. It's an area with a huge amount of conflicting research, but one man who has investigated this is Professor Will Dixon, who explains that low pressure could be causing people's joints to ache more. Dara and Hannah are intrigued to hear our genes may also be responding to changes in temperature and hear how we might be pre-programmed to produce more inflammation during wintertime to fight off bugs - which has the unfortunate side effect of making other some conditions worse. But don't despair! The pair find out 21 degrees is the optimum temperature for health and wellbeing - a perfect English summer day.

Contributors:

Dr Chris Wallace

Professor Will Dixon
Professor Trevor
Professor Trevor Harley

Producer: Marijke Peters

Executive Producer: Alexandra Feachem

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