Hello, welcome to Health Check from the BBC.
I'm Claudia Hammond and I'm here for the next half an hour with the latest on health and medicine from around the world.
In a moment,
the drug which may replace aspirin as the daily pill for people with coronary artery disease who want to reduce their risk of having a heart attack or a stroke.
And while having a dental checkup before you have surgery might lead to a shorter stay in hospital regardless of the operation you're having.
And to help me today I have global health journalist Andrew Green who's joining me from Kentucky in the US.
How are you?
Doing well, how are you?
I'm good, thank you.
What do you have for us today?
So today we're going to, this is off the back of some reporting,
a reporting trip I just took to Malawi, but what were you talking about?
A new plan to address cholera, which is a major concern in Malawi right now.
And you're going to have news for us on what kind of music is best if you have motion sickness.
Is that right?
That's right and it required several people to be put in some very unfortunate situations in order to do that research but we'll find out what they found.
Yes, quite brave of those participants.
We are starting with a drug that you might have heard about in the news which could well replace aspirin as the medication taken daily by people with coronary artery disease.
It is the most common form of heart disease thought to affect over 250 million people worldwide and a small daily dose of aspirin reduces the risk of of having a heart attack or a stroke.
Now, Andrew,