BBC World Service - Health Check

25/07/2012

Aids 2012 conference and the clinic for athletes at the 2012 London Olympics.

New findings on the polypill for heart disease and stroke prevention.

Joseph Wolpe - the psychiatrist who transformed the treatment of phobias.

Sudden cardiac death in athletes, genes vs smoking in lung disease, science of laughter.

Medicinal uses of psychedelic plants and fungi, and the safe use of Chinese Medicine.

Yemen food crisis. Fantasy computer game as good as therapy? Benefits of a cup of coffee.

The shortage of critical medicines in Greece as a result of the debt crisis

The results of a major trial which hoped that cannabis might slow down progression of MS

The rabies outbreak in Peru which has killed seven children

Spanish health reforms; Eating for two when pregnant; Taking therapy to the streets