Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
World Service,·917 episodes
Rising number of deaths and serious shortage of medicines in Venezuela
14 Jun 2017,·26 mins
Scan used instead of scalpel to identify cause of death
07 Jun 2017,·26 mins
Re-engineering antibiotic vancomycin to avoid bacterial resistance
31 May 2017,·26 mins
After a hard fought campaign, the elections are over and the WHO has a new leader
24 May 2017,·26 mins
We ask the 3 finalists for the top job at the WHO why they should be its next leader
17 May 2017,·26 mins
Why a diagnosis of heart failure can have a profound psychological impact
10 May 2017,·26 mins
How writing about your own emotional events can speed up wound healing after an injury.
03 May 2017,·26 mins
How using an old drug could stop thousands of women bleeding to death after childbirth
26 Apr 2017,·26 mins
The rush to execute prisoners in Arkansas before lethal injection drug passes use by date
19 Apr 2017,·26 mins
How the weather phenomenon El Nino influences where in Africa cholera outbreaks occur
12 Apr 2017,·26 mins
The card game challenging medics to stop using jargon words and simplify their language
05 Apr 2017,·26 mins
Doctors prescribe it for recovery – but for some “resting” might involve boxing or music
29 Mar 2017,·26 mins
What are the qualities required from those who want to travel to Mars?
22 Mar 2017,·26 mins
New report: Healthcare in Syria is being used as a weapon on an unprecedented scale
15 Mar 2017,·26 mins
Replacing smoky cook stoves with gas - to improve the health of women and babies.
08 Mar 2017,·26 mins
‘She Decides’- a coalition against USA’s global family planning funding cuts
01 Mar 2017,·26 mins
Epilepsy caused by parasitic worm behind nodding syndrome mystery.
22 Feb 2017,·26 mins
Alongside Zika, Brazil is now facing its worst yellow fever outbreak in 25 years
15 Feb 2017,·26 mins
Dogmatic people become more entrenched in their views in times of uncertainty study shows
08 Feb 2017,·26 mins
Could spending time outside help your eyesight?
01 Feb 2017,·26 mins
How do we sift fact from fiction in stories about health in the news and social media?
25 Jan 2017,·26 mins
Is exercise the key to preventing back pain?
18 Jan 2017,·26 mins
Tackling the twin health threats of over and under-use of medicine around the world
11 Jan 2017,·26 mins
How advances in bionics is enhancing the human body, including a bionic eye for the blind
04 Jan 2017,·26 mins
Are we the only creatures who can mentally time travel?
28 Dec 2016,·26 mins
Brain injury patients saved by cooling
21 Dec 2016,·26 mins
Conflict and economic hardship behind rise in suicides in Middle East
14 Dec 2016,·26 mins
How memories are made and lost? Three prize winning scientists discuss latest research
07 Dec 2016,·26 mins
Teenage brains provide insights into mental health
30 Nov 2016,·26 mins
Can librarians improve people’s health?
23 Nov 2016,·26 mins
