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Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.

World Service,908 episodes

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El Nino Shifts Cholera Outbreaks in Africa
How the weather phenomenon El Nino influences where in Africa cholera outbreaks occur
12 Apr 2017,26 mins
The Game Encouraging Medics to not use Jargon
The card game challenging medics to stop using jargon words and simplify their language
05 Apr 2017,26 mins
What Does Rest Really Mean?
Doctors prescribe it for recovery – but for some “resting” might involve boxing or music
29 Mar 2017,26 mins
Who is Best Suited to a Move to the Red Planet?
What are the qualities required from those who want to travel to Mars?
22 Mar 2017,26 mins
The ‘Weaponisation’ of Healthcare in Syria
New report: Healthcare in Syria is being used as a weapon on an unprecedented scale
15 Mar 2017,26 mins
Can Gas Stoves Cut Indoor Air Pollution?
Replacing smoky cook stoves with gas - to improve the health of women and babies.
08 Mar 2017,26 mins
Global Campaign to Protect Women’s Reproductive Rights
‘She Decides’- a coalition against USA’s global family planning funding cuts
01 Mar 2017,26 mins
Mystery of Nodding Syndrome Revealed
Epilepsy caused by parasitic worm behind nodding syndrome mystery.
22 Feb 2017,26 mins
Yellow Fever: Brazil’s New Outbreak
Alongside Zika, Brazil is now facing its worst yellow fever outbreak in 25 years
15 Feb 2017,26 mins
How Uncertainty Makes us Dig our Heels in
Dogmatic people become more entrenched in their views in times of uncertainty study shows
08 Feb 2017,26 mins
Time Outdoors Cuts Risk of Short-Sight
Could spending time outside help your eyesight?
01 Feb 2017,26 mins
How to Spot Fake Health News
How do we sift fact from fiction in stories about health in the news and social media?
25 Jan 2017,26 mins
Exercising Away Back Pain
Is exercise the key to preventing back pain?
18 Jan 2017,26 mins
Getting the Best from Medicine
Tackling the twin health threats of over and under-use of medicine around the world
11 Jan 2017,26 mins
Bionic Bodies for Superhuman Powers?
How advances in bionics is enhancing the human body, including a bionic eye for the blind
04 Jan 2017,26 mins
Time Travelling in the Human Mind
Are we the only creatures who can mentally time travel?
28 Dec 2016,26 mins
Cooling the Brain Saves Lives
Brain injury patients saved by cooling
21 Dec 2016,26 mins
What’s Behind the Rise in Suicides in the Middle East?
Conflict and economic hardship behind rise in suicides in Middle East
14 Dec 2016,26 mins
How Memories are Made and Lost
How memories are made and lost? Three prize winning scientists discuss latest research
07 Dec 2016,26 mins
Insights into Mental Health from the Teenage Brain
Teenage brains provide insights into mental health
30 Nov 2016,26 mins
Libraries - Good for Your Health as Well as for Books?
Can librarians improve people’s health?
23 Nov 2016,26 mins
A Text a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Text alerts sent to heart attack and stroke patients reduce the risk of death
16 Nov 2016,26 mins
What’s the Mind Doing When it is Daydreaming?
Claudia Hammond peers inside the wandering mind
09 Nov 2016,26 mins
Fashion to Protect Pregnant Women Against Zika
Clothing to protect pregnant women against zika in El Salvador
02 Nov 2016,26 mins
Tasers’ Effect on the Mind
Tasers inflict physical agony, but what about their effect on the mind?
26 Oct 2016,26 mins
Women Feel Empowered by Online Abortions
Irish women opt for online abortions instead of costly travel to English clinics
19 Oct 2016,26 mins
Poverty Fuels Disease in Rich Countries
Tropical diseases of poverty spreading in rich countries
12 Oct 2016,26 mins
Warning Over Skin-Lightening Injections
Skin expert warns of dangers of skin-lightening injections
05 Oct 2016,26 mins
Finding Rest in the Modern World
Claudia Hammond and guests reveal the Rest test results and analyses how the world relaxes
28 Sep 2016,26 mins
New Global Health Check
Improving the health of everyone by aiming for the Sustainable Development Goals
21 Sep 2016,26 mins