Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
World Service,·908 episodes
Do health problems hold world leaders back?
14 Sep 2016,·26 mins
A new survey highlights the discrimination against people with mental illness
07 Sep 2016,·26 mins
Can Instagram diagnose depression?
31 Aug 2016,·26 mins
How do former athletes redefine their lives after retiring from elite competition?
24 Aug 2016,·26 mins
How footballers can overcome their fear of the penalty.
17 Aug 2016,·26 mins
The first of a special series. What mental skills are needed to become a champion?
10 Aug 2016,·26 mins
What does the future hold for the babies of women infected with Zika in Puerto Rico?
03 Aug 2016,·26 mins
When treating gunshot victims, could paramedics do more to save them by doing less
27 Jul 2016,·26 mins
The search for new antibiotic producing bacteria as drug resistant infections increases
20 Jul 2016,·26 mins
Can living under the flightpath of an airport increase your risk of developing depression?
13 Jul 2016,·26 mins
How to stop disease-carrying mosquitoes by tracking their movements on camera
06 Jul 2016,·26 mins
How medical advances grew out of necessity on the battlefields
29 Jun 2016,·26 mins
When abortion is illegal women who try to end their pregnancies can harm their health
22 Jun 2016,·26 mins
Bats are not to blame for spreading as many human diseases as we think
15 Jun 2016,·26 mins
How alternatives to noisy hospital alarms could help intensive care patients
08 Jun 2016,·26 mins
A report by WHO and Unicef reveals the status of national laws to regulate formula milk.
01 Jun 2016,·26 mins
A new, shorter treatment for drug-resistant TB offers hope to patients around the world
25 May 2016,·26 mins
Risks taken by health workers advising gay men in countries where homosexuality is illegal
18 May 2016,·26 mins
US researchers report an increase in children poisoning themselves with e-cigarette fuel
11 May 2016,·26 mins
Is it the turn of an African country to get the biggest job in global health?
04 May 2016,·26 mins
The Wellcome Book Prize for 2016 was won this week by neurologist Dr Suzanne O’Sullivan
27 Apr 2016,·26 mins
A blood test to spot concussion could be just five years away
20 Apr 2016,·26 mins
Outbreak of yellow fever in Angola kills more than 200
13 Apr 2016,·26 mins
Impact on Surgery in Africa if Cheap Anaesthetic & Party Drug Ketamine Becomes Controlled
06 Apr 2016,·26 mins
Hearing yourself eating may help you to eat less new study shows
30 Mar 2016,·26 mins
A recent Swedish study finds those with ASD die on average 16 years before those without
23 Mar 2016,·26 mins
A new study finds brain symptoms being experienced by most, six months after infection
16 Mar 2016,·26 mins
The Australian sheep farmer who writes and places suicide prevention ads in local papers
09 Mar 2016,·26 mins
A special programme on the man said to be the father of counselling
02 Mar 2016,·26 mins
A new study finds that a portion of fish every week may stave off the disease
24 Feb 2016,·26 mins
