Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
World Service,·917 episodes
Text alerts sent to heart attack and stroke patients reduce the risk of death
16 Nov 2016,·26 mins
Claudia Hammond peers inside the wandering mind
09 Nov 2016,·26 mins
Clothing to protect pregnant women against zika in El Salvador
02 Nov 2016,·26 mins
Tasers inflict physical agony, but what about their effect on the mind?
26 Oct 2016,·26 mins
Irish women opt for online abortions instead of costly travel to English clinics
19 Oct 2016,·26 mins
Tropical diseases of poverty spreading in rich countries
12 Oct 2016,·26 mins
Skin expert warns of dangers of skin-lightening injections
05 Oct 2016,·26 mins
Claudia Hammond and guests reveal the Rest test results and analyses how the world relaxes
28 Sep 2016,·26 mins
Improving the health of everyone by aiming for the Sustainable Development Goals
21 Sep 2016,·26 mins
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
