Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
World Service,·917 episodes
Around 700 million cases of malaria prevented in Africa in the last 15 years
16 Sep 2015,·26 mins
Claudia Hammond tries out an electrical treatment for motion sickness
09 Sep 2015,·26 mins
Does eating while walking make you add weight?
02 Sep 2015,·26 mins
A new study finds age-specific dementia prevalence is falling in parts of Western Europe.
26 Aug 2015,·26 mins
The new study that finds people who regularly eat spicy food have a lower risk of death.
19 Aug 2015,·28 mins
Social media may be a faster and better weapon against food poisoning.
12 Aug 2015,·28 mins
The new Ebola vaccine, the less than perfect malaria vaccine and Nigeria is polio-free.
05 Aug 2015,·28 mins
Claudia Hammond on digital devices and whether they are bad for young people’s health.
29 Jul 2015,·28 mins
Why lessons learned from aviation psychology are starting to save lives in hospitals
22 Jul 2015,·28 mins
Medics recruited to work in areas controlled by so-called Islamic State
15 Jul 2015,·28 mins
A new report reveals widespread mistreatment of women during labour.
08 Jul 2015,·28 mins
The arthritis drug that has successfully restored pigment to a vitiligo sufferer
01 Jul 2015,·28 mins
Eating too much junk food in combination with nutrient-poor diets
24 Jun 2015,·28 mins
Extracts of the Mexican poppy found in Mali can treat malaria
17 Jun 2015,·28 mins
After Ebola are we prepared for future epidemics?
10 Jun 2015,·28 mins
Two-thirds of the global population do not have access to safe surgery study shows
29 Apr 2015,·28 mins
Malaria resistant to artemisinin drug is found in Kenya
22 Apr 2015,·28 mins
Can studying Einstein’s brain tell us about his genius?
15 Apr 2015,·28 mins
Claudia Hammond investigates concussion in sport and asks, will science stop play?
08 Apr 2015,·28 mins
A growing unregulated online market for human breast milk
01 Apr 2015,·28 mins
Dr Oliver Johnson warns that the spike in Ebola cases in Guinea are a cause for concern
25 Mar 2015,·28 mins
Prize announced to design inexpensive dialysis machines
18 Mar 2015,·28 mins
A new training session which simulates a busy ward is being put to the test
11 Mar 2015,·28 mins
How technology from the gaming industry is being used to train healthcare workers
04 Mar 2015,·28 mins
Why you are still at risk of skin cancer hours after moving into shade
25 Feb 2015,·28 mins
Why falling immunisation rates in the US and Brazil are to blame
18 Feb 2015,·28 mins
The painful and disfiguring disease also known as elephantiasis
11 Feb 2015,·28 mins
Why false safety scares mean the vaccine is not currently being proactively recommended
04 Feb 2015,·28 mins
Why the association between anger and health depends on your culture
28 Jan 2015,·28 mins
How people are managing emotionally living in a country left in limbo by the Ebola crisis
21 Jan 2015,·28 mins
