Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
World Service,·908 episodes
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
A disease outbreak that's causing residents of Kalachi to sleep - often for over 24 hours
14 Jan 2015,·28 mins
The patients blamed for committing crimes when in fact they have a form of dementia
07 Jan 2015,·26 mins
What influences the mind of a tiny newborn baby and do infants really get the joke?
31 Dec 2014,·28 mins
Infertility treatment at a fraction of the usual cost in South Africa
24 Dec 2014,·28 mins
Doctors use pure light on the cheek cells of patients to test for cancer
17 Dec 2014,·28 mins
Sarah Boseley reports from West Africa on the Ebola situation
10 Dec 2014,·28 mins
Government minister Mustapha Bai Attila releases eight songs about Ebola prevention
03 Dec 2014,·28 mins
Does the lactose content in milk mean it is not as good for us as we might think?
26 Nov 2014,·28 mins
How using eye-tracking software is helping to detect Glaucoma
19 Nov 2014,·28 mins
