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Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.

World Service,908 episodes

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Chikungunya Disease
Why the spread of the mosquito-borne virus to the Caribbean islands is causing concern
05 Mar 2014,28 mins
UAE Breastfeeding Law
UAE proposed Child Rights Law could make breastfeeding mandatory
26 Feb 2014,28 mins
International Medical Help After Typhoon Haiyan
What lessons can be learnt from the international medical help effort in Philippines?
19 Feb 2014,28 mins
Would you Want to Find out About an Inherited Genetic Condition?
The impossibly difficult decisions after discovering a family history of genetic disorder
12 Feb 2014,28 mins
Sickle Cell Disease Spreads with Migration
More countries need to prepare for influx of people with sickle cell disease
05 Feb 2014,28 mins
Slimming by Cooling
Could exposure to colder temperatures help with weight loss?
29 Jan 2014,28 mins
Tired Mind, Tired Body
How mental exhaustion may affect your sporting performance
22 Jan 2014,28 mins
Harnessing the Placebo Effect
How the labelling of a placebo can make it as effective as drugs in migraine pain relief
15 Jan 2014,28 mins
Pneumonic Plague in Madagascar
What has caused these recent deadly outbreaks?
08 Jan 2014,28 mins
Twenty-five Years of Neuroscience
Developments in neuroscience and how our understanding of the brain has changed
01 Jan 2014,28 mins
The Musical Brain
From the emotional stimuli of music to how the brain identifies musical patterns
25 Dec 2013,28 mins
Children’s Declining Fitness
Why today’s children are on average 15% slower at running than their parents
18 Dec 2013,28 mins
Healthy Habits and Dementia
How a healthy lifestyle can reduce your risk of developing dementia by 60%
11 Dec 2013,28 mins
Healthcare in Danger
The increasing perils for medical personnel working in conflict zones
04 Dec 2013,28 mins
Bedtime Aspirin
How taking aspirin at night may reduce the risk of a heart attack in the morning
27 Nov 2013,28 mins
Children of Jannah
The UK charity providing specialist bereavement support for Muslims
20 Nov 2013,28 mins
The myths concerning people’s health after natural disasters
Is it really true that spread of disease is inevitable or that dead bodies pose a risk?
13 Nov 2013,28 mins
Intersex
Germany gives legal rights for people who do not fit the two genders of male or female
06 Nov 2013,28 mins
Unemployment as a Health Issue
WHO launches a campaign to address the link between health and unemployment
30 Oct 2013,28 mins
Polio in Syria
A suspected outbreak in Syria where vaccination rates have been slashed
23 Oct 2013,26 mins
Vaccine for HPV in Laos
Anti-cervical cancer vaccine for girls where there is no screening or radiotherapy
16 Oct 2013,28 mins
Haitian Health Care
The challenges facing health care in Haiti three years on from its devastating earthquake
09 Oct 2013,28 mins
Reform of US Health System?
What will the US health reforms of universal health insurance mean for Americans?
02 Oct 2013,28 mins
Awake and Anaesthetised
A new survey looking at the number of people who are aware during general anaesthesia
25 Sep 2013,28 mins
Indigenous Rights and Medicine
How medical students in Canada are training to provide appropriate health care
18 Sep 2013,28 mins
Tablets for Kids
Is medicine in tablet form better for children to take instead of liquid medicine?
11 Sep 2013,28 mins
Child Psychologist Anna Freud
How Anna Freud, Sigmund Freud's daughter, revolutionised the way we think about children
04 Sep 2013,28 mins
The Case of Henry Molaison
The neurological patient with amnesia who contributed to our understanding of memory
28 Aug 2013,28 mins
Health Data and Ethnicity
A new report calling for ethnicity to be taken into account when health data is collected
21 Aug 2013,28 mins
Window into the Brain
Why looking at the condition of blood vessels in the retina can help predict strokes
14 Aug 2013,28 mins