Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
World Service,·908 episodes
What is the link between how tall someone is and the risk of getting cancer?
07 Aug 2013,·28 mins
How do emotions affect physicians and the way they treat patients?
31 Jul 2013,·28 mins
Why oily fish are good to eat, but not so great if you inhale their microscopic particles
24 Jul 2013,·28 mins
What motivates humans and drives them to accomplish all they are capable of?
17 Jul 2013,·28 mins
How psychologist James Pennebaker showed writing about your emotions can improve health
10 Jul 2013,·28 mins
Could essential oils such as lavender and thyme be replacements for antibiotics?
03 Jul 2013,·28 mins
Why fewer people have been dying from diabetes in the UK and Canada in the last 15 years
26 Jun 2013,·28 mins
How a randomised trial in skin cancer found using sunscreen protects against skin ageing
19 Jun 2013,·28 mins
A new study sheds light on how to deal with medical emergencies on planes
12 Jun 2013,·28 mins
Are we biologically better-suited to the hunter-gatherer diet of our cavemen ancestors?
05 Jun 2013,·28 mins
A new online tool which scans the web for negative and positive mentions of vaccines
29 May 2013,·28 mins
What do chemicals like mustard gas and nerve agents do to the body?
22 May 2013,·28 mins
The UN urges the world to eat more insects
15 May 2013,·28 mins
Why do people wear surgical face masks in Japan?
08 May 2013,·28 mins
Why older, more experienced therapists are more likely to shed tears during therapy
01 May 2013,·28 mins
What happens when you lose the ability to smell and taste?
24 Apr 2013,·28 mins
Drinking guidelines vary hugely, so how do we know how much alcohol is safe to drink?
17 Apr 2013,·28 mins
A simple strategy to reduce repeat suicide attempts and psychiatric admissions
10 Apr 2013,·28 mins
The study that reveals hardening of the arteries may have been a problem for 4000 years.
03 Apr 2013,·28 mins
A leading epidemiologist talks exclusively to HC about the largest clinical trial ever
20 Mar 2013,·18 mins
An older alternative to antibiotics in the fight against bacteria.
13 Mar 2013,·18 mins
News of a child seemingly cured of HIV and the Fukushima health consequences two years on.
06 Mar 2013,·18 mins
The new study which finds religious and spiritual views do not protect against depression
27 Feb 2013,·18 mins
Dentists tell us we should floss our teeth but what is the evidence that it really works?
20 Feb 2013,·18 mins
Perceptual blindness in radiologists
13 Feb 2013,·18 mins
Unexpected results from the trial of the first vaccine for TB to be developed in 90 years
06 Feb 2013,·18 mins
New research shows early treatment of patients reduces the risk of transmitting HIV virus
30 Jan 2013,·18 mins
Iran faces rising prices and shortages of medicine. Are US and EU sanctions to blame?
23 Jan 2013,·18 mins
How the body copes with extremely high temperatures currently occurring in Australia
16 Jan 2013,·18 mins
How has polio eradication been affected by the killing of polio vaccinators in Pakistan?
09 Jan 2013,·18 mins
