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Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.

World Service,917 episodes

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01/08/2012
Better health care for more people for less money. Global summit in London shows how.
01 Aug 2012,18 mins
25/07/2012
Aids 2012 conference and the clinic for athletes at the 2012 London Olympics.
25 Jul 2012,18 mins
18/07/2012
New findings on the polypill for heart disease and stroke prevention.
18 Jul 2012,18 mins
Joseph Wolpe - Phobias
Joseph Wolpe - the psychiatrist who transformed the treatment of phobias.
11 Jul 2012,18 mins
04/07/2012
Sudden cardiac death in athletes, genes vs smoking in lung disease, science of laughter.
04 Jul 2012,18 mins
27/06/2012
Medicinal uses of psychedelic plants and fungi, and the safe use of Chinese Medicine.
27 Jun 2012,18 mins
20/06/2012
Yemen food crisis. Fantasy computer game as good as therapy? Benefits of a cup of coffee.
20 Jun 2012,18 mins
13/06/2012
The shortage of critical medicines in Greece as a result of the debt crisis
13 Jun 2012,18 mins
06/06/2012
The results of a major trial which hoped that cannabis might slow down progression of MS
06 Jun 2012,18 mins
30/05/2012
The rabies outbreak in Peru which has killed seven children
30 May 2012,18 mins
23/05/2012
Spanish health reforms; Eating for two when pregnant; Taking therapy to the streets
23 May 2012,18 mins
16/05/2012
Texting HIV results to save babies’ lives in Zambia
16 May 2012,18 mins
09/05/2012
Drop in childhood deaths – in African Millennium Villages
09 May 2012,18 mins
02/05/2012
More than a million babies die every year – the toll of premature birth
02 May 2012,18 mins
25/04/2012
Haiti, a cure for blushing and the effects of wintering in Antarctica
01 May 2012,18 mins
18/04/2012
Olympic health planning and the 40th anniversary of the CT Scan.
25 Apr 2012,18 mins
11/04/2012
BRICS spend more on global health. Virtual blood bank in South Sudan. Acute pain relief
18 Apr 2012,18 mins
04/04/2012
Flu research, eating food standing up, pets in the office, new quick test for syphilis.
11 Apr 2012,18 mins
Lifecycle Of An Athlete
How elite athletes cope, physically and mentally, when they retire from their sport.
04 Apr 2012,28 mins
The Human Race: Lifecycle Of An Athlete
Claudia visits Berlin, home to some of the world's most sophisticated sports technology.
28 Mar 2012,28 mins
The Human Race: Lifecycle Of An Athlete
"From Promise to Podium", Claudia Hammond reports from Jamaica, the world's sprint capital
21 Mar 2012,28 mins
The Human Race: Lifecycle Of An Athlete
Claudia Hammond discovers how future Olympic winners are spotted at an early age.
14 Mar 2012,28 mins
29/02/2012
Claudia Hammond slays common myths about the brain and its workings
08 Mar 2012,18 mins
The Human Race: Special Live 80th Anniversary Show
Claudia Hammond will be finding out what makes elite athletes so special.
07 Mar 2012,55 mins
22/02/2012
Paying people to be healthy, old drug for TB, cleaning umbilical cords saves babies' lives
29 Feb 2012,18 mins
15/02/2012
Claudia Hammond slays common myths about the brain and its workings.
22 Feb 2012,18 mins
08/02/2012
Was it right for the CIA to use a doctor to help track down Osama Bin Laden?
15 Feb 2012,18 mins
01/02/2012
Water pipe smoking more harmful than cigarettes, health on the web and doctors and obesity
08 Feb 2012,18 mins
25/01/2012
The row over a French documentary on autism; Epilepsy medication in Kenya; Owls v Larks
01 Feb 2012,18 mins
18/01/2012
Hepatitis C can destroy the liver - will a new vaccine mean the end for the virus?
25 Jan 2012,18 mins