Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
World Service,·907 episodes
Why doctors trained in Ethiopia are leaving in their hundreds to work abroad
13 Apr 2011,·18 mins
How to raise survival rates for children with cancer in developing countries
06 Apr 2011,·18 mins
The first ever recorded case of child psychoanalysis; a small boy living in Vienna in 1904
28 Mar 2011,·28 mins
Voice banking; medical tourism in Taiwan; Kala Azar in Southern Sudan
21 Mar 2011,·28 mins
The man with the hole in his head - one of the most famous case studies in brain science
13 Mar 2011,·28 mins
New ways to improve the lives of people with dementia and their carers
06 Mar 2011,·28 mins
Mind over matter; a different view of cancer; and a new test for glaucoma
27 Feb 2011,·28 mins
Why do some women eat clay during pregnancy, and is it safe?
20 Feb 2011,·28 mins
Access to medicines; how to sleep well; Cambodia toilets; preventing traumatic flashbacks
13 Feb 2011,·28 mins
As public protests spread, does a psychologist think that a crowd has a mind of its own?
06 Feb 2011,·28 mins
Buses and flu. Mental health in the Falklands. IQ boosting memories. Healthy heart tips
31 Jan 2011,·28 mins
Gabrielle Gifford's brain surgery. Breastfeeding. Health in Southern Sudan. Yoga in Kenya
23 Jan 2011,·28 mins
Freud used his first case history, Dora, to show how dreams could be used in analysis
17 Jan 2011,·28 mins
Does it work to pay people to adopt healthy behaviours, such as stopping smoking?
10 Jan 2011,·28 mins
Claudia Hammond hears how complimenting your doctor may not have the effect you hoped for
02 Jan 2011,·28 mins
Origin of cholera in Haiti. Grandfather of Allergy medicine. Tracing birth families online
27 Dec 2010,·28 mins
Interpreting medical research, menopausal experiences, and does sound influence taste?
19 Dec 2010,·28 mins
Meningitis vaccine, the mind of a suicide bomber, surgery curing deafness, HIV kit
12 Dec 2010,·28 mins
The case that for years apparently proved that nurture not nature dictates gender identity
29 Nov 2010,·28 mins
How to stop cholera spreading further in Haiti
22 Nov 2010,·28 mins
New IVF technique could double or even triple a woman's chance of conceiving
15 Nov 2010,·28 mins
A woman's ability to conceive in her 30s or 40s might be affected by her blood type
07 Nov 2010,·28 mins
Are you a worrier? A psychologist explains how to reduce the time you spend worrying
01 Nov 2010,·28 mins
Saving large crowds from spreading disease
25 Oct 2010,·28 mins
Scientists have made a breakthrough in Parkinson's Disease, giving hope of new therapies
18 Oct 2010,·28 mins
Maternal health or vaccinating children? Another debate on how to improve global health
11 Oct 2010,·28 mins
Clean water or girls' education? The second of four debates on improving global health
04 Oct 2010,·28 mins
Innovation or medical staff? The first of four debates on improving global health
27 Sep 2010,·28 mins
Remembering Sir Patrick Manson, the 'Father of Tropical Disease'
19 Sep 2010,·28 mins
Claudia Hammond tells the story of SB, who transformed the field of visual perception
13 Sep 2010,·28 mins
