Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
World Service,·917 episodes
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
Claudia Hammond revisits classic case studies that have advanced psychological research
06 Sep 2010,·28 mins
Strange objects which have turned up in people's airways
30 Aug 2010,·28 mins
Could a new form of resistant superbug spell the end for antibiotics
23 Aug 2010,·28 mins
Can literature help doctors and nurses understand mental illness? Claudia Hammond reports
16 Aug 2010,·28 mins
Claudia Hammond reports on new research showing how education may lower dementia risk
09 Aug 2010,·28 mins
Dementia special to mark World Alzheimer's Day.
03 Aug 2010,·28 mins
New research on the problems facing people living into old age with HIV.
02 Aug 2010,·28 mins
Claudia Hammond reports on head size & Alzheimer's disease, and heart failure treatment.
26 Jul 2010,·28 mins
Why a lack of exercise may not necessarily be causing childhood obesity.
19 Jul 2010,·28 mins
Fifty years after the pill's invention, why is there no male equivalent?
12 Jul 2010,·28 mins
Oil spill health effects. Menopause test. Fake psychiatric patients. Mobile phone masts.
05 Jul 2010,·28 mins
Henrietta Lacks; new definitions of psychiatric conditions; premature babies and pain.
28 Jun 2010,·28 mins
Solitary confinement, lead poisoning in Nigeria, Savant syndrome and Restless Legs.
21 Jun 2010,·28 mins
Gay men & blood donation. Sex & sport. Georgia health. Women's groups and babies' health.
14 Jun 2010,·28 mins
Teeth brushing and heart disease; left-handedness; salivary stones; inhalable vaccine
07 Jun 2010,·28 mins
Worldwide shortage of medical isotopes. PACO in Buenos Aires. Tinnitus. Smallpox and HIV.
31 May 2010,·28 mins
Smallpox. Polypill to combat heart disease. Sleeplessness in Cairo. Autism and migration.
24 May 2010,·28 mins
Viewing the dead after traumatic death. Should toddlers watch TV? Prostate cancer.
17 May 2010,·28 mins
The psychology of face recognition. Why can’t some people recognise their own children?
10 May 2010,·28 mins
Why black and Asian Britons are reluctant to volunteer as blood and organ donors?
03 May 2010,·28 mins
