Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
World Service,·907 episodes
Banking sleep. Why was swine flu so mild? MMR paper retracted. Functional foods in Japan.
15 Feb 2010,·28 mins
Surgeon Dr Atul Gawande tells us about simple but ingenious solutions to medical problems.
08 Feb 2010,·28 mins
Soap Operas With A Mission: how radio and TV are delivering health messages.
01 Feb 2010,·28 mins
Health Check investigates the downside of being positive for cancer patients.
25 Jan 2010,·28 mins
Vivienne Parry follows patients and doctors involved in cystic fibrosis clinical trials.
18 Jan 2010,·28 mins
Why do patients volunteer for clinical trials - just to get better or for the common good?
11 Jan 2010,·28 mins
Should people be rewarded for donating their organs for transplants?
28 Dec 2009,·28 mins
Good news from the WHO’s latest Malaria Report and should schizophrenia be renamed?
24 Dec 2009,·28 mins
Psychology and climate change - how to encourage more environmentally sensitive behaviour.
21 Dec 2009,·28 mins
Romania orphans today, future funding for HIV, Lifeline Express Train and the body clock.
30 Nov 2009,·28 mins
Claudia Hammond talks to Dr Martin Seligman about Positive Psychology.
23 Nov 2009,·28 mins
How the reunification of Germany has affected the health of two nations in various ways.
16 Nov 2009,·95 mins
Maternal mortality special.
16 Nov 2009,·28 mins
Can seasonal winds can make you ill? And the state of the world's vaccines.
28 Oct 2009,·28 mins
Claudia Hammond on the latest global abortion figures and Carl Jung's famous Red Book.
25 Oct 2009,·28 mins
Clever women make better wives; Famous hypochondriacs; Public health trials.
19 Oct 2009,·28 mins
Smoking & Heart Disease. Does music help you run better? The genetics of sexual behaviour.
12 Oct 2009,·28 mins
HIV vaccine breakthrough. Caveman diet = healthy waistline? Ethiopia road safety and khat.
05 Oct 2009,·28 mins
Zambia obscenity trial. Male circumcision to help tackle HIV.Bollywood and mental illness.
21 Sep 2009,·28 mins
Global Mental Health Summit, Athens. Egypt - mental health laws. Hearing voices. Recovery.
08 Sep 2009,·28 mins
Japanese Encephalitis. Genetics of Perfect Pitch and healthy fasting during Ramadan.
01 Sep 2009,·28 mins
British Versus US healthcare debate. Why optimism is good for your health. Space medicine.
25 Aug 2009,·28 mins
Brain scans and Acupuncture. Heart Disease. Time perception in children with ADHD.
18 Aug 2009,·28 mins
Plague outbreak in China and why the patient's perspective is as valuable as the doctor's.
10 Aug 2009,·28 mins
The writer, Timothy O'Grady examines the pros and cons to medical tourism.
03 Aug 2009,·28 mins
The writer, Timothy O'Grady examines the benefits and pitfalls of medical tourism.
27 Jul 2009,·28 mins
Childhood obesity. Low-fat curry. Health and politics.
20 Jul 2009,·28 mins
Maternal Mortality. How lives are changed through sport. Gambling Addiction in Russia.
13 Jul 2009,·28 mins
Claudia Hammond reports from Britain's Royal Society summer exhibition.
09 Jul 2009,·28 mins
Why are men more at risk from getting and dying from cancer? Claudia Hammond finds out.
