Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
World Service,·916 episodes
Health messages: too scary? Indian generic drugs; Egypt pregnancy screening; Men's health
19 Apr 2010,·28 mins
Dr Atul Gawande talks to Claudia Hammond. Simple, ingenious solutions to medical problems.
05 Apr 2010,·28 mins
Obama's health reforms; counting deaths to improve health; and India's search for TB drug.
29 Mar 2010,·28 mins
Wheat allergy; morning after pill; dangerous tape worms; end of life visions.
22 Mar 2010,·28 mins
Stephen Hawking's voice; i2Home; Computer Braille; disability and the internet.
15 Mar 2010,·28 mins
Malaria in Cambodia. Condom fit. Feeling bad when ill. The internet and disability.
11 Mar 2010,·28 mins
Two births from ovarian transplant;Winter Olympic dentistry;C-sections;Sleep deprivation.
08 Mar 2010,·28 mins
Severe dengue outbreak in South America. Mindfulness. Hot weather advice.
01 Mar 2010,·28 mins
Q Fever, memory and pregnancy, the hospital gown, the difference between mind and brain.
22 Feb 2010,·28 mins
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
