How advances in medical science help our understanding of what it means to be healthy
World Service,·580 episodes
Two severely disabled people explain how they have used their condition to help others.
30 Jan 1992,·14 mins
Broken bones that heal themselves; gender and heart disease; and indigestible starch
05 Jan 1994,·13 mins
Stopping TB from spreading; being disabled in the former Soviet Union; and recycling blood
12 Jan 1994,·13 mins
Self-help for chronic pain; cold weather, and an exhibition on facial disfigurements
18 Jan 1994,·14 mins
How head injuries can cause psychological problems; new treatments for atopic eczema
26 Jan 1994,·13 mins
Women and smoking; how eye exercises helped one man see again; is milk bad for us?
02 Feb 1994,·13 mins
Help for shingles pain, a diet that could cure cancer; why girls need school for health
Stone age diets; why alcohol could be good for us; Australian dancers get healthy
09 Feb 1994,·13 mins
A vaccine for Malaria; child mental health in Sri Lanka; and anger management
14 Feb 1994,·13 mins
Nairobi Hospice is the only project in East Africa dedicated to the care of the terminally ill.
22 Feb 1994,·14 mins
Incontinence in women; specialist shoes for leprosy; tetanus immunisations and babies
23 Feb 1994,·13 mins
Baby special: babysitting premature babies; classical music and massage therapy
09 Mar 1994,·14 mins
Cystic fibrosis treatments; uncoordinated children; meningitis warning
23 Mar 1994,·13 mins
Oral health week; AIDS ignorance; and cognitive therapy for people with mental illness
30 Mar 1994,·13 mins
Post-natal depression in mums and dads and why we need to know about pre-eclampsia
06 Apr 1994,·13 mins
Breaking free of addiction; a computer test for health; more sex education please
13 Apr 1994,·13 mins
An Indian ambulance service; new stomach ulcer treatments; WHO's latest health drive
20 Apr 1994,·13 mins
Occupational therapy under the spotlight; sportsman, gadgets and therapies
27 Apr 1994,·13 mins
Disabled children in Thailand; mysterious eye disease in Cuba; how to cover up in the sun
Malnutrition and how to tackle it; how diet causes cancer and why breast really is best
03 May 1994,·13 mins
Stammering; cerebral palsy sufferers and how speech therapy can help
The impact of a healthy diet during pregnancy; linking diet to heart disease and strokes
Doctors are hoping to prevent and treat osteoporosis through screening and HRT
03 Jun 1994,·14 mins
Health Matters visits one of the world's leading medical colleges to get expert advice
15 Jun 1994,·13 mins
Health Matters visits one of the world's leading medical colleges and gets expert advice
Battling skin condition prejudices and misconceptions; and a visit to a leg ulcer clinic
27 Jun 1994,·13 mins
A visit to the London Science Museum exhibition Health Matters
Epilepsy sufferers describe the effect of the condition and how they cope with it
21 Jul 1994,·13 mins
Patients right to known about their healthcare; the causes of severe indigestion
22 Jul 1994,·13 mins
The Greek diet and heart disease; diet and pregnancy; and obstructive childbirth
22 Jul 1994,·12 mins
