How advances in medical science help our understanding of what it means to be healthy
World Service,·580 episodes
The health challenges faced by older people are explored in the programme
29 Apr 2002,·22 mins
A report on children with HIV and AIDS
10 May 2002,·23 mins
A report on domestic violence and the impact it has on women's health and well being
20 May 2002,·23 mins
Diabetes, how to treat it and prevent it
24 May 2002,·23 mins
A report on the demographic consequences of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Botswana
29 May 2002,·23 mins
The impact of an ageing population on the demographics of Italy
30 May 2002,·24 mins
A look at the medicines considered essential and how easy it is to access them
03 Jun 2002,·23 mins
The health issues emerging from Russia following the break up of the Soviet Union
21 Jun 2002,·23 mins
In the first of a series on teenagers, an examination of the changes during puberty
28 Jun 2002,·23 mins
How to foster emotional wellbeing during adolescence
08 Jul 2002,·23 mins
A look at the often turbulent relationships between teenagers and their parents
10 Jul 2002,·23 mins
A journey to three very different countries examining the impact of HIV/AIDS
23 Jul 2002,·23 mins
A programme exploring the later stages of adolescence
31 Jul 2002,·23 mins
A report on the use of antiretroviral drugs to treat AIDS
16 Aug 2002,·23 mins
A day in the life of a mental health centre for refugee children
30 Aug 2002,·22 mins
A look at how rural working children in Rajasthan are given a day's respite
05 Sep 2002,·24 mins
The programme spends a day at the Kumasi Hearing Assessment Centre in Ghana
06 Sep 2002,·23 mins
Interview with Prof Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, pioneer of an affordable medicine system
30 Sep 2002,·23 mins
An interview with Argentinian-born Julia Polak, who works at Imperial College in London
04 Oct 2002,·23 mins
An interview with Prof Randolph Nesse, a pioneer of evolutionary medicine
11 Oct 2002,·23 mins
A look at blindness, its causes and its treatments
18 Oct 2002,·23 mins
The programme reports on the prevention and treatment of cancer
25 Oct 2002,·22 mins
Children's health, the ethical dilemma of vaccines and helping children who can't talk
01 Nov 2002,·23 mins
A report on the practice of chiropody and common foot problems
08 Nov 2002,·22 mins
The workings and health problems of the human heart
15 Nov 2002,·22 mins
We take it for granted, but there are many illnesses that can make breathing difficult
22 Nov 2002,·23 mins
A look at our development into adults and the challenges we face as we do so
27 Nov 2002,·22 mins
Fertility and infertility - how planning a family marks a turning point in our adult life
06 Dec 2002,·23 mins
Final programme about the responsibility we must all accept for our own lifestyle choices
23 Dec 2002,·23 mins
Cataract surgery; cures for cold hands; Indian stress solutions and a rare skin condition.
31 Dec 2002,·24 mins
