How advances in medical science help our understanding of what it means to be healthy
World Service,·580 episodes
An hour-long special on car crashes, and the increasing numbers of those killed
31 Mar 2004,·49 mins
An investigation into whether road safety campaigns really work
12 Apr 2004,·22 mins
Polio returns to Botswana, palm oil to treat blindness and fasting if you are diabetic
19 Apr 2004,·22 mins
HIV and dementia, the conflict in Iraq and its children, washing hands, good bacteria
26 Apr 2004,·22 mins
Alzheimer's gene therapy, sleeping sickness diagnosis, asthma triggers and treatments
29 Apr 2004,·22 mins
Feeding mums to be, a cooking bus for children, and the use of growth charts
07 May 2004,·22 mins
A special report on malaria, 100 years after first attempts to eradicate the disease
14 May 2004,·22 mins
A report into issues of accessibility, transmission, prevention and treatment for HIV/AIDS
20 May 2004,·22 mins
An investigation into the obstacles to achieving the complete elimination of polio
28 May 2004,·22 mins
An exploration into the place and role of alternative medicine
04 Jun 2004,·22 mins
A report on burns, how to avoid them, how to treat them and how they change lives
11 Jun 2004,·22 mins
How to ensure that donating blood is safe, both to give and to receive
18 Jun 2004,·22 mins
An investigation into what high and low blood pressure can mean for your health
25 Jun 2004,·22 mins
Cardiologist Dr Graeme Cunningham shares his struggle with alchoholism
02 Jul 2004,·22 mins
A look at the AIDS epidemic and the creation of the The Aids Support Organisation (TASO)
12 Jul 2004,·22 mins
A report on drugs and how profit is sometimes put before patients
19 Jul 2004,·22 mins
A report on a service hoping to revolutionise roadside medical treatment in India
23 Jul 2004,·22 mins
The science behind the sense of touch, its power to heal and soothe
02 Aug 2004,·22 mins
A report on fertility, infertility and the despair of Ugandan women who cannot conceive
09 Aug 2004,·22 mins
A report on skin, why are so many of us unhappy with the one we are in?
19 Aug 2004,·22 mins
A report on the diarrhoeal diseases that follow flooding
23 Aug 2004,·26 mins
An examination of foot-related health issues including club foot, verucas and diabetes
02 Sep 2004,·22 mins
A report from Nairobi, investigating the political and health impact of smoking in Kenya
20 Sep 2004,·22 mins
Tobacco is one of Malawi's main crops, so how would tobacco control affect its people?
21 Sep 2004,·22 mins
A report on how the world is facing up to growing changes in our ageing population
30 Sep 2004,·22 mins
Investigating different global approaches and attitudes to the idea and meaning of legacy
10 Oct 2004,·22 mins
A report on the devastating form of dementia known as Alzheimer's Disease
14 Oct 2004,·22 mins
Confronting the most final of journey's in one's life, death
22 Oct 2004,·22 mins
A report on the first International Association for the Study of Obesity in South Africa
29 Oct 2004,·22 mins
When is fear of something rational and when does that fear become a phobia?
04 Nov 2004,·22 mins
