How advances in medical science help our understanding of what it means to be healthy
World Service,·580 episodes
Caring and sharing, how health care workers exchange their expertise around the world
10 Dec 1996,·13 mins
Taking your pulse, a 2000 year old cure for smelly feet, gifts for a king and hair history
11 Dec 1996,·13 mins
News for eczema and tinnitus sufferers, how the internet is helping the terminally ill
19 Dec 1996,·13 mins
Skin graft breakthough, how one girl has toes for fingers and an update on baby milk
08 Jan 1997,·13 mins
The Masai make the headlines, the right to die without pain and Chagas disease
15 Jan 1997,·13 mins
Polio immunisation in Yemen, a cure for a dry mouth and clumsiness in children
21 Jan 1997,·13 mins
Eradicating guinea worm, winter-time blues, whether Bond should carry a health warning
05 Feb 1997,·13 mins
Treatment for stomach cancer; a cap to prevent hairloss, a mysterious illness in Macedonia
06 Feb 1997,·13 mins
A report on how ordinary people are doing extraordinary things
12 Feb 1997,·13 mins
Treating breast cancer with both orthodox medicine and homeopathy
19 Feb 1997,·13 mins
Poverty and health, the man who can't get AIDS and the truth behind hallucinations
26 Feb 1997,·13 mins
A report on smoking and tobacco advertising across the world
05 Mar 1997,·14 mins
The importance of selenium and how medical knowledge can be improved using telemedicine
12 Mar 1997,·13 mins
Tuberculosis, tips on talking about cancer; reports from Zambia on why dry sex is bad sex
19 Mar 1997,·14 mins
Exploiting technology to help the disabled to improve their opportunities
21 Mar 1997,·13 mins
The health of the world's musicians has been dubbed as 'poor' at a health conference
25 Mar 1997,·13 mins
A report on food and health, covering organic foods and nutritional information
02 Apr 1997,·13 mins
How to avoid contaminating meat, fake medicine and why we need to throw out old ones
16 Apr 1997,·13 mins
Report from Finland on SAD, hay fever and making fly traps with plastic bottles
23 Apr 1997,·13 mins
Why severe allergic reactions are increasing and winning the battle against bilharzia
30 Apr 1997,·13 mins
A visit around the wards in the burns unit at London's Queen Mary's College Hospital
15 May 1997,·13 mins
Fresh breath and bad breath, baby's first breath and breathing as an aid to memory loss
Why action is needed on blindness, also feet, and children's health and the environment
21 May 1997,·13 mins
The stigma of epilepsy, dentistry in Nepal, and children's vaccination in The Gambia
28 May 1997,·13 mins
Infection and heart disease, a cure for infertility and sex education
12 Jun 1997,·13 mins
Spreading the word about women's health and selling condoms in Africa
25 Jun 1997,·13 mins
The stigma surrounding epilepsy, protein-enhanced maize and keloids explained
26 Jun 1997,·13 mins
Traditional medicine, the truth about sex, and a tablet helping the health of new mums
02 Jul 1997,·13 mins
***Warning: this programme contains descriptions of female genital mutilation***
09 Jul 1997,·13 mins,·
Looking at one group's efforts to tackle blindness in Bangladesh
16 Jul 1997,·13 mins
