How advances in medical science help our understanding of what it means to be healthy
World Service,·580 episodes
Chewing betel nut and oral cancer,
16 Jul 1997,·13 mins
A look at the pros and cons of health exchange schemes
06 Aug 1997,·13 mins
A look at the different ways societies tackle learning disabilities
13 Aug 1997,·13 mins
A look at blood donation, myths, facts, and how more of us are being encouraged to do it
20 Aug 1997,·13 mins
Polio and the attempts to finally eradicate it worldwide
26 Aug 1997,·13 mins
Addiction and attempts to share proven successful cures worldwide
01 Sep 1997,·13 mins
A pioneering health project in Uganda is helping people avoid the threat of HIV
03 Sep 1997,·13 mins
A century after the discovery of malaria scientists are still struggling to beat it
17 Sep 1997,·13 mins
Traditional healing, ancient medicine and palliative care
01 Oct 1997,·13 mins
What we eat and how it affects our health
08 Oct 1997,·13 mins
A look at why tuberculosis is a growing problem, and an Alzheimer's awareness campaign
15 Oct 1997,·13 mins
A report on the help being given to women and children displaced by the Somalia conflict
16 Oct 1997,·13 mins
A new book on how to treat eye disease, and are fruit and vegetable-only diets healthy?
23 Oct 1997,·13 mins
How conventional doctors are using the expertise of traditional healers and medicines
24 Oct 1997,·12 mins
The health hazards of child labour, why mother's milk is best and cancer-causing peanuts
05 Nov 1997,·13 mins
Chemical condoms, a DIY cure for osteo-arthritis, and new hope for a malaria vaccine
12 Nov 1997,·13 mins
A special programme to mark World AIDS Day on 1 December
19 Nov 1997,·13 mins
Malnutrition of the elderly in developing countries and nursing training in Pakistan
26 Nov 1997,·13 mins
Family planning, beating river blindness and helping fellow suffers of HIV
03 Dec 1997,·13 mins
Helping women without a doctor, a cholera vaccine in bananas, massage and sickle cell
10 Dec 1997,·13 mins
A below-the-bra guide to the female body and spreading the word from child to child
17 Dec 1997,·13 mins
Reports on malnutrition, depression and sightsavers
The programme reports on the re-emergence of cholera
07 Jan 1998,·13 mins
Monitoring the temperature of babies; exercising breathing muscles; stress in the workplace
14 Jan 1998,·13 mins
Cure for constipation, reducing the cost of cataract operations, elephantiasis update
28 Jan 1998,·13 mins
A report on leprosy, to mark World Leprosy Day
30 Jan 1998,·14 mins
A visit to the children's ward at Guys Hospital, London, England
04 Feb 1998,·13 mins
A report on dealing with and overcoming man-made and genetic disabilities
11 Feb 1998,·13 mins
A report about smoking, the cost to both health and society
18 Feb 1998,·13 mins
A look at the Thai government's attempts to reduce the transmission of the HIV virus
04 Mar 1998,·13 mins
