How advances in medical science help our understanding of what it means to be healthy
World Service,·580 episodes
Mental Health Day, drug-resistant meningitis and new technology helping deliver babies
07 Oct 1998,·13 mins
How governments set health priorities and America's Amish community builds its own clinic
14 Oct 1998,·13 mins
South Africa's health train, tackling TB in the UK, and pain that has no obvious cause
21 Oct 1998,·13 mins
A UN meeting in Buenos Aires on climate change and health, and blind dancers in Bangalore
28 Oct 1998,·13 mins
A report on the global challenge to prevent young people from taking up smoking
04 Nov 1998,·13 mins
A report on the preventable causes of blindness, and the healing powers of water
11 Nov 1998,·13 mins
The programme reports on tobacco related deaths and a new treatment for vitiligo
18 Nov 1998,·13 mins
A report on the availability of HIV and AIDS drugs and education in developing countries
25 Nov 1998,·13 mins
First broadcast in 1998. The impact of binge drinking in Russia
02 Dec 1998,·13 mins
How altitude affects drug efficacy, a clampdown on black market drugs, and Ayurveda
10 Dec 1998,·13 mins
A visit to ECHO International Health Services, a pioneering not-for-profit company
16 Dec 1998,·13 mins
Health kits for pregnant female refugees and the 50th anniversary of human rights
A report on the link between health and happiness
23 Dec 1998,·14 mins
One of the biggest challenges to world health is obesity, a result of eating too much
30 Dec 1998,·23 mins
Leptospirosis, which is spread via rat's urine, has killed 50 people in Brazil
01 Jan 1999,·23 mins,·
An early test for bladder cancer, dumplings for health, field hospital and osteoporosis
01 Jan 1999,·23 mins
A report on glaucoma, an update on HIV in Poland, and a Californian health conference
19 Jan 1999,·23 mins
Dealing with war wounds, and the fight against meningitis in Africa and Cuba
26 Jan 1999,·23 mins
A look at how doctors in the East and West have been swapping ideas for centuries
02 Feb 1999,·23 mins
How dengue fever is re-emerging and a look at hair loss in both men and women
07 Feb 1999,·23 mins
Can expensive drugs help those with AIDS or HIV in developing countries
16 Feb 1999,·23 mins
Exercises for incontinence, tips on how to tackle acne and new research into arthritis
23 Feb 1999,·23 mins
Could sucking sweets help with stopping smoking and other ways to help quit
25 Feb 1999,·23 mins
A special edition on breast health to mark International Women's Day
26 Feb 1999,·23 mins
Vitamin A and pregnant women and what impact does living in a war zone have on health
02 Mar 1999,·23 mins
An investigation into sleep, sleeping sickness, laboratories and a Tibetan dream healer
Diseases that come with superstition and prejudice - TB, infertility, excema and psoriasis
23 Mar 1999,·23 mins
The positive effects of breastfeeding and a look at drug addiction as told by an addict
07 Apr 1999,·23 mins
Keeping newborns warm and confusing conditions and how they are treated
13 Apr 1999,·23 mins
The health benefits of being by the sea, including the joy of swimming with dolphins
20 Apr 1999,·23 mins
