How advances in medical science help our understanding of what it means to be healthy
World Service,路580 episodes
Report on The Declaration of Alma-Ata signed in 1988
Can doctors learn about population medicine from farm veterinarians?
A report on how doctors and veterinary learn from each other
The differing views and approaches towards mental illness from the world's many cultures
The ambitious but successful transplant of one man's hand onto another man's arm
The advantages and disadvantages brought about by globalisation
Charting the use of potions, herbs and drugs to relieve suffering through the ages
A report on healers around the world
An interview with 2001 Nobel Prize winner Sir Paul Nurse
Looking at the links between good health and education
The gap between healthcare available to the rich and poor is growing, what does this mean?
Advancing technology and the opportunities offered by the human genome project
A report on the link between economic prosperity, democracy and good health
A report on the Women's Crisis Centre in Manila
A report from the Fistula Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
A report from Dakar Community Hospital in Senegal
Listeners get advice on the risks associated with both pregnancy and having a baby
Has psychology improved our understand of mental health, and one another?
A century of psychology in the classroom, including the use of intelligence tests
A report on the advent of clinical psychology and the influence of Sigmund Freud
A report from Iran where the birth rate has fallen dramatically thanks to family planning
A report on the work of the International Planned Parenthood Federation
Is anxiety part and parcel of being a parent?
A report on how babies learn language
How children develop their talents, a look at intelligence in all of its forms
The tantrums, crying and the sleeping habits of infants
Why heart disease could become the biggest cause of death worldwide within the decade
Cervical cancer can be prevented, yet 300,000 women die from it each year
A special report on TB as the World Health Organisation declares a global emergency
Losing control of bladder or bowels is common and preventable