How advances in medical science help our understanding of what it means to be healthy
World Service,路580 episodes
The health challenges faced by older people are explored in the programme
A report on children with HIV and AIDS
A report on domestic violence and the impact it has on women's health and well being
Diabetes, how to treat it and prevent it
A report on the demographic consequences of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Botswana
The impact of an ageing population on the demographics of Italy
A look at the medicines considered essential and how easy it is to access them
The health issues emerging from Russia following the break up of the Soviet Union
In the first of a series on teenagers, an examination of the changes during puberty
How to foster emotional wellbeing during adolescence
A look at the often turbulent relationships between teenagers and their parents
A journey to three very different countries examining the impact of HIV/AIDS
A programme exploring the later stages of adolescence
A report on the use of antiretroviral drugs to treat AIDS
A day in the life of a mental health centre for refugee children
A look at how rural working children in Rajasthan are given a day's respite
The programme spends a day at the Kumasi Hearing Assessment Centre in Ghana
Interview with Prof Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, pioneer of an affordable medicine system
An interview with Argentinian-born Julia Polak, who works at Imperial College in London
An interview with Prof Randolph Nesse, a pioneer of evolutionary medicine
A look at blindness, its causes and its treatments
The programme reports on the prevention and treatment of cancer
Children's health, the ethical dilemma of vaccines and helping children who can't talk
A report on the practice of chiropody and common foot problems
The workings and health problems of the human heart
We take it for granted, but there are many illnesses that can make breathing difficult
A look at our development into adults and the challenges we face as we do so
Fertility and infertility - how planning a family marks a turning point in our adult life
Final programme about the responsibility we must all accept for our own lifestyle choices
Cataract surgery; cures for cold hands; Indian stress solutions and a rare skin condition.
