How advances in medical science help our understanding of what it means to be healthy
World Service,路580 episodes
Reporting from Copenhagen on a meeting of 5,000 embryologists
The accessibility of care and education for mentally ill children in Africa
A report on predicting and preventing accidents
A report on the work of a skin bank for burns victims
An interview with Glenys Carl, who has dedicated her life to helping the seriously ill
An interview with Prof Onesmo ole-MoiYoi, Maasai cattle herder turned scientist
A report on early screening for cervical cancer in Kenya
A special report from a hospital in Kenya at the cutting edge of malaria treatment
Safety issues with food, from bacteria to chemical substances and cancer-causing parasites
The impact of environmental noise on our health
A report on blood and organ donation and the challenges of getting people to do so
A report looking at who has the power to give people the healthcare they deserve
A report on how the people in Uganda access the health care they need
A report from the slums of Nairobi on animal and human health
A look at how healthcare workers in Scotland are tackling a rise in heart disease
The health problems caused by indoor air pollution from smoke
Special report on the threat of bird flu and the strain H5N1
A report on the spread of leptospirosis during flooding in India
A report on the relationship between health and violence
A series of reports on HIV and AIDS, this week a look at preventing infection in women
Second programme of a review of the global state of HIV and AIDS
A special report on what is being done to fight meningitis around the world
A report on telemedicine, medical care away from the usual hospital or doctor's surgery
A look at the threat to human health posed by bird flu and what we can learn from it
A report on how people are overcoming the trauma of the Asian Tsunami
A look at the invention of the hypodermic syringe which started a medical revolution
A report on faith healing, practices and treatments
Sticking to New Year's resolutions which involve, giving up booze, nicotine or drugs
Rotavirus vaccine, bird flu, children & HIV, and treating children in times of crisis
Dementia fears, disease stigma, penguin walking sticks, training to be an Afghan doctor
