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