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The First Ever World Alzheimer's Day

Diphtheria in the former Soviet Union; the first World Alzheimer's Day; vaginal thrush

• 13 mins

Treating Sexually Transmitted Diseases

The fight to control STDS in Tanzania and Tonga; and plastic condoms replacing latex ones

• 14 mins

How Metal Detectors Are Replacing X-Rays

Life-saving metal detectors; social change and stress; a worldwide blood shortage

• 13 mins

Why TB Is Making A Comeback

A look at why tuberculosis is making a comeback, and what is being done to treat it

• 13 mins

Talking As Therapy For Bereaved Parents

Beating mental illness taboos in Fiji; and the launch of the UK's Child Bereavement Trust

• 13 mins

Getting Medical Help To The Needy

Cancer screening; help in disaster zones; the link between cancer and nutrition

• 13 mins

Living With Depression

Clinical depression; coping with the death of a parent; hypnosis and giving up smoking

• 13 mins

Trainee Surgeons Get On The Job Training

Malnutrition and disease; trainee surgeons learn on the job; UK sexual health charity

• 13 mins

Helping The Victims Of Torture

An allergy special; and how one charity is helping torture survivors worldwide

• 13 mins

Sleeping Sickness Epidemic Prompts Education Campaign

Guinea worm prevention in Nigeria; and a sleeping sickness epidemic hits parts of Africa

• 13 mins

Getting Men To Talk About Impotence

Reports on a new home test kit for HIV; and getting men to talk about impotence

• 13 mins

A Lesson In Fertility

Report from the Infertility Maze exhibition at the Science Museum in London

• 13 mins

How Digital X-Rays Are Revolutionising Medicine

A visit to Hammersmith Hospital, London to look at innovative digital X-ray technology

• 13 mins

The Health Book That Could Change Lives

Controlling malaria; healthcare in China; and a health book that could change lives

• 13 mins

Family Planning And Support For Mothers in Sri Lanka

A visit to the Rural Women's Health Education Project in Sri Lanka.

• 13 mins

The Myth of Memory Loss

A dialysis machine that works during sleep; language and brain damage; and memory loss

• 13 mins

Getting The Armed Forces Back To Work After Illness And Injury

Treating and rehabilitating members of the armed services who have been injured in action

• 13 mins

Celebrating The Inventor Of Antibiotics

Centenary of Louis Pasteur's death and how vitamin and mineral supplements save lives

• 13 mins

The Hazards of Working Underground

Advice for travellers, diarrhoea cure and cement dermatitis in Channel Tunnel workers

• 13 mins

Ridding the World Of River Blindness

Focus on African private medical programmes and plans to eradicate river blindness

• 13 mins

The Life-Saving Work Of The Red Cross

Paying tribute to the life saving work of the Red Cross and how we can all save a life

• 13 mins

The Discovery Of Lactobacillus

Hands and gloves, fingernail analysis and treating childhood diarrhoea

• 13 mins

Diseases Of The Blood - Lupus And Sickle Cell Anaemia

Better understanding of lupus and sickle cell anaemia is helping advance their treatment

• 13 mins

Advice For Piles Sufferers

Advice for piles sufferers, and how dogs are is helping the disabled improve their posture

• 13 mins

Puppets, Poetry And Music Therapies

How poetry, music and puppet therapy are helping children and adults recover from illness

• 8 mins

Getting People To Talk About Bowel And Bladder Cancer

How embarrassment is preventing the effective treatment of bowel and bladder cancers

• 13 mins

How A Simple Wipe Could Prevent Blindness At Birth

One in ten babies is born with an eye infection, often caused by a treatable STI

• 13 mins

Health In Britain - Haves And Have Nots

In Britain where you live and what work you do affects your health and life expectancy

• 12 mins

The Fight Against Polio

Report on the World Health Organisation's global fight against polio

• 13 mins

Medical Breakthrough In The Treatment Of Stomach Ulcers

A medical breakthrough - the cause and the cure for peptic ulcer disease

• 13 mins