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Health Matters Episodes

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    Travels Of The Mind - Montego Bay

    A series looking at the different attitudes to mental illness around the globe

  2. Health Issues Raised By The Indian Ocean Tsunami

    A report into the health issues raised by the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami

  3. Treating Chronic Disease In Cambodia

    A look at chronic diseases, how are they treated in places where medical care is limited

  4. Lung Disorders

    A report on lung disorders: tuberculosis, lung cancer, pneumonia and other conditions

  5. Sleep - Are You Getting Enough?

    Sleep - why do some of us enjoy it and why some benefit from it more than others

  6. Providing Healthcare For Those Displaced By War

    The challenges of providing healthcare in parts of the world affected by conflict

  7. Allergies Explained

    A report on allergies worldwide, why are they on the increase?

  8. Cannabis And Psychosis - Is There A Link?

    The programme examines whether there is a link between cannabis and mental health issues

  9. Report - World AIDS Day

    A report to mark the annual World AIDS Day

  10. Safe, Simple Healthcare

    The risks we take with our health, drugs for TB, hand washing and new syringes

  11. Since The Pill - Attitudes To Contraception

    A look at changing attitudes to contraception, 40 years after the first female pill

  12. When Does Fear Become Phobia?

    When is fear of something rational and when does that fear become a phobia?

  13. Obesity In Africa

    A report on the first International Association for the Study of Obesity in South Africa

  14. Life's End - Journey's End

    Confronting the most final of journey's in one's life, death

  15. Life's End - Alzheimer's Disease

    A report on the devastating form of dementia known as Alzheimer's Disease

  16. Life's End - Leaving A Legacy

    Investigating different global approaches and attitudes to the idea and meaning of legacy

  17. Life's End - The Third Age

    A report on how the world is facing up to growing changes in our ageing population

  18. Tobacco Control In Malawi

    Tobacco is one of Malawi's main crops, so how would tobacco control affect its people?

  19. Cigarette Smoking In Kenya

    A report from Nairobi, investigating the political and health impact of smoking in Kenya

  20. How To Have Healthy Feet

    An examination of foot-related health issues including club foot, verucas and diabetes

  21. Diarrhoeal Disease In Bangladesh

    A report on the diarrhoeal diseases that follow flooding

  22. The Skin We Are In

    A report on skin, why are so many of us unhappy with the one we are in?

  23. Fertility And Infertility

    A report on fertility, infertility and the despair of Ugandan women who cannot conceive

  24. The Healing Power Of Touch

    The science behind the sense of touch, its power to heal and soothe

  25. The Indian Highway Rescue Project

    A report on a service hoping to revolutionise roadside medical treatment in India

  26. Drugs - Profit Before Patients

    A report on drugs and how profit is sometimes put before patients

  27. The AIDS Support Organisation

    A look at the AIDS epidemic and the creation of the The Aids Support Organisation (TASO)

  28. Dr Graeme Cunningham On Alcoholism

    Cardiologist Dr Graeme Cunningham shares his struggle with alchoholism

  29. A Guide To Blood Pressure

    An investigation into what high and low blood pressure can mean for your health

  30. Special Report - Blood Donation

    How to ensure that donating blood is safe, both to give and to receive

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