How advances in medical science help our understanding of what it means to be healthy
World Service,路580 episodes
Caring and sharing, how health care workers exchange their expertise around the world
Taking your pulse, a 2000 year old cure for smelly feet, gifts for a king and hair history
News for eczema and tinnitus sufferers, how the internet is helping the terminally ill
Skin graft breakthough, how one girl has toes for fingers and an update on baby milk
The Masai make the headlines, the right to die without pain and Chagas disease
Polio immunisation in Yemen, a cure for a dry mouth and clumsiness in children
Eradicating guinea worm, winter-time blues, whether Bond should carry a health warning
Treatment for stomach cancer; a cap to prevent hairloss, a mysterious illness in Macedonia
A report on how ordinary people are doing extraordinary things
Treating breast cancer with both orthodox medicine and homeopathy
Poverty and health, the man who can't get AIDS and the truth behind hallucinations
A report on smoking and tobacco advertising across the world
The importance of selenium and how medical knowledge can be improved using telemedicine
Tuberculosis, tips on talking about cancer; reports from Zambia on why dry sex is bad sex
Exploiting technology to help the disabled to improve their opportunities
The health of the world's musicians has been dubbed as 'poor' at a health conference
A report on food and health, covering organic foods and nutritional information
How to avoid contaminating meat, fake medicine and why we need to throw out old ones
Report from Finland on SAD, hay fever and making fly traps with plastic bottles
Why severe allergic reactions are increasing and winning the battle against bilharzia
A visit around the wards in the burns unit at London's Queen Mary's College Hospital
Fresh breath and bad breath, baby's first breath and breathing as an aid to memory loss
Why action is needed on blindness, also feet, and children's health and the environment
The stigma of epilepsy, dentistry in Nepal, and children's vaccination in The Gambia
Infection and heart disease, a cure for infertility and sex education
Spreading the word about women's health and selling condoms in Africa
The stigma surrounding epilepsy, protein-enhanced maize and keloids explained
Traditional medicine, the truth about sex, and a tablet helping the health of new mums
***Warning: this programme contains descriptions of female genital mutilation***
Looking at one group's efforts to tackle blindness in Bangladesh
