How advances in medical science help our understanding of what it means to be healthy
World Service,路580 episodes
Pharmacogenetics, the development of medicines tailored to our personal needs
A look at why children and older people are often excluded from drug trials
A look at why the 'one size fits all' approach to medicine may need to be reviewed
A report from a donkey clinic in Central Ethiopia
A day in the life of a vet who uses non-traditional methods of treatment for animals
A report on the Dubai Falcon Hospital and the progression of avian medicine
A report featuring veterinarian Carl Pagett, who works with farm animals in Lancaster UK
A look at genetics and culture affect how medicines affect different ethnic groups
Polio setback, the malaria epidemic in Ethiopia and a visit to the first Goan child clinic
Latest on AIDS, cellular health warnings and a rise in Russian mortality rates
A report on HIV and AIDS in India where it is second only to Africa in prevelance
A report on what Russia is doing in the fight against HIV and AIDS
A report on the HIV and AIDS situation in China where discrimination is rife
Legalised organ selling, health effects of the war in Uganda, and dancing off illness
A report on the ebola outbreak in Congo and a global re-emergence of rickets
Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDI),obstetric fistula, foetal alcohol syndrome
An investigation into the debate over medical jargon and whether it is necessary
A report about the hepatitis virus which has five variants, A, B, C, D and E
Iranian earthquake, saving a child's life, a code of practice for UK assisted conceptions
A report on the spread of infectious diseases, malaria, polio, sleeping sickness and SARS
BMI debate, traditional healthcare stereotypes and a look at kangaroo care
Asian bird flu outbreak, who benefits from clinical drug trials and research serendipity
Down's Syndrome update, and controversy over the compulsory screening of UK immigrants
Childhood cancer in the developing world, and overcoming Down's Syndrome prejudice
Cancer and antibiotics, the final push against polio, and rats used to fight tuberculosis
Conference on sexual health in South Africa, and getting young people to talk about sex
Part of a series exploring the physical and emotional events we experience in later life
Part of series looking at later life, this week examines how ageing affects men and women
A series of programmes on later life- how we can expect to be treated if we reach old age?
