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Health Matters

How advances in medical science help our understanding of what it means to be healthy

World Service,580 episodes

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Helping Orphans, Mothers And AIDS Sufferers In Hoima, Uganda
Helping orphans and the victims of AIDS, a report on the Hoima project in western Uganda
04 Aug 1994,13 mins
Breast Cancer - Treatment And Survival
Breast cancer, a sufferer shares her experience of treatment and recovery
17 Aug 1994,13 mins
Why We Need To Talk About Death
Talking about death, childbirth in Sarajevo; women's sexuality and fertility
25 Aug 1994,13 mins
Treating And Preventing Sexually Transmitted Diseases
An examination of the global scale of sexually transmitted diseases
25 Aug 1994,13 mins
Abortion And A Woman's Right to Choose
The availablity and accessibility of abortion is discussed following a UN conference
06 Sep 1994,13 mins
The First Ever World Alzheimer's Day
Diphtheria in the former Soviet Union; the first World Alzheimer's Day; vaginal thrush
14 Sep 1994,13 mins
Treating Sexually Transmitted Diseases
The fight to control STDS in Tanzania and Tonga; and plastic condoms replacing latex ones
22 Sep 1994,14 mins
How Metal Detectors Are Replacing X-Rays
Life-saving metal detectors; social change and stress; a worldwide blood shortage
29 Sep 1994,13 mins
Why TB Is Making A Comeback
A look at why tuberculosis is making a comeback, and what is being done to treat it
05 Oct 1994,13 mins
Talking As Therapy For Bereaved Parents
Beating mental illness taboos in Fiji; and the launch of the UK's Child Bereavement Trust
05 Oct 1994,13 mins
Getting Medical Help To The Needy
Cancer screening; help in disaster zones; the link between cancer and nutrition
12 Oct 1994,13 mins
Living With Depression
Clinical depression; coping with the death of a parent; hypnosis and giving up smoking
27 Oct 1994,13 mins
Trainee Surgeons Get On The Job Training
Malnutrition and disease; trainee surgeons learn on the job; UK sexual health charity
28 Oct 1994,13 mins
Helping The Victims Of Torture
An allergy special; and how one charity is helping torture survivors worldwide
11 Nov 1994,13 mins
Sleeping Sickness Epidemic Prompts Education Campaign
Guinea worm prevention in Nigeria; and a sleeping sickness epidemic hits parts of Africa
17 Nov 1994,13 mins
Getting Men To Talk About Impotence
Reports on a new home test kit for HIV; and getting men to talk about impotence
24 Nov 1994,13 mins
A Lesson In Fertility
Report from the Infertility Maze exhibition at the Science Museum in London
24 Nov 1994,13 mins
How Digital X-Rays Are Revolutionising Medicine
A visit to Hammersmith Hospital, London to look at innovative digital X-ray technology
25 Nov 1994,13 mins
The Health Book That Could Change Lives
Controlling malaria; healthcare in China; and a health book that could change lives
30 Nov 1994,13 mins
Family Planning And Support For Mothers in Sri Lanka
A visit to the Rural Women's Health Education Project in Sri Lanka.
19 Dec 1994,13 mins
The Myth of Memory Loss
A dialysis machine that works during sleep; language and brain damage; and memory loss
20 Dec 1994,13 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
20 Dec 1994,13 mins
Celebrating The Inventor Of Antibiotics
Centenary of Louis Pasteur's death and how vitamin and mineral supplements save lives
11 Jan 1995,13 mins
The Hazards of Working Underground
Advice for travellers, diarrhoea cure and cement dermatitis in Channel Tunnel workers
18 Jan 1995,13 mins
Ridding the World Of River Blindness
Focus on African private medical programmes and plans to eradicate river blindness
25 Jan 1995,13 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
01 Feb 1995,13 mins
The Discovery Of Lactobacillus
Hands and gloves, fingernail analysis and treating childhood diarrhoea
07 Feb 1995,13 mins
Diseases Of The Blood - Lupus And Sickle Cell Anaemia
Better understanding of lupus and sickle cell anaemia is helping advance their treatment
15 Feb 1995,13 mins
Advice For Piles Sufferers
Advice for piles sufferers, and how dogs are is helping the disabled improve their posture
21 Feb 1995,13 mins
Puppets, Poetry And Music Therapies
How poetry, music and puppet therapy are helping children and adults recover from illness
01 Mar 1995,8 mins