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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

Episodes

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The Disabled Helping Others
Two severely disabled people explain how they have used their condition to help others.
30 Jan 1992,14 mins
Heart Disease And The Sexes
Broken bones that heal themselves; gender and heart disease; and indigestible starch
05 Jan 1994,13 mins
Blood-Free Blood Banks
Stopping TB from spreading; being disabled in the former Soviet Union; and recycling blood
12 Jan 1994,13 mins
Facial Disfigurements And Discrimination
Self-help for chronic pain; cold weather, and an exhibition on facial disfigurements
18 Jan 1994,14 mins
Depression And The Treatment Of Head Injuries
How head injuries can cause psychological problems; new treatments for atopic eczema
26 Jan 1994,13 mins
My Eye 'Work Out' Helped Me See Again
Women and smoking; how eye exercises helped one man see again; is milk bad for us?
02 Feb 1994,13 mins
Why School is Good for Girls' Health
Help for shingles pain, a diet that could cure cancer; why girls need school for health
02 Feb 1994,13 mins
How a Stone Age Diet And Alcohol Could Be The Key to Good Health
Stone age diets; why alcohol could be good for us; Australian dancers get healthy
09 Feb 1994,13 mins
A Vaccine To Cure Malaria
A vaccine for Malaria; child mental health in Sri Lanka; and anger management
14 Feb 1994,13 mins
Nairobi Hospice - Offering Comfort To The Terminally Ill
Nairobi Hospice is the only project in East Africa dedicated to the care of the terminally ill.
22 Feb 1994,14 mins
Immunisation Helps Halve Neo-Natal Tetanus Deaths
Incontinence in women; specialist shoes for leprosy; tetanus immunisations and babies
23 Feb 1994,13 mins
Baby Special - Massage, Music and Mums
Baby special: babysitting premature babies; classical music and massage therapy
09 Mar 1994,14 mins
Meningitis - The Warning Signs And How Vaccination Can Help
Cystic fibrosis treatments; uncoordinated children; meningitis warning
23 Mar 1994,13 mins
AIDS - Battling Taboos
Oral health week; AIDS ignorance; and cognitive therapy for people with mental illness
30 Mar 1994,13 mins
Why Fathers Get The Baby Blues Too
Post-natal depression in mums and dads and why we need to know about pre-eclampsia
06 Apr 1994,13 mins
Beating Addiction
Breaking free of addiction; a computer test for health; more sex education please
13 Apr 1994,13 mins
A Breakthrough In The Treatment Of Stomach Ulcers
An Indian ambulance service; new stomach ulcer treatments; WHO's latest health drive
20 Apr 1994,13 mins
Getting People Back to Work
Occupational therapy under the spotlight; sportsman, gadgets and therapies
27 Apr 1994,13 mins
Mysterious Eye Disease Blinds Thousands of Cubans
Disabled children in Thailand; mysterious eye disease in Cuba; how to cover up in the sun
27 Apr 1994,13 mins
Nutrition Part 2 - Malnutrition, Breastfeeding And The Importance Of Diet In Preventing Cancer
Malnutrition and how to tackle it; how diet causes cancer and why breast really is best
03 May 1994,13 mins
Helping People Find Their Voice
Stammering; cerebral palsy sufferers and how speech therapy can help
03 May 1994,13 mins
Nutrition Part 1 - Pregnancy, Breast Cancer And Diet
The impact of a healthy diet during pregnancy; linking diet to heart disease and strokes
03 May 1994,13 mins
How Screening and HRT Are Helping Beat Osteoporosis
Doctors are hoping to prevent and treat osteoporosis through screening and HRT
03 Jun 1994,14 mins
The Baylor College Of Medicine - Part One
Health Matters visits one of the world's leading medical colleges to get expert advice
15 Jun 1994,13 mins
Baylor College of Medicine - Part Two
Health Matters visits one of the world's leading medical colleges and gets expert advice
15 Jun 1994,13 mins
Leg Ulcer Clinics - The 'Cinderella' Service
Battling skin condition prejudices and misconceptions; and a visit to a leg ulcer clinic
27 Jun 1994,13 mins
Health Matters: Exhibit Featuring Watson and Crick's First Double Helix Model
A visit to the London Science Museum exhibition Health Matters
27 Jun 1994,13 mins
Living With Epilepsy
Epilepsy sufferers describe the effect of the condition and how they cope with it
21 Jul 1994,13 mins
A Patient's Right To Know
Patients right to known about their healthcare; the causes of severe indigestion
22 Jul 1994,13 mins
How A Greek Diet Could Prevent Heart Disease
The Greek diet and heart disease; diet and pregnancy; and obstructive childbirth
22 Jul 1994,12 mins