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Diabetes: South Asia Time Bomb

Anu Anand discovers why South Asians, like herself, are more at risk of type 2 diabetes.

12 Jan 2016,·26 mins

Diabetes: Nothing Good to Eat

Tonga - where obesity is the norm, and over 36% of adults suffer from type 2 diabetes.

19 Jan 2016,·26 mins

Diabetes: Challenge in the Bronx

In New York, Hispanics, blacks and other ethnic minorities suffer high rates of diabetes.

26 Jan 2016,·26 mins

Diabetes: Sugar, Death and Taxes

Mexico’s government has introduced the first-ever sugary drinks tax to combat diabetes

02 Feb 2016,·26 mins

The Truth About Diabetes Debate

A live debate on the impact of diabetes on world health and options for action.

05 Feb 2016,·49 mins

Dying in Comfort in Mongolia

The Mongolian matriarch who is helping people with terminal liver cancer die in comfort

12 Jun 2017,·26 mins

Taking On Tobacco - Lung Cancer in Uruguay

Uruguay takes on Big Tobacco in crusade to save its citizens

19 Jun 2017,·26 mins

Screening and Treating Cervical Cancer in Tanzania

Anu Anand on how vinegar and a head torch are used to tackle cervical cancer in Tanzania.

26 Jun 2017,·26 mins

The USA’s Deadly Racial Divide: Black women and Breast Cancer

Why are more black women more likely to die of breast cancer in the US?

03 Jul 2017,·26 mins

Catching Prostate Cancer Early in Trinidad

Anu Anand on detecting and treating prostate cancer in Trinidad and Tobago.

10 Jul 2017,·26 mins

Eating Well in Lyon: Healthy Diets to prevent Bowel Cancer

Anu Anand is in Lyon, looking at what we eat and drink and the risk of bowel cancer

17 Jul 2017,·26 mins

The Business of Failure

Dr Kevin Fong explores the problems with the US air ambulance industry.

11 Jul 2016,·26 mins

“Faster, Better, Cheaper”

Kevin Fong explores the success and failure of NASA’s missions to Mars

18 Jul 2016,·26 mins

Going Lean: Health and the Toyota Way

Kevin Fong explores how car manufacturing is helping healthcare

25 Jul 2016,·26 mins

Failing Gracefully

The role technology plays in high-risk systemsand what it means for healthcare

01 Aug 2016,·26 mins

The Fight Against Aids

The breakthroughs that have transformed Aids from a death sentence to a treatable disease

06 May 2015,·28 mins

AIDS in Britain and America

Lord Fowler asks why some nations are failing to reduce the harm from HIV/Aids.

13 May 2015,·28 mins

AIDS in Russia and Australia

What works - and what doesn't - when it comes to tackling HIV/Aids?

20 May 2015,·28 mins

AIDS in Uganda

Leading Ugandan doctor, Peter Mugyenyi, on the realities of HIV therapy in his country

27 May 2015,·28 mins

AIDS in the Philippines

Dr Margarita Holmes examines the ethical and personal dilemmas facing people with HIV

03 Jun 2015,·28 mins

Life and Death: Fertility on a Shoestring

The programmes offering infertility treatment at a fraction of the cost in South Africa

25 Jun 2014,·28 mins

Life and Death: Born Too Soon

Claudia Hammond investigates how to save the lives of premature babies

02 Jul 2014,·28 mins

Life and Death: Babies' Minds

Why babies' laughter is key to how their minds work

09 Jul 2014,·28 mins

Life and Death: What is Killing Us?

India’s One Million Deaths project studies how people die to help the living

16 Jul 2014,·28 mins

Life and Death: When Are we Dead?

The pivotal role religion plays in decisions about death and dying in Israel

24 Sep 2014,·28 mins

Life and Death: Bereavement Without a Body

The Cypriots grieving for loved ones still yet to be found

01 Oct 2014,·28 mins

Mental Health: Mad or Sad

Is mental illness universal, or tightly bound to the culture in which we live?

31 May 2013,·28 mins

Mental Health: Children and War

Protecting young minds – the impact of war and conflict on children

07 Jun 2013,·28 mins

Mental Health: Four Walls

Psychologists and political prisoners reveal how to stay sane in solitary confinement

14 Jun 2013,·28 mins

Mental Health: Healing Norway

Norway’s novel attempts to heal its citizens two years from the Anders Breivik murders

21 Jun 2013,·28 mins