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Health Matters Episodes

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    The Link Between Poverty And Health

    Poverty and health, the man who can't get AIDS and the truth behind hallucinations

  2. Can Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔopathy Treat Breast Cancer?

    Treating breast cancer with both orthodox medicine and homeopathy

  3. Health Workers Doing Extraordinary Things

    A report on how ordinary people are doing extraordinary things

  4. Mass Hysteria In Macedonian

    Treatment for stomach cancer; a cap to prevent hairloss, a mysterious illness in Macedonia

  5. Beating Guinea Worm

    Eradicating guinea worm, winter-time blues, whether Bond should carry a health warning

  6. Yemen's Polio Epidemic

    Polio immunisation in Yemen, a cure for a dry mouth and clumsiness in children

  7. Chagas Disease

    The Masai make the headlines, the right to die without pain and Chagas disease

  8. Baby Formula Manufacturers Under Fire

    Skin graft breakthough, how one girl has toes for fingers and an update on baby milk

  9. Eczema - Stopping The Itch Scratch Cycle

    News for eczema and tinnitus sufferers, how the internet is helping the terminally ill

  10. Frankincense And Myrrh

    Taking your pulse, a 2000 year old cure for smelly feet, gifts for a king and hair history

  11. How Sharing Is Helping Caring

    Caring and sharing, how health care workers exchange their expertise around the world

  12. Beating A Way To Good Health

    The programme explores alternative therapies including sea-water, chanting and drumming

  13. When Mental Health Is A Racist Issue

    Ginger power, population growth in Turkey, inequalities in UK mental health services

  14. World Aids Day

    Feeling faint, the boy who feels no pain, and World AIDS Day

  15. Sex - What You Need To Know

    Positive thinking, and 'Sexplained' - an uncensored guide to sexual health

  16. Prostate Problems Explained

    Gynaecological cancers explored, how prostitutes stay healthy and prostate problems

  17. How To Treat Herpes

    Herpes advice, how your brain is what you eat, and ears for children born without them

  18. Pill-Free Contraception

    A new form of contraception for women, and the sex lives of prehistoric men and women

  19. Bob Champion's Cancer Awareness Crusade

    A report about the racing jockey Bob Champion and his raising of money for Cancer Research

  20. Could Mosquito Nets Cure Asthma?

    Impregnated mosquito nets and asthma, a soup to ease diarrhoea, medicine in Nigeria

  21. Flying And Deep Vein Thrombosis

    How to keep healthy on aeroplanes, avoiding sunburn, an outbreak of meningitis in Romania

  22. What Is Depression And How To Cope With It

    A look at dealing with depression and how the condition affects its sufferers

  23. A Test To Predict Alzheimer's

    Bad breath, a health breakthrough, and news of a development in Alzheimer's disease

  24. Cancer - How, What And Why?

    Discussion on cancer, symptoms, treatment and prevention, and gossiping for good health

  25. Helping Others Against The Odds

    Three men who are pioneering tremendous changes in health care against the odds

  26. A New Approach to Pain Relief

    A new approach to anaesthetics and what can be done about child sex abuse?

  27. Treating Dysentery In Bangladesh

    A urine test for HIV, a connection between FGM and fistulas and dysentery in Bangladesh

  28. Heart Disease Scan Breakthrough

    Heart disease explored, including infections, operations and a powerful ultrasound scanner

  29. Bringing Sight To The Blind

    Restoring someone's sight after blindness has occurred

  30. Circumcision - To Cut Or Not To Cut?

    A debate on the health benefits of circumcision versus leaving the foreskin alone

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