Health Matters Episodes Episode guide
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The Benefits Of Breastfeeding
What are the benefits of breastfeeding, and why do so many mums prefer to bottle feed?
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Could Tinnitus Be Treated In The Mind?
Psychology and tinnitus, and using story time to explain Parkinson's disease to children
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Could Quitting Meat Make Us Healthier
Rationing and healthy eating, binge eating and the health benefits of vegetarianism
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How Thai Villagers Are Getting The Health Message
The Jaipur limb, how the Red Cross reunites families and Thai villagers get health lessons
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Diabetes - A Special Report
A special report on the disease which affects 100 million people worldwide
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The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Report from the annual open day at the world-famous hospital in the centre of London
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Medical Breakthrough In The Treatment Of Stomach Ulcers
A medical breakthrough - the cause and the cure for peptic ulcer disease
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The Fight Against Polio
Report on the World Health Organisation's global fight against polio
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Health In Britain - Haves And Have Nots
In Britain where you live and what work you do affects your health and life expectancy
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How A Simple Wipe Could Prevent Blindness At Birth
One in ten babies is born with an eye infection, often caused by a treatable STI
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Getting People To Talk About Bowel And Bladder Cancer
How embarrassment is preventing the effective treatment of bowel and bladder cancers
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Puppets, Poetry And Music Therapies
How poetry, music and puppet therapy are helping children and adults recover from illness
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Advice For Piles Sufferers
Advice for piles sufferers, and how dogs are is helping the disabled improve their posture
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Diseases Of The Blood - Lupus And Sickle Cell Anaemia
Better understanding of lupus and sickle cell anaemia is helping advance their treatment
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The Discovery Of Lactobacillus
Hands and gloves, fingernail analysis and treating childhood diarrhoea
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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
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Ridding the World Of River Blindness
Focus on African private medical programmes and plans to eradicate river blindness
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The Hazards of Working Underground
Advice for travellers, diarrhoea cure and cement dermatitis in Channel Tunnel workers
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Celebrating The Inventor Of Antibiotics
Centenary of Louis Pasteur's death and how vitamin and mineral supplements save lives
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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
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The Myth of Memory Loss
A dialysis machine that works during sleep; language and brain damage; and memory loss
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Family Planning And Support For Mothers in Sri Lanka
A visit to the Rural Women's Health Education Project in Sri Lanka.
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The Health Book That Could Change Lives
Controlling malaria; healthcare in China; and a health book that could change lives
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How Digital X-Rays Are Revolutionising Medicine
A visit to Hammersmith Hospital, London to look at innovative digital X-ray technology
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A Lesson In Fertility
Report from the Infertility Maze exhibition at the Science Museum in London
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Getting Men To Talk About Impotence
Reports on a new home test kit for HIV; and getting men to talk about impotence
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Sleeping Sickness Epidemic Prompts Education Campaign
Guinea worm prevention in Nigeria; and a sleeping sickness epidemic hits parts of Africa
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Helping The Victims Of Torture
An allergy special; and how one charity is helping torture survivors worldwide
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Trainee Surgeons Get On The Job Training
Malnutrition and disease; trainee surgeons learn on the job; UK sexual health charity
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Living With Depression
Clinical depression; coping with the death of a parent; hypnosis and giving up smoking
