Health Matters Episodes Episode guide
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Getting Medical Help To The Needy
Cancer screening; help in disaster zones; the link between cancer and nutrition
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Talking As Therapy For Bereaved Parents
Beating mental illness taboos in Fiji; and the launch of the UK's Child Bereavement Trust
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Why TB Is Making A Comeback
A look at why tuberculosis is making a comeback, and what is being done to treat it
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How Metal Detectors Are Replacing X-Rays
Life-saving metal detectors; social change and stress; a worldwide blood shortage
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Treating Sexually Transmitted Diseases
The fight to control STDS in Tanzania and Tonga; and plastic condoms replacing latex ones
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The First Ever World Alzheimer's Day
Diphtheria in the former Soviet Union; the first World Alzheimer's Day; vaginal thrush
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Abortion And A Woman's Right to Choose
The availablity and accessibility of abortion is discussed following a UN conference
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Treating And Preventing Sexually Transmitted Diseases
An examination of the global scale of sexually transmitted diseases
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Why We Need To Talk About Death
Talking about death, childbirth in Sarajevo; women's sexuality and fertility
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Breast Cancer - Treatment And Survival
Breast cancer, a sufferer shares her experience of treatment and recovery
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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
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How A Greek Diet Could Prevent Heart Disease
The Greek diet and heart disease; diet and pregnancy; and obstructive childbirth
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A Patient's Right To Know
Patients right to known about their healthcare; the causes of severe indigestion
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Living With Epilepsy
Epilepsy sufferers describe the effect of the condition and how they cope with it
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Health Matters: Exhibit Featuring Watson and Crick's First Double Helix Model
A visit to the London Science Museum exhibition Health Matters
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Leg Ulcer Clinics - The 'Cinderella' Service
Battling skin condition prejudices and misconceptions; and a visit to a leg ulcer clinic
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Baylor College of Medicine - Part Two
Health Matters visits one of the world's leading medical colleges and gets expert advice
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The Baylor College Of Medicine - Part One
Health Matters visits one of the world's leading medical colleges to get expert advice
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How Screening and HRT Are Helping Beat Osteoporosis
Doctors are hoping to prevent and treat osteoporosis through screening and HRT
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Nutrition Part 1 - Pregnancy, Breast Cancer And Diet
The impact of a healthy diet during pregnancy; linking diet to heart disease and strokes
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Helping People Find Their Voice
Stammering; cerebral palsy sufferers and how speech therapy can help
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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
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Mysterious Eye Disease Blinds Thousands of Cubans
Disabled children in Thailand; mysterious eye disease in Cuba; how to cover up in the sun
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Getting People Back to Work
Occupational therapy under the spotlight; sportsman, gadgets and therapies
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A Breakthrough In The Treatment Of Stomach Ulcers
An Indian ambulance service; new stomach ulcer treatments; WHO's latest health drive
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Beating Addiction
Breaking free of addiction; a computer test for health; more sex education please
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Why Fathers Get The Baby Blues Too
Post-natal depression in mums and dads and why we need to know about pre-eclampsia
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AIDS - Battling Taboos
Oral health week; AIDS ignorance; and cognitive therapy for people with mental illness
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Meningitis - The Warning Signs And How Vaccination Can Help
Cystic fibrosis treatments; uncoordinated children; meningitis warning
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Baby Special - Massage, Music and Mums
Baby special: babysitting premature babies; classical music and massage therapy
