Unusual Times
A very Unusual year...
Adam looks back at the year and talks with Ben Weisz from the Politix and Chill podcast.
- 26 mins
- 22 Dec 2020
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Health & Wellbeing
Personal BestA Christmas Meditation
Take some time out as Jan Barclay guides you through a Christmas meditation.
- 27 mins
- 20 Dec 2018
Shetland's HeartbeatVisual Impairment
Macular degeneration; the NHS video conferencing appointment system; and crystal healing.
- 49 mins
- 17 Oct 2018
Bridging the Morphine GapMukti Jain Campion asks why India's people have virtually no access to medical morphine.
- 30 mins
- 03 Mar 2008
Catching up with CancerEpisode 2
Penny looks at the new strategy announced last year and assesses its prospects of success.
- 30 mins
- 05 Feb 2008
Warding of the GermsEpisode 2
Winifred Robinson visits the isolation facilities available for patients in Holland.
- 30 mins
- 19 Feb 2007
Quest for a CurePeter Day visits Washington DC to see whether the regulators will licence an HIV-Aids drug
- 30 mins
- 03 Oct 2007
Farewell Doctor FinlayEpisode 2
Dr Margaret McCartney tells the story of general practice from the 50s to the present day.
- 28 mins
- 15 Jul 2016
The WaitingRaymond Tallis describes how the act of waiting pervades so much of our daily lives.
- 30 mins
- 20 Aug 2014
The Life in My Head: From Stroke to Brain AttackEpisode 2
Robert McCrum goes through a two-week rehabilitation course to rejuvenate his left side.
- 28 mins
- 09 Mar 2015
Fidget on FourDr Kat Arney examines the potential health benefits of jiggling and doodling.
- 28 mins
- 31 Dec 2019
The End of Drug DiscoveryGeoff Watts asks why the source of new medical drugs is drying up.
- 38 mins
- 22 May 2012
Boot Camp on a Boat: Still Sailing?Jolyon Jenkins returns to Hull to report on an innovative yacht scheme for young NEETs.
- 28 mins
- 05 Mar 2012
Viral ExposureThe US
How the coronavirus crisis reveals the inefficiency and expense of American medicine.
- 14 mins
- 01 May 2020
Treating Tumours: Old Drug, New TricksAn old antidepressant has unexpected anticancer properties, but no-one is developing it.
- 40 mins
- 23 Aug 2011
In Sickness and in Social CareSeries 1
What's the Solution?
Dr Kevin Fong explores ways to improve the health and social care needs of the elderly.
- 28 mins
- 12 Sep 2017
Check UpBack Pain
Barbara Myers and GP Dr Stephen Longworth answer callers' questions about back pain.
- 27 mins
The Wonder Cure?Matthew Hill investigates the drug Champix and its possible links to psychiatric illness.
- 30 mins
- 27 Apr 2009
Type A Meet Type B!What makes people early or late risers?
- 30 mins
- 24 Mar 2009
Through the Looking GlassEdi Stark finds out about a little-know eye condition affecting thousands of UK people.
- 30 mins
- 13 Oct 2008