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Moments in Medicine podcast - Clothing as Medicine
Friday, 15 May 2009
Featuring the history of the corset, the second in our series of Moments in Medicine podcasts explores the way that clothing has been used to both prevent and even cure disease.
Hay fever: How to ease the sneezing
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Hay fever affects a quarter of the British population, yet few of us understand what causes it. Camilla Pemberton reports on the latest research, the best treatments – and the prospects for a cure
Mums: A vital lifeline for our injured soldiers
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
When Frances Shine’s son, Stephen, was seriously injured in Iraq, she put her life on hold to care for him. Now she wants to help other soldiers’ families
Jeremy Laurance: For your health’s sake, kiss someone with swine flu today
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
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Moments in Medicine podcast - The History of Fat
Friday, 8 May 2009
Featuring the history of fat and our body image down the centuries, the first in our series of Moments in Medicine podcasts explores the impact medicine has on our lives and how it has changed through the ages.
The links between mental illness and creativity
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
Roger Dobson: All too often, creativity goes hand in hand with mental illness. Now we're starting to understand why.
Jeremy Laurance: For the first time, patients can vote with their feet
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
Medical Life
Soya: good or bad for you?
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
Soya can help prevent cancer – yet some research suggests it actually raises the risk. So should we be eating it or not? By Helen Brown
Tracking swine flu - Live map
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
Follow the incoming reports of swine flu globally with the below map, updated by users with reports of potential cases.
Can weight-loss pills work?
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
Laura Martin: The first over-the-counter weight loss drug has arrived in chemists. But there is doubt that tablets can ever help us
Best friends - now baby makes three
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
When Katy Regan slept with her best friend, she never imagined the result would be a son, Fergus. The pair still live apart, but they raise their son together – and they wouldn't have it any other way
What's wrong with you? It depends where you live
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
Jeremy Laurance looks at how different countries treat the same symptoms
Victorian diseases: Back from the dead
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
Charles Dickens knew more than he would have wished about scarlet fever. His son, Charley, was afflicted by it, causing the family to leave Paris hurriedly and return to London in 1847, and it featured in several of his novels. It was a much-feared disease that caused devastating epidemics through the 19th and early 20th centuries, resulting in thousands of deaths.
Why we are becoming worried sick
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
Are you stalked by irrational fears? You're not alone. Clinical anxiety is four times more common than depression – and it's on the rise. What's causing the panic? Celia Dodd investigates
'My baby should be alive'
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
Ella Harman survived for only one week. Yet her death need never have happened. For her parents, it was a tragedy – and thousands of other families every year face the same agonising loss. Kate Hilpern reports
Children's medicine: Give pills the push
Tuesday, 14 April 2009
Most over-the-counter remedies for children are of little use – and some may even be harmful, says A&E medic Dr Simon Reilly. So what are the best ways to treat a sick or feverish child?
Worry more, live longer
Tuesday, 14 April 2009
Stress may not be the one-way ticket to an early grave that most of us assume. In fact, it could do wonders for the immune system and even keep cancers at bay. Kate Hilpern examines the evidence
Jeremy Laurance: What the Government has really done for the NHS
Tuesday, 14 April 2009
Are you among those who accuse the Labour Government of betraying the NHS's founding principles by promoting privatisation of the service? If so, consider this...
Christopher Hamilton: I'm not the man I was
Monday, 13 April 2009
Unaware of the volcanic eruption of hurt and indignation at its core, you could easily approach Christopher Hamilton's book, Middle Age, as a mere essay about chaps of 50 buying Fender Stratocasters and wearing denim.
A fine bromance
Sunday, 12 April 2009
Hugs are replacing handshakes, on the screen – in Hollywood and on British television – as men get in touch with their feelings for one another.
Why I gave my kidney to a stranger
Tuesday, 7 April 2009
Barbara Ryder is one of the very few people to have made a live organ donation to someone she'd never met. She tells Rob Sharp how she made her decision – and describes her special friendship with the man whose life she saved
Jeremy Laurance: Can the nanny state save us from our unhealthy diets?
Tuesday, 7 April 2009
Medical Life
The benefits of being positive
Tuesday, 7 April 2009
Happier people live longer, get fewer infections and feel less pain. Why is a positive attitude so vital to our health? Roger Dobson investigates
The 50 Best Fragrances
Saturday, 4 April 2009
From Chanel No 5 to Jil Sander’s Scent 79, Beth Dadswell picks classic perfumes and classy modern scents for men and women
Jeremy Laurance: 'Revealed: the real reason we should eat up our greens'
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
Medical Life
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