Health Matters #1 - Miniaturising Medicine

As technology advances everything it seems is getting smaller and smaller. Over the years personal computers, mobile telephones and television 
sets have all shrunk to mere fractions of the size of their prototypes. Now technology is reducing the size of medical diagnostic equipment but the advantages to patients are enormous!
John Terrett reports.

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Health Matters #2 - Fighting The Insects

In the rich world it's often our lifestyle that makes us sick.
Junk foods, smoking and lack of exercise are major sources of illness. But in the poor world, preventable diseases kill many - for want of drugs that are readily available in developed countries. John Terrett reports on an inexpensive treatment that's helping poor farmers in East Africa reduce the risk of dying from insect-borne diseases.

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HealthMatters'05 #3 - Combatting Polio

The Western hemisphere eradicated polio fifteen years ago. But in India, millions live with the debilitating condition. Many don’t have access to rehabilitation services, or the expensive leg braces that would improve their lives. But now there’s a quicker, cheaper way to get people with polio back on their feet.
Julie Donnelly reports.

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Health Matters #4 - Medical Simulations

The advance of medical science is out-paced only by the advance of the new technology that's helping doctors with their work. A new high tech computer based system developed in Britain allows medical students to learn their skills and make mistakes in very life-like circumstances. As John Terrett explains the new equipment has been given a cute little name too.

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Health Matters #5 - Anti-Malaria Nets

When tourists prepare for a trip to Tanzania, they often include a course of anti-malarial drugs. But for the country’s rural citizens, the expensive drugs are often out of reach. But nets treated with insecticide can be a good alternative.
Julie Donnelly reports.

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