Programme exploring the limits and potential of the human mind
Series exploring how doctors decide what is normal and what is not
When are mentally ill patients really free to make decisions about their treatment?
Charities and voluntary organisations ask for donations or people to help in their work
Why are black and Asian people in Britain reluctant to act as blood and organ donors?
Jolyon Jenkins returns to Hull to report on an innovative yacht scheme for young NEETs.
Mukti Jain Campion asks why India's people have virtually no access to medical morphine.
Edi Stark explores broken heart syndrome, which is bought on by stress or shock.
Anita Anand investigates a new system designed to work out who is and isn't fit for work.
Medical programme exploring a different topic each week
Penny Marshall investigates cancer care in the UK
Medical discussion phone-in programme with weekly guest experts
James Reason explores how patient safety can be improved by doctors admitting mistakes
Dr Mark Lythgoe investigates the science of erasing memories.
Connie St Louis investigates ethnic marketing in the pharmaceutical industry.
Andrew Brown investigates the frontier of our knowledge about new brain cells.
Health Check grapples with health issues on a global scale. Presented by Claudia Hammond.
The secret histories of everyday objects and how they shaped the modern world.
Dr Kevin Fong looks at the birth of modern plastic surgery during World War II.
Dr Mark Lythgoe tells the untold story of medical imaging
Claudia Hammond looks at the government's plan to measure the nation's happiness.
Research is giving new insights into the relationship between mind and body.
Claudia Hammond investigates inflammation
Dr Mark Porter demystifies health issues, bringing clarity to conflicting advice
Claudia Hammond investigates how neursocience is heading for the classroom.
Winifred Robinson follows the fortunes of violent and damaged youngsters
A panel of experts explore the workings of clinical ethics committees
Surgery is a craft and historically has not been subject to scientific scrutiny until now.
Kate Cook explore what hope there is for a cure for her chronic tinnitus.
Series exploring the development of the science of psychology during the 20th century
How a Buddhist meditation technique became a cure-all for the ills of modern life.
Vivienne Parry explores how patients are taking control of their own treatment.
The only place where you can book a regular appointment with a GP on a Saturday.
Ben Goldacre investigates the latest research on the placebo effect
Professor Lucas performs a 'consented' post mortem, defending its contribution to medicine
Peter Day visits Washington DC to see whether the regulators will licence an HIV-Aids drug
Author Louise Welsh explores historic bubonic plague outbreaks in Scotland.
How the oldest people on the planet are helping scientists to unlock the secrets of ageing
Dr Chetna Kang and Sophie Sulehria focus on disability and mental health.
Claudia Hammond tells the story of mental health care in the UK from the 1950s to today
The NHS is paying people to be healthy. But does it really work? Claudia Hammond reports.
Claudia Hammond investigates the science of face recognition.
Penny Marshall asks if new super-sized polyclinics will mean the end of the family GP.
Dr Graham Easton explores how the brain deals with drugs and who might become an addict
Joshua Rozenberg examines new medical insights into the criminal mind.
Pallab Ghosh investigates the potential effects of anti-sleep drugs on society.
Has the drug Ecstasy bred a generation of depressed and forgetful forty-somethings?
Geoff Watts asks why the source of new medical drugs is drying up.
Bridget Kendall chairs The Forum, a place where guests discuss and challenge big ideas.
Robert McCrum journeys into his own brain to understand more about stroke.
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