Health Check Episodes Available now

29/06/2009
Polio. The secrets of ageing. Scourge of Hayfever. And the medical benefits of marijuana.

22/06/2009
Why are men more at risk from getting and dying from cancer? Claudia Hammond finds out.

Drugs Research
Funding for new drugs research and Kenya's first test tube babies

Mental Health
How disasters and trauma affect mental health

Space
Who would spend two years in a space capsule in the name of medicine?

HIV/Aids Conference
Researcher explore ways to reduce HIV transmission

Memory
A look at how memory starts when still in the womb

Breastfeeding
An estimated 6 million lives have been saved by exclusive breastfeeding

Sleep Rhythm and Regulation
The rhythm and regulation of when we wake and sleep

Darker Side of Sleep
Do you remember the most terrifying nightmare?