Bryn Nelson visits a group in Seattle to explore what life is like when you struggle to swallow.
Bean: The Dog Who Couldn’t Swallow
For some people with swallowing difficulties, hope is a wagging tail. By Bryn Nelson.
For some people with swallowing difficulties, hope is a wagging tail. By Bryn Nelson.
Making Sense of a Miscarriage
Holly Cave wants to know why her pregnancy ended at nine weeks. There are no easy answers, but talking about miscarriage could help us change the way we think about it.
Holly Cave wants to know why her pregnancy ended at nine weeks. There are no easy answers, but talking about miscarriage could help us change the way we think about it.
Why We Are All Being Let Down by the Lack of Research Into Menopause
There are a few things science doesn’t know about the menopause: what it’s for, how it works and how best to treat it. Approaching her second – yes, second – menopause, Rose George finds herself with more questions than answers.
There are a few things science doesn’t know about the menopause: what it’s for, how it works and how best to treat it. Approaching her second – yes, second – menopause, Rose George finds herself with more questions than answers.
The Diet That Can Cure Epilepsy
If the drugs don’t work, doctors can prescribe a special diet for people with epilepsy that will often stop or reduce their seizures. Emma Young reports.
If the drugs don’t work, doctors can prescribe a special diet for people with epilepsy that will often stop or reduce their seizures. Emma Young reports.
Prep: Why I’m Part of the Trial for the HIV Prevention Pill
Touted as a way to end HIV within a generation, the HIV prevention pill (PrEP) is being trialled in the UK. We hear from Zia, an artist, activist and educator, about taking it.
Touted as a way to end HIV within a generation, the HIV prevention pill (PrEP) is being trialled in the UK. We hear from Zia, an artist, activist and educator, about taking it.
How Rwanda Could Be the First Country to Wipe out Cervical Cancer
The East African country’s campaign to end cervical cancer through the HPV vaccine has had to overcome cultural taboos and rumours about infertility – but it’s saving lives.
The East African country’s campaign to end cervical cancer through the HPV vaccine has had to overcome cultural taboos and rumours about infertility – but it’s saving lives.
Wherever You Are, Time Is Running out for Treating Gonorrhoea
Two-thirds of countries have reported gonorrhoea cases that resist all known antibiotics. Now scientists are trying to hold the line against the disease as they look for a new way to treat it.
Two-thirds of countries have reported gonorrhoea cases that resist all known antibiotics. Now scientists are trying to hold the line against the disease as they look for a new way to treat it.
How to Diagnose Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Virginia Gewin gets to grips with a fundamental problem in chronic fatigue syndrome research – how to know it when you see it.
Virginia Gewin gets to grips with a fundamental problem in chronic fatigue syndrome research – how to know it when you see it.
This Disease Kills Half the People It Infects. so Why Isn’t More Being Done?
Melioidosis is a bacterial infection that quietly causes thousands of deaths each year. Meet the doctor who made it his mission to make the world take notice.
Melioidosis is a bacterial infection that quietly causes thousands of deaths each year. Meet the doctor who made it his mission to make the world take notice.
Arrested Development
A handful of girls seem to defy one of the biggest certainties in life: Ageing. Virginia Hughes reports.
A handful of girls seem to defy one of the biggest certainties in life: Ageing. Virginia hughes reports.
If We Can Beat Ebola, Why Not Sleeping Sickness Too?
A disease that killed millions in the 20th century still lingers – and with it the threat of a new epidemic. Why? The answer may have been staring us in the face all along, as Michael Regnier discovered when he travelled to Guinea with scientists searching for the key to a medical mystery.
A disease that killed millions in the 20th century still lingers – and with it the threat of a new epidemic. Why? The answer may have been staring us in the face all along, as Michael Regnier discovered when he travelled to Guinea with scientists searching for the key to a medical mystery.
The Sex Workers Who Are Stopping HIV
Sex workers in Mozambique are providing health support to those at the margins of society. They face political and financial challenges, but against the odds they are helping thousands. Jules Montague reports.
Sex workers in Mozambique are providing health support to those at the margins of society. They face political and financial challenges, but against the odds they are helping thousands. Jules Montague reports.
How HIV Became a Matter of International Security
Governments around the world were slow to get to grips with HIV/AIDS. But a big change came when they started understanding it not just as a health issue but as a security threat too. Alexandra Ossola investigates.
Governments around the world were slow to get to grips with HIV/AIDS. But a big change came when they started understanding it not just as a health issue but as a security threat too. Alexandra Ossola investigates.
Why We Need to Start Listening to Insects
You may not think of the buzz and whine of insects as musical, but the distinctive pitch of mosquito wingbeats could tell us how to fight malaria. Daniel A Gross meets the researchers who are pricking up their ears.
You may not think of the buzz and whine of insects as musical, but the distinctive pitch of mosquito wingbeats could tell us how to fight malaria. Daniel A Gross meets the researchers who are pricking up their ears.
Will Illegal Bushmeat Bring the Next Global Outbreak?
Bushmeat, from wild animals captured for food, is a staple in parts of Africa and a delicacy in Europe and beyond. But could smuggled bushmeat expose us to the next big infectious disease? Akshat Rathi finds out.
Bushmeat, from wild animals captured for food, is a staple in parts of Africa and a delicacy in Europe and beyond. But could smuggled bushmeat expose us to the next big infectious disease? Akshat Rathi finds out.