Treatments
Dr Chris Smith: Sustained immune response 'likely'
Virologist Dr Chris Smith returns to answer more questions about the emerging science around the novel coronavirus pandemic. A consultant clinical virologist at Cambridge University, and one of BBC… Audio
New NZ study on medical cannabis shows positive results
Auckland University along with the country's first medical cannabis clinic has released the results of their combined study of 400 patients. Audio
Advice to government is to make drug courts permanent
Professor Warren Brookbanks talks about why the alcohol and drug treatments court trials have worked and worth making permanent. Audio
Sensing cancer: real time tumour monitoring
The traditional way of diagnosing if someone has cancer involves blood tests, medical imaging and taking tissue samples or biopsies. But a team from The Broad Institute in Massachusetts are using… Audio
Epilepsy: causes and treatments
Dr Ian Rosemergy has a particular interest in epilepsy. He's a consultant neurologist and the clinical leader for neurology at Capital & Coast DHB. Audio
Cancer - causes and treatments
Sarah Allinson of Lancaster University has reviewed two recent but contradictory studies in the journals Nature and Science looking at the causes of cancer. So how much is down to lifestyle choices… Audio
Naked Science
Naked Science with Dr Chris Smith and how newborn babies feel pain. Also Facebook gives us some solid evidence of the "echo chamber" effect online, and scientists unveil the prospect of a more… Audio
Alcoholics Anonymous: does it work?
Alcoholics Anonymous has been around for 80 years, but can the support group for recovering alcoholics really claim to be effective? We speak to journalist Gabrielle Glaser who says it's outdated… Audio
Fighting cancer using our immune system
Jordan Green is a biomedical engineer from Johns Hopkins University who's trying to train our immune systems to fight cancer. Audio