Interviews about Medicine

The human voice is a versatile tool, and changes dramatically throughout life. David Howard studies the voice...

How does your brain respond to music? Meera spoke to Professor Daniel Levitin...

Organ Rejection is a big problem, overcome by immuno-suppressant drugs. But these drugs are quite toxic and leaves...

A few weeks ago, we reported on the breakthrough where scientists in America had been able to build a beating heart in...

Could we generate electricity from the energy we waste while walking? Professor Max Donelan has developed a way to...

Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer for men in the UK, and now researchers at the Institute of Cancer...

Could something in your diet affect your emotions? Rising Star Caroline Stokes explains how you could eat your way out...

We suss out the facts of flu with Cambridge university researcher Ed Hutchinson...

We find out about a revolutionary new way to diagnose our winter bugs in two hours rather than two weeks. It’s going to...

We’ve already heard about how flu actually causes disease, how it invades us, how it hijacks our cells and makes us...

Do ants look tasty to you? These ones might do! Dr Steve Yanoviak and his team have found a species of ant which,...

One of the most common addictions on Earth is the addiction to cigarettes, so tobacco and nicotine addiction. A very...

Professor Barry Everitt tells us about the basis of addiction - What happens in the brain to get people hooked?

How does addiction change the brain? Professor Julie Kauer has found that the changes involved in becoming addicted...

Each term Cambridge University’s Rising Stars project helps young researchers to tell the world about their work. We...

It’s that time of the year when everyone is thinking, ‘how many inches extra, feet, pounds, stone have I gained over...

Are Christmas cracker jokes really funny? What does your choice of Christmas card say about you? We've got...

Which way of cooking do you think will have the best outcome for the healthiness of your sprouts? We sent out Ben to...

In the East of England recently we’ve had a big outbreak of a problem caused by Norovirus, a virus that causes vomiting...

Alzheimer's disease affects 1 person in 5 over the age of 80, and can have devastating effect on the families of...

How does having Alzheimer's disease change the structure of the brain? Not much, actually. According to Peter...

Earworms - the annoying tunes that worm their way into your head, and just wont get out! Meera spoke to Daniel Levitin...