Medical Innovations

Some people are injecting a fraction of the standard dose of weight loss drugs and hoping to still receive the benefits, but many are doing so without any medical oversight and there could be risks. Makers of the drugs say they don't condone people modifying how they use their pr ...  Show more

Road accidents are a leading cause of death and injury around the world, and in 2020, the UN General Assembly set a target to reduce road deaths by 50% by 2030. Claudia Hammond is joined by BBC Health reporter Philippa Roxby to look at new research which explores how road injury ...  Show more

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Common tongue conditions (1:30), esketamine to reduce postpartum depression (5:50), testosterone replacement (7:40), artificial intelligence in mammography (10:50), rheumatoid arthritis (14:50), and brexpiprazole for agitation in Alzheimer disease (23:00). 

We look at two new pieces of health technology which allow medics to treat people without touching them. Breast cancer fatality rates in India are higher than in other countries because women are often reluctant to go for screening. A start up called Niramai wants to change this. ...  Show more