Wednesday 10th March 2010

BBC 4 / 8:00 - 9:00pm

Growing Babies

Scientific Documentary

War in The Womb. Episode 1.
Laverne Antrobus investigates the theory of foetal-maternal conflict, an idea championed by evolutionary biologist David Haig and controversially believed by some to be blamed for a wide range of behavioural and psychological disorders such as Tourettes, depression and autism. She also meets a scientist who believes he has found the smoking gun of pre-eclampsia - a protein produced by foetal tissue that is capable of remodelling the maternal bloodstream to suit the foetus's goals.
(Stereo, Repeat, Widescreen, Subtitles)

Thursday 11th March 2010

BBC 1 / 9:15 - 10:00am

Fake Britain

Documentary

Fake Medicines.
Dominic Littlewood reveals the extent of fake medicines in the UK. We show how easy it is to purchase prescription drugs online without a prescription, and a shocking analysis of the contents of the drugs. We meet the victims of pharmaceutical industry fakes and see the work of the MHRA, the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Authority, as they try and track down the infiltration of fake medicine into the UK, as well as learning about the fake medicines which have found their way into the NHS.
(Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles)

Friday 12th March 2010

Channel 4 / 9:00 - 10:00pm

Embarrassing Bodies

Health

The Embarrassing Illnesses doctors are back, once again aiming to de-stigmatise common complaints that many people would rather ignore than take to their GP.

Monday 15th March 2010

BBC World Service Radio/ 10:32 - 11:00am

Health Check

Health

Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.

Wednesday 17th March 2010

BBC Radio Four/ 9:00 - 9:30pm

Revealing the Mind Bender General

Documentary

James Maw on the controversial psychiatrist Dr William Sargant, who tested drugs on his patients with, some say, catastrophic results. In the 1960s and 1970s he developed his controversial Deep Sleep Treatment in the Sleep Room of St Thomas's Hospital in London. James talks to some of those who worked under Sargant in the late 1960s and to some of his former patients, who all say that they are still suffering from his treatment to this day.
(Repeat)