From fitness to friendship - ideas that changed the way we treat our bodies and minds
In 1997 obesity was first recognised as a global problem by the World Health Organisation
In the spring of 1988 a new kind of anti-depressant went on the market.
The "lady with the lamp" died on August 13th 1910.
How China's barefoot doctor scheme revolutionised rural healthcare.
In 1948 Britain launched the National Health Service, NHS
After WW2 US President Harry Truman argued for healthcare for all but his plan failed.
In July 1966, the US government health insurance programme Medicare came into force.
The story of a radical book about women鈥檚 health and sexuality.
How the cold war helped shape the creation of the WHO and what role China played.
How Dr John Snow found out the cholera bug was spread through contaminated water in 1854.
