Nature and nurture: Mental health and illness Professor Robert Plomin is MRC Research Professor in Behavioural Genetics...
Getting a life: Limits to health in the 21st century Our health and longevity are affected by a multitude of...
Lifestyle diseases: The burden of choice? Take exercise, wear seatbelts, eat the right food, stay off...
Birth control, Death control and the Demographic Transition The improving survival rates of children, and the freedom to...
London can take it - psychological reactions to terrorism from the blitz to Bin Laden Professor Simon Wessely, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London This...
Hygeia and Panacea: Is prevention better than cure? Better sanitation and hygiene, coupled with immunization, have dramatically reduced...
Pathogens and parasites; plagues and pandemics The earliest gains in life expectancy were made by understanding...
The Times of Our Lives: A history of longevity Notwithstanding Bible stories, the average human lifespan has reached "three...
Front line infectious disease control at Britain's borders The series ended with a lecture bringing us up-to-date with...