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Full episode 02.09.10 | 00:30 - 01:00 UTC

In Good Shape - The Health Show

Ayurveda, the science of a long life, is an ancient Indian practise. It comprises far more than just oil massages and relaxation. But whether Ayurveda can really cure diseases is a subject of some debate. That's our main topic this week.

We'll also be looking at a way of making deaf people hear, examining a new method of treating some breast cancers and asking what happens when the thyroid gland becomes overactive.

Topics

Holistic Healing - how Ayurveda aims to balance body, mind and soul

Ayurveda is a thousand year old form of Indian medical practise. Traditional therapies aim at purifying the body, activating its self-healing powers and re-balancing bioenergies known as Doshas.

Traditional Treatments: a German hospital explores Ayurvedic medicine

Ancient Indian Ayurvedic teachings are enjoying increasing popularity in the West. One Berlin hospital has a department devoted to natural medicine where doctors are teaching Ayurvedic methods to patients.

Bionic Ear - how cochlear implants can help the deaf hear again

People whose hearing is so damaged that they don't respond to conventional hearing aids may nontheless be helped to hear again. A cochlear implant in the inner ear has provided a sense of sound to hearing-impaired children and adults, some of them with profound deafness. But the implant only works in people whose auditory nerve is still intact.

Tissue Therapy – intraoperative radiation offers hope to breast cancer sufferers

Until now a diagnosis of breast cancer is usually followed by surgery and long periods of radiation or chemotherapy. Now a method known as intraoperative radiation therapy can clear remaining tumor cells from the affected part of the breast right in the operating room in a single treatment.

But there are certain constraints: the original tumor must be smaller than two centimeters and it should not have formed metastheses. The method is also only suitable for patients past menopause.

Hormone Imbalance - how an overactive thyroid gland causes disease

Hormones regulated by the thyroid gland can affect the heart and circulation and influence growth and the body's performance. When this organ goes into overdrive it starts secreting too much thyroid hormone, causing the gland to swell up. Hyperthyroidism can cause respiratory problems as well high blood pressure and a number of mental disorders.