H7N9: Get up to scratch with this new strain of bird flu. Where's it from, who's got it, and how deadly is it? Also, problems mounting for Syrian refugees and we're joined by some of the winners of this year's Grand Challenges Canada funding...

Under the bridge: A US Supreme Court decision on genes and patent trolls, and the UK proposes its first drug-use rooms for heroin and cocaine addicts.

Smoking on screen: the number of smoking scenes in youth-rated US movies has doubled between 2010 and 2012. Should all films containing smoking scenes be R-rated? Tune in to find out more.

Evergreen no more: is the game up for Novartis' patent-prolonging practices in India? We discuss the fallout from India's recent victory over Novartis in their long-running patent war.

No country for old men: the number of Alzheimer's deaths in the USA have increased by nearly 70% in the past decade. We ask why. Also in the podcast, India gets tough on rape...

Going for gold: we're joined by Lord Seb Coe, the UK Olympics Legacy Ambassador, who tells us how he plans to make sure that London 2012 leaves the UK-and the rest of the world-a healthier place.

Pygmy problems: Congo's pygmy population has disturbingly low access to maternal health care. Also in the Podcast, plans to reduce the number of paediatric cardiology units in the UK hit a stumbling block, alarming rates of child abuse in Australia...

Citizen Science: in a health technology double-header, we discuss a computer game to help cure cancer and an app to train the next generation of surgeons. Also in the podcast, gonorrhoea in the UK, the arrest of 20 doctors in Niger...

The road to Damascus: Typhoid breaks out in Syria as the medical infrastructure crumbles. Also in the podcast, mental health in Indonesia, a victory for Chinese anti-counterfeiters, Afghan civilian casualties of war, smoking in New Zealand and Chile...

Tomayto, tomarto: We look at why the US FDA has said no to a new diabetes drug, but Europe and Japan have said yes. We also talk about treating psychological trauma in children (no one knows how), gender-based violence and HIV in the UK...