A look at new research that reveals how language training at an early age can boost children's intelligence levels by up to a year and a half.
Dr Sally Ward has been studying a group of children forthe last six years and finds out the techniques that parents can use to assist theirchildren's language development.
Also in atechnique new to Britain, how doctors can treat coronary heart disease with lasers in keyhole surgery, and from Japan, a high-tech solution to overcrowded graveyards.
Presented by Peter Snow and Philippa Forrester, with reports from Jez Nelson. Craig Doyle and AnyaSitaram.
Producer Daniel Barry ; Editor Saul Nasse
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