The body's still in winter mode and the pressure is on to do the annual spring thing. Plan the exercise, police the food intake and count alcohol units. But perhaps the fatigue is due to an often undiagnosed condition called Genetic Haemochromatosis (GH) which causes the body to absorb an overload of iron. According to Tuesday's Health Report (RTE Radio 1, 3.30 p.m.) one in five of the population in Ireland carries the gene, the highest concentration in the world. The condition can, if not diagnosed, lead to impotence, arthritis, diabetes and cirrhosis of the liver. Also on Tuesday iron deficiency which leads to anaemia, is looked at in Case Notes (BBC Radio 4, 9 p.m.) along with blood cancers and a new form of transplant for people who need new bloodmaking cells.
The targeting of individual cells, nanotechnology (the technology of thinness) is crucial in drug therapy as "there's no waste and the minimum amount of energy is used" according to Dr Donald Fitzmaurice in Small, Smaller, Smallest, the Thomas Davis Lecture (Monday, RTE Radio 1, 9 p.m.) Perhaps it's these new transplants and advances in technology that keeps Paul and his two children so optimistic about their future. All three are HIV positive, and feature in The Documentary On One: Living With The Aids Virus (RTE Radio 1, 7.05 p.m.)
Despite the in-your-face presence nowadays of all types of technology some individuals simply don't want to know. A BBC TV and radio campaign WebWise (Monday-Wednesday, BBC Radio 2, throughout the day) aims to help Internet virgins get to grips with the information superhighway. The spotlight is on the many areas of life that are now coming on-line: do the weekly shopping without leaving the house, track down books and records, research family history, find support groups, find romance, do the banking . . .
A NEW series of In Business returns on Monday with "A Boss's Guide" (BBC Radio 4, 8.30 p.m.) on the impending impact of Internet technology on business - organisations need to be convinced, as their US counterparts already have, that the cost of doing business can be reduced by using the Internet.
ON Thursday the superhighway visits the country when Connect (BBC Radio 4, 9 p.m.) looks at precision farming and the monitoring of large agricultural areas using satellites. It's possible to check the soil and tell what nutrients and fertilisers are needed and some combine harvesters can analyse the crop and field while harvesting. The only technology Duke Ellington fans need next week to celebrate his 100th is a wireless and their personal aural faculties. Programmes dedicated to the Duke include Composer of the Week (Monday to Friday, BBC Radio 3, noon), Jazz Notes (Monday to Thursday, BBC Radio 3, 11.30 p.m.), and Such Sweet Thunder (Tuesday, BBC Radio 2, 9 p.m.), the second of a three part series.