SciShow
Keep Calm And Recover From Surgery Faster
Can keeping calm before a surgery reduce negative outcomes? More than one study says "Yes."
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The gory history of barber surgeons | Stephanie Honchell Smith
It’s a cold morning in 15th century France and you’re off to the barber for a shave and haircut. You hear the familiar sound of singing inside and eye a bowl of blood in the window. You grab a cup of ale and examine the array of teeth...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: 3 tips on how to study effectively | TED-Ed
A 2006 study took a class of surgical residents and split them into two groups. Each received the same study materials, but one group was told to use specific study methods. When tested a month later, this group performed significantly...
TED Talks
Catherine Mohr: Surgery's past, present and robotic future
Surgeon and inventor Catherine Mohr tours the history of surgery (and its pre-painkiller, pre-antiseptic past), then demos some of the newest tools for surgery through tiny incisions, performed using nimble robot hands. Fascinating --...
TED Talks
Erica Frenkel: The universal anesthesia machine
What if you're in surgery and the power goes out? No lights, no oxygen -- and your anesthesia stops flowing. It happens constantly in hospitals throughout the world, turning routine procedures into tragedies. Erica Frenkel demos one...
SciShow
4 Body Parts Discovered in the Last 10 Years
Did you know we are still discovering completely new pieces of our anatomies? Even in the last decade, we've found multiple new body parts, including some you can see with the naked eye!
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How does anesthesia work? - Steven Zheng
When under anesthesia, you can't move, form memories, or -- hopefully -- feel pain. And while it might just seem like you are asleep for that time, you actually aren't. What's going on? Steven Zheng explains what we know about the...
Curated Video
High Demand for Cataract Surgery in Konchi, Ethiopia
Before finishing setup, a line of patients forms at the Konchi eye camp, where many will camp overnight to secure a spot for vision-restoring surgery. Within an hour, the week's waiting list is nearly full, with patients traveling from...
MarketWatch
Open enrollment: how to pick the right insurance plan
Health insurance and medical care are expensive, but you can take steps to make these costs more manageable. Here’s what to consider when choosing your insurance plan.
SWPictures
USNS Comfort: Bringing Medical Relief to Central America
The video showcases the US Navy's humanitarian mission through their hospital ship, the USNS Comfort. The crew, consisting of military doctors, nurses, and health workers, provide medical relief and surgical care to local communities in...
SWPictures
US Navy Ship Performs Cataract Surgeries in Guatemala
This video showcases the USNS Comfort, a military hospital ship that has been deployed to Latin America on a humanitarian mission to provide advanced medical care to those in need. The focus of the video is on the treatment of cataracts,...
Science360
Computational biology of cancer
Endometrial cancer affects 48,000 women per year in the United States. For patients with tumors greater than two centimeters in diameter, the effected organ(s) and lymph nodes may be surgically removed. Yet post-surgery analysis shows...
Barcroft Media
Learning To Love My Facial Scars
NEW YORK - MARCH 27: HAVING a giant birthmark has taught a body positivity advocate how to accept herself for who she is and spread an inspiring message of self-love. Nathalia, of Los Angeles, was born in Brazil with a rare condition...
Barcroft Media
The Girl Who Doctors Can't Diagnose | BORN DIFFERENT
FLORIDA, UNITED STATES - UNDATED: NINE-YEAR-OLD Katie Renfroe suffers with a condition so rare that it doesn't even have a name. Katie was diagnosed with megalencephaly at birth, a growth development disorder characterised by the...
Barcroft Media
My Incredible Son With No Eyes | BORN DIFFERENT
A mother and her inspiring six-year-old son who was born with a gap in his face is raising awareness of the treatment of people with facial differences. Christian Buchanan from Woodbury, Tennessee, was born with Tessier cleft lip and...
Coach Dan Blewett
Can Sitting the Bench Make You Better in the Long Run?
Learn how spending time on the bench can increase your passion for the game, make you a better teammate and harder working player...
Barcroft Media
Barbie Wannabe Has Eye Surgery To Look More Caucasian | HOOKED ON THE LOOK
A SELF-proclaimed ‘human doll’ has had eyelid surgery to make her appear more Caucasian - like her style icon Barbie. Ophelia Vanity, from Los Angeles, California, is half-Chinese by heritage - but spent $4,000 on a blepharoplasty to...
Barcroft Media
My Incredible Son With No Eyes
WOODBURY, TENNESSEE - 7 NOV: A mother and her inspiring six-year-old son who was born with a gap in his face is raising awareness of the treatment of people with facial differences. Christian Buchanan from Woodbury, Tennessee, was born...
Curated Video
Tiger Woods Inducted Into Golf Hall Of Fame
The induction of Woods, Tim Finchem, Susie Maxwell Berning and Marion Hollins brought the Hall of Fame to 164 members.
Curated Video
Hospitals Face Patient Backlog, Financial Issues After COVID-19
A new Newsy/Ipsos poll found 33% of people surveyed have postponed or skipped in-person medical care out of fear of contracting COVID-19.
Curated Video
Volunteers donate brain tissue to help researchers
Though Genette Hofmann is still using her brain, last month she donated a bit of it — to science.
Curated Video
Irish teen getting reconstructed face
HEADLINE: Irish teen getting reconstructed face
CAPTION: An Irish teen who suffers from a rare medical condition called otofacial syndrome is undergoing surgery to correct the facial deformity. Last summer, surgeons at Mt. Sinai...