Weird History
Walter Freeman Jackson - The Man Who Invented The Lobotomy
Walter Jackson Freeman II was an evangelical neurosurgeon, vocal about his beliefs and touting a procedure of his own creation from the 1940s through the 1960s. It was called a lobotomy, an operation that involved inserting a sharp metal...
Healthcare Triage
Knee Surgery Doesn't Improve Outcomes, but We Still Do A LOT of Them
The news tells us that arthroscopic surgery for knee arthritis and meniscal tears isn't worth it. Healthcare Triage told you that a while ago. What's new? This is Healthcare Triage News.
SWPictures
Revolutionary Ultrasound Treatment for Cancer: A Clinical Trial Success Story
The video discusses a clinical trial being conducted at Churchill Hospital in Oxford, where doctors are using high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) to treat kidney and liver cancer. The video features David Atwell, a tennis player who...
Barcroft Media
Transgender Journey: Embracing Self-Acceptance and Finding Happiness
This video follows the journey of Cody Harmon, a 31-year-old individual who was assigned female at birth but transitioned to male through gender reassignment surgery and hormone therapy. Cody shares personal experiences of...
Healthcare Triage
Bariatric Surgery for Kids?
Childhood obesity is a rapidly growing problem in the United States, and one of our best tools for treating obesity in adults is bariatric surgery. So should this procedure become common in kids as well?
Flame Media
Real Future: Biohacking
In the mountains above the Mojave Desert, far from the nearest hospital or medical lab, a group of amateur bio-hackers is doing extreme, cutting-edge medical experiments on themselves, in an attempt to give themselves "superpowers" like...
Next Animation Studio
Sterile Box, decontamination station, offers safer surgeries in low-resource areas
Researchers at Rice University have created a mobile, solar-powered facility that can sterilize surgical instruments areas lacking the proper facilities. Called the Sterile Box, the station is built into a standard 20-foot steel shipping...
Science360
CANCER-CRUSHING QUEEN OF CRUSTACEANS
In episode 76, Jordan and Charlie explore research that packs a punch. A research team led by the Washington University in Saint Louis is building polarization cameras inspired by the incredible eyesight of the heavy-hitting mantis...
Healthcare Triage
Regional Difference in Procedures and Prices
You might think that once drugs, devices and medical procedures are shown to be effective, they quickly become available. You might also think that those shown not to work as well as alternatives are immediately discarded. Reasonable...
Barcroft Media
From Morbid Obesity to Skin Removal Surgery
This video tells the story of John Allaire, who went from weighing 540 pounds to 237 pounds through his journey of weight loss. He shares his struggles with obesity and the motivation he found in his relationship with his fiancée. The...
Healthcare Triage
Arthroscopic Knee Surgery Isn't Going to Fix Your Knee
People are still getting arthroscopic knee surgery? Do they not watch Healthcare Triage? As we've pointed out arthroscopic knee surgery is probably ineffective. But lots of people are still getting the surgery, in spite of the evidence.
Flame Media
Real Future: What is Transhumanism?
Lots of presidential candidates make bold promises, but only one candidate in this year's presidential election is offering the promise of eternal life. That's Zoltan Istvan, the first-ever presidential candidate from the Transhumanist...
Science360
Cancer-scanning device detects residual cancer cells post-surgery – Biotech’s future
Despite a surgeon’s best efforts, residual cancer cells often remain after a tumor is removed. Now, a technology from NSF-funded small business NovaScan detects cancer cells in living tissue in real-time. The cancer-scanning device has...
Barcroft Media
The Conjoined Twin Brothers Who Survived Separation
MUMBAI, INDIA - NOVEMBER 12: CONJOINED twin boys are thriving one year after separation surgery. Twins Prince and Love were born joint at the stomach, and a shared liver, urinary bladder, intestines and fused pelvic bones. But in...
IT'S HISTORY
Amputations in the Napoleonic Wars I IT'S HISTORY
In this episode we are going to talk about amputations in the Napoleonic Wars
Next Animation Studio
Indian hospital begins using popular surgery robot system
Ambani Hospital in Mumbai has launched a robotic surgical system, known as the Da Vinci system, performing 11 successful surgeries so far. The Da Vinci system is being used to perform complicated surgeries. The robot's precision...
Barcroft Media
Rodrigo Alves Has FOUR Ribs Removed | HOOKED ON THE LOOK
Rodrigo Alves has lost five inches off his waistline thanks to his controversial rib removal procedure - and he is hoping to shrink to a tiny 20-inch waist - if he keeps wearing corsets. The 34-year-old plastic surgery addict claims he...
Barcroft Media
My Rare Facial Deformity Nearly Ruined My Life
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CA - SEPTEMBER 19: AN INSPIRING young woman has taken it upon herself to become an advocate for the condition. Cynthia Murphy was born with the rare craniofacial disorder, Treacher Collins Syndrome - a genetic...
Curated Video
Can a cure for diabetes be found through surgery?
Diabetes is the fastest growing health crisis of our time. Could a common surgical procedure bolster hopes of finding a cure?
Science360
Artificial Retina
Kathy Blake is blind but two years ago she got a glimmer of hope. She heard about an artificial retina being developed by a company called Second Sight and the Doheny Eye Institute in Los Angeles. It was experimental, but Kathy was the...
My Genderation
Transgender Generations: Josie (70) and Poppy (11)
A heartwarming film where an older trans woman and a young trans girl talk about the generation differences between their childhoods
TMW Media
Cochlear Implants: The process behind cochlear implant surgery
Is it a difficult surgery? How many children in America can hear because of the implant? Cochlear Implants, Part 2
Barcroft Media
My Rare Facial Deformity Nearly Ruined My Life | BORN DIFFERENT
AN INSPIRING young woman has taken it upon herself to become an advocate for the condition. Cynthia Murphy was born with the rare craniofacial disorder, Treacher Collins Syndrome - a genetic disorder characterised by the deformity of the...
The Economist
How to cure diabetes
Diabetes is the fastest growing health crisis of our time. Could a common surgical procedure bolster hopes of finding a cure?