SWPictures
Global Collaboration in Bacterial Diagnosis in Vietnam
This video discusses the use of a special camera developed by a Vietnamese hospital that can take high-resolution photographs of bacterial samples. These pictures are then sent to Dutch experts who can discuss the case over a video link,...
Healthcare Triage
Trying to Control Blood Pressure Isn't Always the Right Move for the Elderly
I read a study a few weeks ago on blood pressure treatment for nursing home residents, and I almost ignored it. There are so many like it. But it's just ridiculous that this kind of stuff continues, and that we can't seem to do anything...
Espresso Media
What's Really in Your Chewing Gum?
In this video, the speaker explores the ingredients and concerns surrounding chewing gum. There are concerns about the safety of these ingredients, particularly vinyl acetate, which has been linked to adverse reactions in large doses....
Healthcare Triage
Planned Parenthood Withdraws from Title X Funding: What Does That Mean For Patients?
Title X is a federally funded Family Planning Program that has been around since 1970 as part of the Public Health Service Act. Following new restrictions on healthcare providers in clinics receiving Title X funding, Planned Parenthood...
Healthcare Triage
Medicare's Coverage Gaps and Out of Pocket Costs
One of the original justifications for Medicare is that older people have much higher health care needs and expenses. But there are a few common misunderstandings about health costs when people are older, including the idea that money...
Healthcare Triage
Doctors' White Coats Can Host a Lot of Bacteria
For a lot of doctors and patients, the physician's traditional white coat is a big part of a doctor's identity, and contributes to their authority. Those white coats can also spread disease! It turns out, fabrics in doctors coats can be...
Healthcare Triage
Where is the Waste in Health Spending?
Up to 25% of health spending in the US is wasteful. Where is that money being lost? What can we do about it?
Healthcare Triage
Telemedicine Can Improve Care, Especially for Underserved Patients
Aside from whatever a visit to the doctor costs you in money, it also costs you in time. A lot of it. Can we make that better? That's the topic of this week's Healthcare Triage.
60 Second Histories
William Harvey - circulation
William Harvey introduces himself and talks about his early years and his discoveries.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Daniel A. Kinderlehrer, MD - Recovery from Lyme Disease
Daniel Kinderlehrer, MD, is a nationally recognized physician with expertise in the fields of nutrition, allergy, environmental medicine, Lyme disease, and the healing of mind-body-spirit as a unified whole. He co-founded The New England...
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...
Next Animation Studio
US soldier undergoes double arm transplant
Brendan Marrocco, a former US soldier and quadruple amputee, successfully underwent double arm transplant surgery on Dec.18 last year at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. The surgery involved several hours of connecting the bones,...
Espresso Media
Taking Responsibility for Gum Pollution: Urging Corporations to Act
In this video, an activist against gum pollution, discusses the environmental impact of gum packaging and the lack of responsibility taken by manufacturers. She calls on corporations to invest in educating people about proper disposal...
Science360
Engineering a more efficient way to diagnose prostate cancer - Science Nation
To diagnose prostate cancer, urologists, such as John Wei, and pathologists, such as Scott Tomlins, at the University of Michigan Health System, use biomarkers, which are biochemical signatures in blood, urine and tissue that suggest the...
Healthcare Triage
Doctors and Depression
When Aaron was an intern, or a first-year doctor in training, he knew something was wrong with him. He had trouble sleeping. He had difficulty feeling joy. He was prone to crying at inopportune times. Even worse, he had trouble...
Healthcare Triage
Doctor Choice Can Be Limited with Medicare Advantage
Medicare Advantage are plans with private companies that contract with Medicare to deliver services. Some of these plans work great, but many of them have limited lists of approved providers, which can make finding a doctor difficult for...
Espresso Media
The Dangers of Plastic Pollution in the Great Lakes
In this video, chemist Sherry Mason discusses her research on the contamination of the Great Lakes with plastic particles. She highlights the alarming presence of plastic in the water, its harmful effects on marine life, and the...
Healthcare Triage
New Studies Adjust Our Thinking on Spinal Manipulation
Spinal manipulation for lower back pain turns out to be a thing. For a lot of reasond, MDs have been suspicious of chiropractors and other practitioners of spinal manipulation, but new studies indicate that spinal manipulation is as...
Healthcare Triage
Overestimation of Benefit
In previous episodes of Healthcare Triage, we've discussed how people often misunderstand risk and how it affects them. We've also talked about how you can calculate the explicit metrics of numbers needed to treat and harm. But people...
Healthcare Triage
Many Common Treatments Aren't Helpful
There are a surprising number of treatments that get accepted into mainstream care, and covered by insurance, despite the fact that there is little evidence that they work. There's even evidence that some of these treatments may be...
Healthcare Triage
Medicare and the Doc Fix: Healthcare Triage News
We've got a permanent doc fix. It's all about the sustainable growth rate. Confused? We'll help. This is Healthcare Triage News.
Healthcare Triage
The US Health Care System Needs Immigrants
By any objective measure, the United States doesn't train enough medical doctors to meet the nation's needs. That means graduates from other countries are needed. Aaron takes a look at foreign medical graduates, an essential element of...
Healthcare Triage
Got a Bad Diagnosis? Talk to Someone Who Has Been Through It
When someone gets a diagnosis, they should get lots of time with their doctors and nurses to talk and learn about the condition. This isn't always possible. Sometimes, it can be useful to talk to patients who have also been through the...
Next Animation Studio
Doctors ‘reanimate’ human heart from deceased donor
For the first time in the U.S, doctors have successfully “reanimated” a heart from a deceased donor, prior to the heart being transplanted to an adult recipient.