Curated Video
The Importance of Smell and Taste
This video discusses the importance of our sense of smell and taste in our daily lives and how their loss can impact our overall well-being. It explores various causes of impaired smell and taste, ranging from age-related decline to...
The March of Time
1952: X-RAY: WS Doctors examining, pointing & talking, x-ray of chest cavity. MCU X-ray of chest. X-radiation, xray, hospital, medical
MOT 1952: X-RAY: WS Doctors examining, pointing & talking, x-ray of chest cavity. MCU X-ray of chest. X-radiation, xray, hospital, medical
Curated Video
Civil War Innovation & Technology
It was the most destructive conflict in US history – but the American Civil War also saw the emergence of new technologies and innovations born from a will to win.
Barcroft Media
Being Disabled Doesn’t Stop Us Being Great Parents
WATFORD, UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 27: A FAMILY from Watford, England, want the world to know that life can be the same when living with disabilities. Faye Pearson, 29, and her husband Stevie, 26, are parents to 18-month-old Rowan. Both of...
Barcroft Media
World Famous Conjoined Twins Turn 18
CHHATTISGARH, INDIA - MARCH 14: CONJOINED twins Shivanath and Shivram Sahu say they have no regrets turning down offers to separate them - calling their condition a ‘gift from God’. The boys, who have just turned 18 and live near Raipur...
60 Second Histories
Ambroise Pare - An Alternative to Boiling Oil
Ambroise Pare explains how he found an alternative way to treat wounds.
60 Second Histories
Dr John Snow - unravelling a mystery
Part 5 of this series sees John Snow's continuing investigation into the cause of Cholera.
Healthcare Triage
Lawsuits as a Tool to Stifle Research
Health research is difficult for a bunch of reasons. One of those reasons is the practice of using lawsuits to stifle research. A researcher finds that a product is harmful, and the producers of that product attack the researcher in...
Professor Dave Explains
Introduction to Virology and Viral Classification
There are two main types of pathogens we will be focusing on in this series. The first was bacteria, and we just wrapped up a good amount of information on those. The next is viruses. These little things are much tinier than bacteria,...
60 Second Histories
Ambrose Pare - an introduction
An introduction to Ambroise Pare, his early career and his experience of treating wounds with boiling oil.
60 Second Histories
Mary Seacole; her travels
Part 3 of this series sees Mary explaining her decision to volunteer as a nurse in the Crimea.
Curated Video
Vivien Thomas: the Man who Helped Invent the Heart Surgery
Vivien Thomas was born on August 29, 1910, in New Iberia, Louisiana. He was the son of a carpenter and grandson of an enslaved man. He was a skilled carpenter who saved for seven years to pay for his education but lost it all during the...
Maddie Moate
Science Faction #3: STAR TREK | Maddie Moate
Welcome back to Science Faction! What technologies did Star Trek predict? I was bought up a Trekker, our household is decorated in Star Trek memorabilia and even our dogs choose Tribbles over any other dog toy! Now I came across this...
60 Second Histories
WW1 - Gangrene dressing
A WW1 nurse talks about her first experience of dressing a gangrene wound and the limited pain relief available
60 Second Histories
Dr John Snow - removing the pump handle
In part 6 of this series, John Snow describes how he presented his findings to authorities and persuaded them to remove the handle from the water pump in Broad Street.
60 Second Histories
Herophilus and Erasistratus
In this short video, Galen talks about the discoveries of Herophilus and Erasistratus
Flame Media
Walking a wire 21 stories up
In his series 'Redesign my Brain', award winning documentary maker Todd Sampson sets out to learn how to manage fear. To demonstrate it is possible to overcome fear Todd will walk on a wire across two skyscrapers – a world first for...
Curated Video
Types and Uses of Painkillers
There are two main types of painkillers: narcotic opioids and aspirin drugs. Narcotic opioids interfere with pain signals in the brain to alter the perception of pain, while aspirin drugs go to the source of pain by inhibiting the...
SWPictures
KILL OR CURE - New Weapon Against Malaria
A chemical developed by China for use by the Vietcong in the Vietnam War to fight malaria is providing new hope for million of malaria sufferers. The chemical called artemisinin, which is extracted from the ginghao plant, is providing...
Curated Video
Imhotep: Father of Medicine
Have you ever wondered how the medical profession came to be? or in fact who started the profession at all? Well, take a seat and prepare to be amazed because today’s episode is about Egyptian genius Imhotep the Father of modern...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Daniel A. Monti, MD, MBA - Tapestry of Health
Dr. Monti is Founding Director and CEO of the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health and founding Chair of the Department of Integrative Medicine and Nutritional Sciences at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson...
AllTime 10s
10 Weird Body Transplants
Science can do some pretty amazing things. But it can also do some pretty creepy, disturbing , and downright odd things. Here are 10 Weird Body Transplants that you can't look away from'
SWPictures
KILL OR CURE - Taking Fakes
The business of fake medicines is said to be worth $75billion a year. Developed world health systems have been targeted but life-saving drugs in the developing world are now being faked, with fatal results. We gained exclusive access to...
Next Animation Studio
Baby girl successfully undergoes skull remodelling operation in India
An Indian baby whose head swelled to almost three times its normal size successfully underwent a second round of reconstructive surgery on June 28 to correct her skull. Roona Begum was born with hydrocephalus, a condition in which an...