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Catalyst University
A Brief History of Fat - [Part 1 3]
In this segment, we discuss the failure of modern medicine to keep up with changes in scientific thought on lipids such as cholesterol. We also discuss several modes of regulation on cholesterol levels in the body.
KERA
Poverty’s Effects on Children
One in five North Texas children live in poverty and more than a quarter million are hungry. A recent report by Children’s Health, a hospital network in Dallas, found that children living in poverty are seven times more likely to be in...
Healthcare Triage
The Implications of "Public Charge" on Immigrant Children
The Trump administration has put forth a rule change for immigration saying that if an immigrant gets one of a number of benefits from the government, it could lead to their being denied legal permanent residency or entry to the US. Will...
Curated Video
Civil War Hospitals
The medical hospitals established during the American Civil War helped save thousands of lives – and change how the US military cares for troops to this day.
Healthcare Triage
AIDS Research and Cool Jobs in the Midwest/East Africa, featuring Dr. Rachel Vreeman
This week on the HCT podcast, we're talking to Dr. Rachel Vreeman, who is going to tell us about her super cool job. She works on a partnership between a hospital in Indiana and a hospital in Kenya, and researches AIDS treatment in...
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Deep Space Healthcare
Nancy Fleming and Kris Lehnhardt describe the challenges of providing the necessary medical capabilities to astronauts traveling deeper into space. This is part three of a six part series on NASA’s Human Research Program. HWHAP Episode 125.
Barcroft Media
I'm Not A Child, I'm 20
A 20-YEAR-OLD woman has a rare genetic disease that means she is regularly mistaken for a child half her age. Michelle Kish, from Illinois, USA, was born was Hallermann-Streiff syndrome, a condition so rare that at the time of her birth...
Healthcare Triage
More Money, More Life: Studies Indicate Wealthy People Live Longer
Unless you were living under a rock this week, you heard there was a huge new study on life expectancy in America. It's worth our time. This is Healthcare Triage News.
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Space Medicine at Comicpalooza
Science fiction meets science fact during a live panel discussion at Comicpalooza in Houston about current medical innovations in space with NASA medical scientists and Star Trek: The Next Generation star Gates McFadden. HWHAP Episode 93.
Healthcare Triage
Facts Don't Really Change Minds
GMOs. Vaccines. Death Panels. There are a lot of "beliefs" circulating about a wide variety of health policy issues. Luckily, these are all pretty well researched areas. Thanks to thorough investigations, we can conclude with certainty...
Next Animation Studio
Japanese researchers develop 'avatar' robot
The Japan Science and Technology Agency and Keio University have developed an 'avatar' robot that allows users to see and sense what the robot senses. The robot is called TELESAR V, or Teresa. It is described as the first 'telexistence'...
The Wall Street Journal
Covid-19: A Second Wave?
Sweden's State Epidemiologist, Dr. Anders Tegnell talks about what lessons can be learnt from Sweden and whether or not a vaccine is the real answer to making people feel safe about a return to work. When will it be ready and will enough...
Weird History
What Were Civil War Field Hospitals Like
At the time of the Civil War, battlefield medicine was still in its infancy. This led to many injuries becoming severely infected and many of the injured receiving hasty, dangerous surgeries. In fact, Civil War battlefield surgery was a...
Barcroft Media
We Were Told To Give Up Our Autistic Twins: BORN DIFFERENT
Parents of twins with autism so severe they were forced to contain them in a prison-like home have gone to great lengths to improve their behaviour. As Mark and Annie Montague walk arm in arm along the beach, with their 11-year-old twins...
The Wall Street Journal
The Power of Purpose and Grit
Kate Ryder, the founder and CEO of Maven Clinic, discusses how employers are using the platform to provide their workforce equitible access to care and deliver reproductive heathcare in a time of uncertainty.
Healthcare Triage
Socioeconomic Disparity and Inequality Even Extend to Breathing
Individuals with higher socioeconomic status may enjoy a longer life, but we haven’t precisely pinned down all the reasons why. Disparities in lung function may help explain the lifespan gap between the poorest and richest Americans, and...
Healthcare Triage
Planning for the End. Advance Directives or Death Panels?
__How can you plan the end of your life? Death Panels! Got your attention, right? Well, although we're going to discuss death panels a little, they're not real. What are real are advance directives, and those are the topic of this week's...
FuseSchool
BIOLOGY - Environment - Global population growth
From about 2 million years ago until 13,000 years ago there were several human species inhabiting the earth. In fact, 100,000 years ago there were at least 6 different human species! Today there’s just us: Homo sapiens. In this video...
Curated Video
Gaza’s humanitarian crisis worsens as borders remain closed to vital aid, warns Oxfam
New ReviewHundreds of trucks carrying life-saving supplies queue at the border as Palestinians ravaged by famine wait for a promised surge of aid.
Curated Video
Saskatoon man who underwent invasive procedure in hospital hallway recounts ‘scariest medical experience’
New ReviewIn August, Kay Roberts went to Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon suffering from terrible headaches. The 36-year-old had to undergo invasive procedures in a hallway due to lack of available beds in the hospital.
Press Association
Irish activists arrive home after Israeli detention
New ReviewFive Irish activists who were held in Israel after their vessels in a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza were intercepted, have arrived back in Dublin. The group said that they were “denied access to water, medical care and legal aid” after...
Curated Video
Immigrant detainees reported mistreatment at private jail before suicide
New ReviewA Scripps News investigation found reports of suicide attempts and lack of medical care at a Pennsylvania detention center. (Scripps News)
Curated Video
'Family clinic on wheels' launches portable ultrasound service for Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside residents
New ReviewA mobile clinic serving people who are unhoused and living in shelters in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside is offering a new medical service. As Johna Baylon reports, the Kilala Lelum Mobile Health Clinic's portable ultrasound aims to help...
Curated Video
UN Peacekeepers in CAR provide medical assistance for people living with disabilities
New ReviewPeacekeepers from the United Nations’ MINUSCA mission in the Central African Republic have been reaching out to residents of Bangui living with disabilities.