Posted on · On Tuesday's Houston Matters: Improving doctor-patient relationships, how people with disabilities are represented in film and TV, and Banned Books Week.
Posted on · Episode: 1743 In which all surgery means making the first-ever incision into a human body. Today, we cut into a human body.
Posted on · Episode: 2619 Practicing Medicine Off the Planet; A New Physiology. Today, Astronaut Michael Barratt talks about medicine in space.
Posted on · Episode: 1730 Our aging brains, some surprising compensations. Today, our brains age.
Posted on · Episode: 1712 Florence Nightingale’s graph: Learning what really happened. Today, Florence Nightingale draws a graph.
Posted on · Episode: 1705 A 3000-year-old woman with an artificial toe. Today, a big toe made of wood.
Posted on · We discuss the pros and cons of imposing more stringent standards on impaired driving.
Posted on · Episode: 1644 An 18th-century doctor helps great-grandmother raise grandpa. Today, we raise a nineteenth-century child.
Posted on · Episode: 1628 The first red cross ambulance. Today, we care for wounded soldiers.
Posted on · Episode: 1627 A shocking look at medications in 1892 shows us how far we’ve come. Today, we measure how far we’ve come.
Posted on · An upcoming discussion examines parallels between Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and issues in health care today.
Posted on · Few would confuse the mock Renaissance village with a genuine slice of sixteenth century Europe. There’s running water, the food is safe, and there’s no danger of the plague.
Posted on · Bryant Boutwell discusses his book, “I’m Dr. Red Duke.”
Posted on · Episode: 1576 Christopher Wren: a great architect first learns medicine. Today, an unexpected student of medicine.
Posted on · Episode: 1562 Guido da Vigevano uses war as an excuse to invent. Today, a medieval inventor goes to war — almost.