What the Amish can teach the rest of us about modern medicine
When healthcare is expensive, the Amish culture of autonomy and thrift may be a way to balance communal support and individual responsibility. Sara Talpos finds out more.
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Six ways to make a hospital better for Amish patients
How Pomerene Hospital, Ohio, became more welcoming to the Amish community.
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Maggots and medicine: a conversation with Carrie Arnold
A writhing mass of maggots in a wound might seem like a good reason to seek medical help, but, sometimes it’s the doctors who have put them there.
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This is what it’s like being a woman who works with violent women
Dr Anna Motz, a clinical and forensic psychologist and psychotherapist, explains the impact her work has had on her life so far.
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Should fewer women be behind bars?
Exploring the challenges women in prison face, and moves to reduce the number jailed.
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192 days as John Doe
For decades, unidentified bodies have been consigned to the back rooms of morgues and all but forgotten. Now a handful of campaigners are on a quest to find out who they are and where they come from. Deborah Halber reports.
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How maggots made it back into mainstream medicine
Carrie Arnold reports on an ancient treatment being revived to help heal painful infected injuries.
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Wounds, the forgotten challenge
A film about living with persistent wounds and the search for better ways to help them heal.
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Austin, Indiana: the HIV capital of small-town America
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Dead man’s sperm
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Gaia Vince on hacking the nervous system
In this talk for 5x15, Gaia Vince discusses the remarkable nerve that connects our brain to the rest of our vital organs.
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The one-armed robot that will look after me until I die
As old age approaches, Geoff Watts confronts an inevitable future in the care of robots. But that doesn’t mean he likes it.