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Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Why was the U.S. left scrambling for critical medical equipment as the coronavirus swept the country? With the Associated Press and the Global Reporting Centre, this is an investigation of the fragmented global medical supply chain and its deadly consequences.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Consider wellness, sickness, and the finer points of the medical profession in Austen's fiction and in her day to deepen your knowledge of the genius of her books. From valetudinarians and deadly fevers, to sprained ankles and gout, look at the important role that physical health -- both good and ill -- plays in Austen's novels and how medical professionals treated patients in the Regency era.
3) Pumphead
Publisher
Ronin Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Through the stories of eight ex-patients, including the filmmaker himself, this documentary indicates the complex diversity of emotional and cognitive changes that often occur after open-heart surgery, simultaneous with physical recovery. In particular the film focuses on the phenomenon of “post-traumatic growth” which often co-exists with psychological challenges and is triggered by them. All of the ex-patients in the film reveal aspects of "post-traumatic...
5) Homo Spatius
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Combining human adventure and the exploration of the human body, HOMO SPATIUS offers unique insights into the physical and psychological effects of space travel on the Astronauts and measures the impact on medical sciences.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1960.
Language
English
Description
More Fearsome Than Frankenstein... More Demonic Than Dracula! Edinburgh, 1827. Irish immigrants Burke (George Rose, A New Leaf) and Hare (Donald Pleasence, Halloween) hit upon the idea of selling the bodies of the recently deceased to eminent surgeon Dr. Robert Knox (Peter Cushing, The Skull). Dr. Knox, knowing that experimental vivisection is the only way for medicine to make progress, forms an uneasy alliance with the self-styled body snatchers....
9) Evolution
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Français
Description
In this sci-fi thriller, a remote island is inhabited by young boys who are subjected to strange medical treatments. One boy makes a disturbing discovery beneath the waves. French, subtitled.
Publisher
Syndicado
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
According to the World Health Organization, anxiety disorders are the most prevalent mental illnesses on the globe at the moment. Is this a disease of modernity? Or is our highly competitive and material culture itself undermining our nerves? THE AGE OF ANXIETY examines what anxiety is, and how and why it is being re-defined by medical and pharmaceutical industries.
11) Re-Animator
Publisher
Arrow Films
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
A dedicated student at a medical college and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue when an odd new student arrives on campus.
12) Waltzing Anna
Publisher
Stadium Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Charlie Keegan had a thriving medical practice in New York City until he was busted for insurance fraud. In order to keep his license, he must serve six months working at a elder care facility in upstate NY.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
This series teaches you about machine-learning programs and how to write them in the Python programming language. For those new to Python, a "get-started" tutorial is included. Professor Michael L. Littman covers major concepts and techniques, all illustrated with real-world examples such as medical diagnosis, game-playing, spam filters, and media special effects.
14) The Good Breast
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
THE GOOD BREAST blends archival medical films and the history of the mastectomy since William S. Halsted with the surprising journey taken by Dr. Schnaper and her partner to Catania, Sicily, to experience Saint Agatha, the annual festival of the breast and third largest such celebration in the world. Their discoveries reveal surprising connections between contemporary American culture of the mastectomy and this ancient veneration of the breast.
Publisher
1091 Media
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A rugged old Scotsman reluctantly leaves his isolated island for San Francisco to seek medical treatment. Moving in with his estranged son, his life will be unexpectedly transformed by a baby grandson and a beautiful woman. Based on the bestselling novel by José Luis Sampedro.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Learn about the ACEs study (Adverse Childhood Experiences) and why it has been so impactful in the medical and mental-health communities. You can identify your own ACEs number and associated risks. But more importantly, explore the many ways in which CBT can help you rewrite your own story and lower that risk as you watch Miriam address her own past trauma.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
At this crucial time when women physicians and nurses are contributing significantly to our community’s health, this documentary provides a look at the challenging and illuminating history of 19th century women doctors. Hidden in American history, all-women’s medical schools began to appear in the mid-19th century long before women had the right to vote or own property.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Cells go to great lengths to prevent mutations. Luckily, these measures are not quite perfect, since nature relies on mutations to drive evolution. Study the methods that cells use to minimize alterations to their DNA. Find that DNA repair can interfere with cancer treatment, when the malignant cells survive medical therapy by repairing their DNA faster than the treatment can halt the repair.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Professor Littman gives a bird's-eye view of machine learning, covering its history, key concepts, terms, and techniques as a preview for the rest of the series. Look at a simple example involving medical diagnosis. Then, focus on a machine-learning program for a video green screen, used widely in television and film. Contrast this with a traditional program to solve the same problem.
20) Bramwell
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
From PBS's Masterpiece Theatre, this 1995 miniseries chronicles the professional and personal challenges of a determined female physician in late 19th century England. With extraordinary depth and vitality, Jemma Redgrave plays Dr. Eleanor Bramwell, an ambitious doctor intent on becoming a surgeon who struggles to make her mark in the medical world while mocked by her male counterparts.
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