Can you recommend a Medical History podcast?
Can you recommend a Medical History podcast?

Can you recommend a Medical History podcast?

August 08, 2025 12:00pm
3:55
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The history of medicine is equal parts miracle and nightmare. These episodes prove it.Ep 98 - The Never-ending Story: Henrietta Lacks Her cancer cells were taken without her consent and became the most important cell line in medical research—changing science forever.Ep 135 - Useless Harbinger of Death?: The Appendix A tiny organ with no clear purpose… except when it tries to kill you. We explore its strange history and evolutionary mystery.Ep 141 - Look for The Helpers: Thalidomide Babies A “miracle drug” for morning sickness turns into a global tragedy, leaving thousands of children with severe birth defects.​​Ep 146 - Fatal Insomnia: New Fear Unlocked A rare genetic disorder where you stop sleeping—ever—until it kills you. New fear: unlocked.Ep 158: Frostbite and Forceps - Self Surgery in Antarctica A Soviet doctor gets appendicitis at the South Pole. The only available surgeon? Himself.Ep 162: Sugar Cubes for the Masses - The Polio Vaccine From iron lungs to sugar cubes, how science took on one of the 20th century’s most feared diseases.BONUS: Real Life Stories - Getting the Polio Vaccine with Taylor's Dad, Mark! A first-hand account from someone who was there when the sugar cube arrived.Ep 198: I'll take one of those! - Organ Transplants pt 1 The early days of transplant surgery—full of bold experiments, ethical dilemmas, and plenty of failures.Ep 201: The Living Market - Organ Transplants Pt 2 From black markets to life-saving breakthroughs, the complicated story of organ donation today.🎧 Listen now—just maybe not while eating lunch. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: doomedtofailpod@gmail.com 

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Duration:3:55
Published:August 08, 2025 12:00pm
File Size:3.6 MB
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The history of medicine is equal parts miracle and nightmare. These episodes prove it.Ep 98 - The Never-ending Story: Henrietta Lacks Her cancer cells were taken without her consent and became the most important cell line in medical research—changing science forever.Ep 135 - Useless Harbinger of Death?: The Appendix A tiny organ with no clear purpose… except when it tries to kill you. We explore its strange history and evolutionary mystery.Ep 141 - Look for The Helpers: Thalidomide Babies A “mir...

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