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Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Spectral Band Replication (SBR) is a novel method for compressing digital audio files making it possible for millions of people around the world to enjoy either higher quality sound or higher compression easily and affordably. SBR was conceived by the Swedish inventor Lars Liljeryd and turned into a real-world application by a team of engineers that included Kristofer Kjörling, Per Ekstrand and Fredrik Henn. Liljeryd’s ideas revolutionized an entire...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Robotic surgery is transforming modern medicine. Large movements of the surgeons hands in the operating theater translate into very small movements of the robotic instruments. It is less tiring for the surgeons and for the patient, it means less scarring, a quicker recovery, and reduced risk of infection. It is cutting edge medicine. Robotic arms – including a powerful camera – are slid into the patient through small incisions. At the end of the...
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The U.S. Navy provides medical relief to poor countries around the world. We filmed aboard the USNS Comfort as it brought medical and surgical care to local communities in Guatemala. USNS Comfort is over 270 meters long, thirty-two meters wide and as tall as a ten-story building. The former oil tanker has 12 operating rooms and half a million doses of medicine. Its primary role is to provide medical support for the U.S. military in times of war. Throughout...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
You are probably looking forward to being mobile again after your hip or knee joint replacement surgery. Rehabilitation experts and joint replacement patients explain the process of returning to full activity after your surgery, including information on exercises, home safety, and rehabilitation aids.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In order to maximize recovery and minimize the chance of hospital readmission, patients must take an active role in their recovery. This program will share what to expect early in the recovery process as well as common complications, how to prevent them, and what to do if they arise.
11) Baby Surgeons
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Susie's triplets may have a life-threatening condition that urgently needs treatment. The surgeons also help a baby with fluid on the brain, and one with a foot tangled in the lining of the womb.
Series
Language
English
Description
It seems everyday brings the announcement of a new medical discovery. Research being conducted into the development of an artificial uterus that could make traditional pregnancy a thing of the past is just one of the ways that technology is changing the science of health. This film explores the impact future discoveries will have on the fight against cancer and surgical procedures to correct deformities. We also see cutting-edge medical experiments...
15) Second Opinion
Series
Language
English
Description
Schizoaffective disorder is a form of psychosis and a mental illness in which a person experiences a combination of schizophrenia symptoms. People affected often have hallucinations or delusions, as well as mood disorder symptoms such as mania or depression. We meet Lynne Fisher, whose life was turned upside down by the onset of this illness, as she battled through five years of symptoms to find a treatment plan that enables her to live a constructive...
Series
Don't Die Young volume Series 2
Pub. Date
[2012], c2008
Language
English
Description
Dr. Alice Roberts continues her explanation of our reproductive systems, in this episode looking at the female sexual organs. Using an MRI scanner on her own body, she demonstrates how everything fits together-possibly a first for a television presenter. Using her trademark dissections of animal parts, drawings, and props, Dr. Roberts explains the female reproductive organs. Thousands of chocolate mini eggs help to demonstrate the huge number of eggs...
Series
Language
English
Description
Due to ignorance, politics, and misused technologies, childbirth until very recently was often deadly to mother and child. This program presents a medical history of childbirth from ancient times to the present, contrasting methods and beliefs of the past with today's obstetrics. Along with commentary from obstetricians, medical historians, and evolutionary biologists, the program highlights dangers and advances in birthing through documentary clips,...
Series
Medical Mysteries volume Series 1
Pub. Date
[2012], c2001
Language
English
Description
One in every 100,000 sets of twins is born joined together. Some will be separated by complex, often risky surgical procedures. But what causes twins to be born this way? What can doctors do to help them? And what are the prospects for those who have no option but to spend their lives joined together? Filmed in the United States, South Africa, Russia, and Poland, this documentary tells the story of some of the most dramatic recent separations of conjoined...
Pub. Date
[2009], c2007
Language
English
Description
What does the future have in store for the heart, the motor that powers the human body? What kinds of treatment can cardiology patients expect within the next decade? This program reveals a wide range of innovations for the treatment and cure of heart disease and cardiovascular disease. Viewers will discover a newly developed bypass system; a biventricular pacemaker that also incorporates a defibrillator; and a highly advanced artificial heart developed...
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