))
Game Changers in Medicine is a groundbreaking medical history podcast about the serendipitous events, chance encounters, and unlikely heroes and heroines behind some of the world’s most significant medical discoveries. Through oral histories, memoirs, and other first-person accounts, we get to know the scientists whose curiosity, innovation, and dogged determination contributed to game-changing medical discoveries that almost didn’t happen—and which continue to define patient care today.Crea ...
…
continue reading
1
The personal EKG and the dawn of life-saving medical devices in your pocket
33:52
33:52
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
33:52
This episode marks the end of season one of Game Changers in Medicine, and we felt there was no better way to wrap up the show than interviewing a modern-day game changer. In this episode, you’ll hear directly from Dr. David Albert, inventor of AliveCor’s KardiaMobile, the personal EKG. Small enough to fit in a pocket, this game-changing medical de…
…
continue reading
Last month's episode focused on the incredible twists and turns that resulted in Dr. Frederick Banting’s discovery of insulin in the early 1920s. Today, we’ll hear more from our expert panelists. Dr. Jay Skyler of the Diabetes Research Institute shares anecdotes from the early days of his medical career running a summer camp for children with diabe…
…
continue reading
1
Insulin: The lucky coin toss and improbable partnership that led to this life-saving elixir
45:50
45:50
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
45:50
Currently, more than 460 million people have some form diabetes. However, what was once a life-threatening disease is now a manageable condition thanks to the discovery of insulin. In today’s episode you’ll meet the young Canadian surgeon, Dr. Frederick Banting, and learn how the three sentences he scribbled in the middle of the night changed the c…
…
continue reading
1
X-Rays: This invisible diagnostic light was born in the dark 125 years ago
26:37
26:37
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
26:37
Photographs. Sometimes they capture a moment. Sometimes they tell a story. And sometimes, a photograph can change the world. This month, join us as we revisit the discovery of the x-ray and how it would change patient care forever. How do x-rays work? And how did the world react when we could finally see inside our bodies? Listen to find out. Shown…
…
continue reading
1
Warfarin: How a rat poison became one of the world’s most widely prescribed drugs
32:55
32:55
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
32:55
In the 1930s, an unknown disease was killing cattle across the Midwest. One Wisconsin farmer traveled 200 miles through a blizzard to the University of Wisconsin, desperate to find a solution. To emphasize the dire nature of the situation, that farmer brought the evidence with him, loading up his truck with bales of spoiled hay, a milk can of uncoa…
…
continue reading
In our recent episode on the discovery of the smallpox vaccine, we were fortunate to hear from several noted doctors and virologists. They shared their expertise on how vaccines work and offered predictions for when we might have a vaccine for COVID-19. They were very generous with their time. So generous, in fact, that we couldn’t contain all of t…
…
continue reading
1
Smallpox Vaccine: Why the world's first vaccine matters now
52:58
52:58
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
52:58
You may have heard the story of Edward Jenner, the milkmaids, and the discovery of the smallpox vaccine. But is that story really true? In today’s episode, Dr. Pillay pulls back the curtain to reveal some little-known serendipity behind the discovery of the world’s first vaccine. As scientists strive to find a vaccine for SARS-CoV-2, does that long…
…
continue reading
1
Vitamin K: This vitamin you've never heard of may have saved your life
37:27
37:27
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
37:27
Babies were dying of a strange bleeding disorder and doctors couldn’t figure out why. In our premiere episode, “Vitamin K: This vitamin you’ve never heard of may have saved your life,” we learn how Henrik Dam, a biochemist studying cholesterol in baby chicks, unexpectedly stumbles upon the answer. It turns out that vitamin K is key to blood clottin…
…
continue reading
Game Changers in Medicine is a groundbreaking medical history podcast about the serendipitous events, chance encounters, and unlikely heroes and heroines behind some of the world’s most significant medical discoveries. Through oral histories, memoirs, and other first-person accounts, we get to know the scientists whose curiosity, innovation, and do…
…
continue reading
