Health Topics/Concerns

The Woman Who Gave Herself Parasites to Cure Her Allergies: Jasper Lawrence's Hookworm Therapy 27.09.2026 13:17 ↓

In 2006, a man with debilitating asthma walked barefoot through human waste in Cameroon, deliberately infecting himself with hookworms—and claimed it cured him. This is the bizarre true story of helminthic therapy, where patients risk prosecution and parasitic infection to treat autoimmune diseases, all based on the idea that our sanitized modern world has made us sick.

Freud vs. Jung: The Epic Breakup That Split Psychology in Two 12.09.2026 14:05 ↓

They were once like father and son—Freud called Jung his 'crown prince' and heir to psychoanalysis. But their bitter split in 1913 wasn't just personal drama; it fractured psychology into two fundamentally different approaches to the human mind that practitioners still debate today. Discover how a friendship-turned-feud over sex, spirituality, and the unconscious gave us both Freudian psychoanalys...

7 Body Parts You Didn't Know You Could Live Without 27.08.2026 12:57 ↓

Think you need two kidneys, your spleen, and your stomach to survive? Think again. We're counting down seven surprising body parts that modern medicine has proven are optional for human survival—including some that will make you question everything you thought you knew about anatomy.

The Man Who Drank Cholera to Prove His Theory: Max von Pettenkofer's Deadly Gamble 12.08.2026 14:16 ↓

In 1892, a respected 73-year-old scientist stood before his colleagues and swallowed a test tube filled with cholera—enough to kill a man several times over. Max von Pettenkofer was so convinced that germs didn't cause disease that he was willing to bet his life on it. What happened next shocked the medical community and raised questions about scientific ego that still resonate today.

East Meets West: Traditional Chinese Medicine vs. Western Medicine 20.07.2026 17:31 ↓

For thousands of years, two vastly different medical systems have evolved on opposite sides of the world—one focused on energy flow and holistic balance, the other on evidence-based interventions and targeted treatments. We examine how Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western medicine diagnose the same conditions differently, why some patients are now seeking hybrid approaches, and what each syste...

5 Medical Devices Still Used Today That Were Invented by Accident 15.06.2026 15:16 ↓

From the X-ray to the pacemaker, some of medicine's most life-saving technologies weren't the result of careful planning—they were happy accidents. Join us as we count down five medical devices that revolutionized healthcare despite being stumbled upon by mistake. You'll never look at your doctor's equipment the same way again.

The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Medicine's 40-Year Betrayal 30.05.2026 10:18 ↓

Between 1932 and 1972, 600 Black men in Alabama were told they were receiving free healthcare, but were actually subjects in a horrific experiment studying untreated syphilis. We unpack how this study happened, the lives it destroyed, and why it remains the most infamous ethics violation in American medical history—one that still shapes healthcare distrust today.

Yearly Check-up 07.01.2026 10:56 ↓

New Year, watch your health

Winter Health 24.12.2025 10:07 ↓

Hint, stay warm!?

Best of pt2 26.11.2025 10:16 ↓

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What We Did Before Medical Tech 28.10.2025 10:21 ↓

Life used to be pretty hard!?

Leading Health Issues pt2 15.10.2025 10:12 ↓

You don't know what you don't know

Summer Health 17.09.2025 10:19 ↓

Stay healthy in the summer!

Nutrition and Diet pt2 13.08.2025 10:35 ↓

We are what we eat con't

Nutrition and Diet 06.08.2025 10:40 ↓

We are what we eat

EXTRA-CRISPY pt2 30.07.2025 11:28 ↓

CRISPR and it's impact on health con't

Nutrition and Diet pt3 23.07.2025 10:58 ↓

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EXTRA-CRISPY 16.07.2025 10:45 ↓

CRISPR and it's impact on health

It Keeps You Moving pt2 09.07.2025 10:54 ↓

Calisthenics 101, you can workout for free, any-time! Con't