The Weekly Dosage

Imagine your life is slowly being leeched out of your body, and as your heart slows, and breathing stops, you look up to see your killer. And no, this isn't a murder mystery novel description, this was the "hobby" of a particular nurse, Niels Högel, dubbed, the "Bad Luck" nurse. But unlike most serial killers, many of his victims lived to tell the tale, not due to their own...

When someone mentions the phrase "old people" the first thing that comes to mind is old, decaying Grandparents who can't see, walk, and complain about everything. However, this old sentiment isn't true for the people of Ikaria Greece. In fact, being 80, 90, and even 100 years old in this community is completely normal! So how do they do it? Have the people of Ibizia found the wat...

100 meters across the dirty, rough pavement, dragged until her limbs almost fell off. This is what happened to Shreya Siddanagowder. However, her tragic story doesn't end here. After losing both her arms, this remarkable woman became the first to receive a bilateral, below-the-elbow arm transplant in Asia. Listen now as we dive deep into Shreya's incredible story, and how it impacted the m...

Everyone in the room started feeling faint and passing out. People were seizing and convulsing like zombies. The cause? A 31-year-old Hispanic woman who was rushed into the ER with trouble breathing. But little did the staff know that her case would become one of the century's most debated and mysterious forensic cases. Tune in now as we dive deep into the mysterious death of Gloria Ramirez Re...

Forced sterilizations sounds like something out of a dystopian novel, but as our team discovered, that sadly isn't the case. Listen in as we dive deep into the haunting case of Mrs. Carrie Buck as she was forced to be sterilized due to an old eugenics practice that even the Nazi's supported. *There is an error around the 5:30 minute mark, the defendant in the case was Mrs. BUCK not, Mrs. B...

Hello everyone! We are more than excited to start sharing our new podcast, The Weekly Dosage with everyone! Please tune in on Sundays as we dive deep into the amazing world of medicine! -Michelle, Kelly, and Daryn