1 - MV140, Origami Surgical Capsules, Denial, Defibrillators
Daliso Chaponda is in denial, Mr Bob Yang shares a pineapple UTI vaccine, Dr Dana Damian unfolds Origami Surgical Capsules, and Thomas Martin is hard to beat with Defibrillators.
Joining Kiri Pritchard-McLean this week is comedian Daliso Chaponda who champions Denial as the best medicine (or does he?). Urology Consultant Mr Bob Yang explains how a pineapple-flavoured UTI vaccine is changing lives, Dr Dana Damian takes Kiri on a journey through the body with tiny swallowable Origami Surgical Robots, and paramedic Thomas Martin teaches Kiri how to stay alive with Defibrillators.
And the panel hear from David, one of the few people in the world who can claim he was brought back from clinical death with a defibrillator - and has also watched the whole incident on video.
Best Medicine is your weekly dose of laughter, hope and incredible medicine. Award-winning comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean is joined by a funny and fascinating panel of comedians, doctors, scientists, and historians to celebrate medicine鈥檚 inspiring past, present and future.
Each week Kiri challenges a panel of medical experts and a comedian to make a case for what they think is 'the best medicine', and each guest champions anything from world-changing science or an obscure invention, to an every-day treatment, an uplifting worldview, an unsung hero or a futuristic cure.
Whether it鈥檚 origami surgical robots, life-changing pineapple UTI vaccines, Victorian scandal mags, denial, sleep, tiny beating organoid hearts, lifesaving stem cell transplants, gold poo donors or even crying - it鈥檚 always something worth celebrating.
Hosted by Kiri Pritchard-McLean
Featuring: Daliso Chaponda, Dr Dana Damian, Thomas Martin and Mr Bob Yang
Written by Mel Owen, Pravanya Pillay, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Ben Rowse
Producers: Tashi Radha and Ben Worsfield
Theme tune composed by Andrew Jones
A Large Time production for 大象传媒 Radio 4
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- Tuesday 18:30大象传媒 Radio 4
- Tue 26 Nov 2024 22:00大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra
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Best Medicine
Kiri Pritchard-McLean dissects funny and fascinating medicine with experts and comedians.