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"Recommended. Takes positive steps toward 'removing the
shadow of breast cancer from women's lives.' Provides new insights that
raise awareness levels for women." -Science, Books & Films "Recommended. Clearly demonstrates how education, new contraceptive methods, and gene therapy may help to lower breast cancer rates." -Booklist "Recommended. Gives a concise, well-organized view of the total picture of breast cancer." -EMRO Review Breast cancer seems related to a specific lifestyle, diet, age of puberty, the number and spacing of pregnancies. And though the percentage of breast cancer cases has increased in recent years, this program reveals how there is hope in fighting this insidious disease through education, new forms of contraception and gene therapy. 07DR IJSCA 30 min. |
| At London's Harefield Hospital a team of surgeons carry out more heart and lung transplants than anywhere in the world. The team's leader is the world famous surgeon, Sir Magdi Yacoub. In this program we learn he is more than a surgeon. He believes in promoting preventative medicine, in training younger surgeons, and in researching and pioneering innovative life-saving surgical techniques. 07DR IJSCA 30 min. |
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"Recommended. A detailed overview of the physiological
and sociological effects of malaria; emphasizes the research and
developments underway to control the disease." -EMRO Review Associated Article: The Ethiopia Campaign (Malaria) -Smithsonian Magazine The biggest killer in the world is also one of the simplest to treat - if you have the resources, treat it in time, and complete the course of treatment. The cause of Malaria is a parasite, carried by a specific mosquito. Research is intense and solutions may be just around the corner; however, at the moment the most effective practical response seems to be education coupled with mosquito nets soaked in insecticide. 07DR IJSCA 30 min. |
| While the human brain is an immensely powerful organ, it is also extremely fragile. Trauma, disease and mental illness can cause serious disability. Here we discover that new scanning techniques are providing new information on how the brain functions. As a result, scientists are developing new techniques for repairing the brain when it breaks down for some reason. 07DR IJSCA 30 min. |
| For over 50 years antibiotics have been used to deal with a wide range of infections caused by bacteria. Millions of lives have been saved since their introduction in WW II. During this time however the bacteria have been fighting back and devising ingenious ways to defend themselves against antibiotics. For some infections, like TB, doctors are now facing untreatable multi-resistant strains and everyday bacteria are also gaining increasing resistance. This program looks at what the future holds for hospital-based medicine around the world faced with this increasingly difficult problem. 07DR IJSCA 30 min. |
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"Recommended. This documentary addresses the current
state of technology related to developments in wound healing and scar
prevention. It explains the use of technologies, such as digitized optical
scans, MRIs, and ultrasound; then scientists discuss the healing process; it
also explores areas such as artificially creating skin from seed cells,
embryonic healing verses normal cell healing, anti TGF Beta promotion of
wound healing, plus the use of specially grown/produced substances (fungal
and blood protein based), which assist in the scar prevention/healing
process. It is well produced and recommended for collections focusing on
current scientific/technological issues." -EMRO Review Why and how do wounds heal? Scientists have only recently begun to address these questions and are now developing techniques to prevent scars that are disfiguring. Their work should also give hope to people suffering from persistent wounds, like ulcers, notorious for being constantly painful during the long healing process. 08DR IJSCA 30 min. |
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"Recommended. Informative and though-provoking, the
program enumerates each of many scientific breakthroughs, first as
space-related events, then it describes the on-the-earth derivatives of
these achievements." -School Library Journal Flexible heat shields, robotic tools, and communications systems - all the result of man's quest in space; and the spin-offs are almost endless. Now a telescope, an extraordinarily sophisticated medical research tool, developed for use in outer space, is helping us study living human cells. 07DR IJSCA 30 min. |
| Plants are a vital part of everyday life in the poverty-stricken region of northeast Brazil, where plants are often the only affordable medicines. It is vital, therefore, that those plants are properly identified. Here we see how the United Kingdom's Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, is playing the leading role in this process and is supporting the work of local "living pharmacies" - gardens cultivated to grow crops with known medicinal properties. These low cost medicines are available for hospices or in slum communities, where the children are taught to cultivate the plants. 07DR JSCA 30 min. |