

Best Medicine
Gepresenteerd door BBC Radio 4
De bekroonde komiek Kiri Pritchard-McLean gaat samen met grappige en fascinerende gasten — waaronder comedians, artsen, wetenschappers en historici — op zoek naar de inspirerende geschiedenis, het heden en de toekomst van de geneeskunde. In elke aflevering daagt Kiri haar gasten uit om te verdedigen wat volgens hen de ‘beste vorm van geneeskunde’ is. Daarbij wordt van alles aangevoerd: van baanbrekende wetenschap tot obscure uitvindingen, alledaagse behandelingen, hoopvolle wereldbeelden, onbekende helden en futuristische genezingen. Of het nu gaat om micro-robotchirurgie, virtuele injecties, Victoriaanse mechanische zaagmachines, innovatieve kankerbehandelingen, baanbrekende hartoperaties, epidurale verdoving, therapie, dans, geloof of lachen — het zijn allemaal voorbeelden van iets dat het vieren waard is.
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6 - Team Sports, Making Sense, Pet Dog Blood Donors, Board Games
<p>Joining Kiri Pritchard-McLean this week is comedian Josh Pugh who makes the case for the life lessons learnt in Team Sports. Professor Julia Simner explores how our senses shape reality and talks to Kiri about a new pair of AI glasses that are helping people with dementia, Veterinary Ophthalmologist Dr Serena Maini champions the dogs helping to save other dogs' lives through blood donation, and writer Tim Clare rolls the dice for Board Games.</p><p>Best Medicine is your weekly dose of laughte

5 - Seaweed Underwear, Bubbles, Saunas
<p>Joining Kiri Pritchard-McLean this week is entrepreneur Alex Perry who champions seaweed underwear inspired by a personal mission to improve women's health. Professor Eleanor Stride returns with bubbles (again) in the fight against everything from cancer to antimicrobial resistance, and comedian Kate Cheka turns up the heat in defence of saunas.</p><p>Best Medicine is your weekly dose of laughter, hope and incredible medicine. Award-winning comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean is joined by a funny

4 - Fighting, Gene Therapy for Huntington’s Disease, Plants
<p>Joining Kiri Pritchard-McLean this week is comedian Stephen Bailey who explains how fighting transformed his confidence. Professor Ed Wild shares a groundbreaking gene therapy that can treat Huntington's disease for the first time, and Professor Alessandra Devoto explores how plants like basil could help unlock future treatments for liver fibrosis.</p><p>Best Medicine is your weekly dose of laughter, hope and incredible medicine. Award-winning comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean is joined by a fun

3 - Horses, Breaking Bad News, Reels
<p>Joining Kiri Pritchard-McLean this week is CEO and Founder of Devon Healing Horsemanship Louise Broadway, who champions how horses can help people for whom talking therapies haven’t worked. Intensive Care Doctor Matt Morgan argues there's more to Breaking Bad News than simply delivering it, and comedian Mel Owen shares how Instagram Reels helped lead her to not one but two life-changing diagnoses.</p><p>Best Medicine is your weekly dose of laughter, hope and incredible medicine. Award-winning

2 - Reformer Pilates, Persistence, Free Flaps
<p>Joining Kiri Pritchard-McLean this week is comedian Jamie MacDonald who stretches the limits with Reformer Pilates, married couple Dr Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal who pitch the power of Persistence, and Wing Commander Poonam Valand who has Kiri in stitches with surgical Free Flaps.</p><p>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, ex

1 - Rubbish, Home Births, Collaboration
<p>Joining Kiri Pritchard-McLean this week is comedian Michelle Wolf who reflects on home births, Professor Stephen Wallace explains how old plastic bottles can be transformed into a form of Dopamine that can be used to treat Parkinson’s disease, and Dr Matt Clarke demonstrates the power of medical collaboration in helping to identify and treat brain tumours.</p><p>Best Medicine is your weekly dose of laughter, hope and incredible medicine. Award-winning comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean is joined

7. Bonus Episode - Extra Dose
<p>Right, roll up your sleeve, it’s time for an extra dose of Best Medicine!</p><p>This is a special episode of unheard bits that couldn’t be squeezed into Series 2, featuring more fascinating medical insights, extended bits and a whole Petri dish of jokes – some more cultured than others. </p><p>Laura Smyth shares more on sleep, Zoe Lyons delves into transplants and Dr Lindsey Fitzharris takes Kiri through more weird ritualistic historical medical practices. Dr Matt Morgan talks about the time

6. Pain Management, Organoids, Prosthetic Leg Covers
<p>Joining Kiri this week is comedian Desiree Burch who explains the best ways to cope with pain following surgery. Dr Abdullah Khan engineers mini versions of human organs in a dish to enable more effective testing of new medical treatments, and Mark Williams shows off personalised prosthetic legs clad in anything from gold and flames to beer and the Welsh Flag.</p><p>Best Medicine is your weekly dose of laughter, hope and incredible medicine. Award-winning comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean is joi
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