Joining Kiri this week are historian Dr Paul Craddock who unravels how vascular surgery owes a debt to 19th century Parisian embroiderer Marie-Anne Leroudier, historian Subhadra Das unearthing stories of death prevention, comedian Ria Lina push

9. Autopsies, Light, Escapism, Henrietta Lacks

Dec 5th, 2023 28m 32s

Joining Kiri this week is a druid, a drag queen and a mortician...it's one man, Kristoffer Hughes, who puts forward the autopsy as the best medicine. Professor Olivette Otele tells us the tale of Henrietta Lacks, an extraordinary woman whose so

8. Doing Less, Gardening, The Smartphone, Expertise

Nov 28th, 2023 28m 32s

Joining Kiri are historian Dr Paul Craddock who talks about what gardening and skin grafting have in common, comedian Shaparak Khorsandi who tells us how doing less helps manage her ADHD, Professor Roger Kneebone who explains how puppeteers, fi

7. Failure, Detection, Herpes, Climate Change

Nov 21st, 2023 28m 43s

Joining Kiri this week are Dr Lindsey Fitzharris who brings with her a Victorian clockwork surgical saw to demonstrate why failure can sometimes be the best medicine, while Professor Kevin Harrington explains how he uses molecular scissors to m

6. CT Scans, Inhalation, Faith, Attention

Nov 14th, 2023 28m 34s

Joining Kiri this week are Reverend Kate Bottley who offers up faith as the Best Medicine, Dr Subarna Chakravorty and John James OBE who team up to talk about sickle cell, comedian Ria Lina who wants everyone to get a CT scan, and historian Car

5. Laughter, Other People, Inclusion, Tissue Engineering

Nov 7th, 2023 27m 59s

This week comedian Nabil Abdulrashid tells us how laughter and comedy reduced the levels of violence in prison, heart surgeon Professor Massimo Caputo describes how he used tissue engineering in a world-first life-saving heart operation, neuros

4. Surgical Microrobots, Backlash, The Immune System, Keeping an Open Mind

Oct 31st, 2023 29m 2s

Joining Kiri this week are Dr Christos Bergeles demonstrating surgical micro-robots that can transport the surgeon to areas of the body that are normally impossible to operate on, historian Dr Elinor Cleghorn champions Backlash by bringing us t

3. Breast Medicine

Oct 24th, 2023 27m 49s

Joining Kiri are friend of the show historian Dr Lindsey Fitzharris who shares her own breast cancer recovery story with a detour via Victorian breast cancer surgery. Comedian Jordan Gray champions boob jobs, Sarah Kerruish unveils the life-sav

2. Cytosponge, Fresh Air, Showmanship, Alkaline Breathing

Oct 17th, 2023 28m 22s

Joining Kiri this week are Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald OBE who demonstrates the Cytosponge test which detects throat cancer with a revolutionary pill on a string, Dr Jack Hartnell brings tales of surgical showmanship from the middle ages, come

1. Sobriety, Touch, Camellia Sinensis, Trust

Oct 10th, 2023 28m 36s

Joining Kiri this week are haptic technology specialist Dr Ally Barrow with the power of touch and a demonstration of virtual reality injections, mental health nurse Ed Freshwater speaks about a powerful treatment for mental illness, journalist

Pilot: Bubbles, Dancing, Masks, GoodSAM

Oct 3rd, 2023 28m 34s

Joining Kiri this week are medical historian Dr Lindsey Fitzharris with the story of the pioneering World War I surgeon who transformed wounded soldiers faces, comedian Darren Harriott and his love of dancing, biomedical engineer Professor Elea

Introducing Best Medicine

Sep 26th, 2023 3m 16s

Kiri Pritchard-McLean is joined by funny and fascinating comedians, doctors, scientists and historians to celebrate medicine’s inspiring past, present and future.

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