For the first few weeks of life we grow faster than at any other time. ibid.
We have thousands of species of bacteria living on our skin. ibid.
How tall we grow is still something of a mystery. ibid.
The most complex period of our growth – puberty. ibid.
Out bodies need constant repair and maintenance. ibid.
For this new life to survive everything – the temperature, the acidity, the oxygen concentration – must be precisely controlled. The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed II: Survive
The level of fear we feel in any particular situation is driven by a complex process in our brain we are only just beginning to fully understand. Phobias are an example of a fear response running out of control. ibid.
The body turns the deadly into the everyday. ibid.
The latest understand of how we learn across a lifetime; how every experience we have transforms us from helpless baby to accomplished adult. We’ll reveal how precious memories become fixed in our brains. The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed: Learn
Improving their rhythmic ability can help them with their grammar. ibid.
[John] Hunter did hundreds of dissections and little by little he built up a detailed knowledge of human anatomy. Genius of Britain V, Channel 5 2010
‘The body fights back sure enough.’ Bobby Sands: 66 Days, BBC 2017
What is life and where does it come from? … You need 18 kilos of carbon, a small canister of nitrogen, 50 kilos of water, enough phosphorus to make 2,000 matches, the same amount of iron as a small nail and around 20 other elements … These exact same chemicals are organised into cells. 60,000 billion tiny incredibly complex structures that make up our body. Adam Rutherford, The Cell s1e1: The Hidden Kingdom, BBC 2010
For brothers Shoaib and Rasheed darkness brings danger. Every night they are imprisoned in their own bodies. They are frozen in a state of paralysis. A case so unique doctor suspected these were bogus claims. Seemingly medical marvels the body have become headline news. Moonstruck: Extraordinary Coma Boys aka Frozen: From Dusk Till Dawn, Channel 5 2018
An extraordinary condition … As the sun goes down Shoaib and Rashid’s strength and energy gradually deteriorates … The brothers are utterly helpless, unable to move … It’s like the paralysis of the previous night never happened. ibid.
The solar kids became a national phenomenon. ibid.
As evening approaches, their muscles start to weaken. ibid.
Worrying ourselves sick: is searching for symptoms online turning us into a nation of cyber-chondriacs. Or is digital diagnoses just the start? But does it mean NHS GP practices are being left behind? Tonight: Dr Google: Do DIY Diagnoses Work? ITV 2018
The daily misery of back pain experienced by millions. Why sitting down could be dangerous for your health. Why surgery is probably not the answer. And the treatments that could make a real difference. Tonight: Back Pain: Britain’s Unseen Crisis, ITV 2019
Up to 80% of us will be affected. ibid.
Britain’s back pain crisis: has lockdown made things worse? Just how big is the problem? And what can we do about it? Tonight: Back Pain: Britain’s Hidden Crisis? ITV 2022
Before you’re born they use medical devices to find out when you’re gonna be born. When you’re born they use medical devices to find out how healthy you are. When you’re growing up oftimes they use medical devices to enhance what’s going on with you. Medical devices are a way of life in America. The Bleeding Edge, 2018
‘The medical device industry is a three-hundred-billion a year industry. This is big business.’ ibid. Dr Michael Carome, director Public Citizen Health Research Group
‘The device industry has much more power than Pharma.’ ibid. expert
‘Over the past ten years nearly 70 million Americans have been implanted with medical devices.’ ibid. Jeanne Lenzer, The Danger Within Us
‘I felt it go into my tube … It was pretty intense. After the procedure I was running fevers a lot, the bleeding was almost continual … a sharp stabbing pain …’ ibid. Essure device victim
‘The history of medical devices is odd: there was an explosion in the 1920s and 30s and 40s of fraudulent devices …’ ibid. William Hubbard, former FDA associate commissioner
‘Most people probably believe when they get a medical device they implant it, be it a pacemaker or a joint, that those medical devices have undergone appropriate testing to demonstrate that they are safe and effective before they came on the market and doctors started using them. But for more moderate and high risk devices that is not the case.’ ibid. Dr Michael Carome
There have been more than 800 failed pregnancies associated with Essure. ibid.
Medical companies paid doctors more than £2 billion in 2016. ibid.
‘Welcome to the business.’ ibid. sales rep
Women with Essure experienced sterilization failure seven times more often than women who had their tubes tied. ibid. Bouillon, Bertrand, Bader et al 2018
CT scan overdose and overuse gives 50,000 Americans every year. ibid. Korley, Pham et al 2009
I realised I’m not the only one in the dark about it … I’ve been shocked by the level of shame and secrecy. The Truth About the Menopause, BBC 2018
HRT is currently the only effective medical treatment for most menopause symptoms but it’s actually been at the centre of one of the biggest controversies in medicine. ibid.
Only about 20% of menopausal women currently take HRT. ibid.
A new drug aimed at reducing hot flushes. ibid.
There could actually be a male menopause … a relatively new concept. ibid.
‘I just sensed that I was freakishly ugly.’ Ugly Me: My Life with Body Dysmorphia, BBC 2019
1 in 50 people have body dysmorphic disorder. Suicide amongst people diagnosed with BDD is thirty times the national average. 5% of people with BDD get treatment from mental health services. ibid. captions
How long till we get there? Do you know how to dispose of a body? Killing Eve s2e1: Do You Know How to Dispose of a Body? Villanelle to cab driver, BBC 2019
Being a British guy in 2015 is not easy. 21st century pressures are changing the way we live. The way we love. Even the way we look. In this series I’m travelling to the extreme edge of modern British masculinity. The UK’s gyms are bulging and British men have never been bigger, buffer or more bothered about body image. So why are so many young British guys battling with their bodies? Reggie Yates’ Extreme UK: Dying for a Six Pack, BBC 2019
GcMAF summary: The body’s way of treating cancer and 50 other diseases; A human protein, a human right with no side effects; the king of immunotherapies; discovered in the human body 26 years ago; 300 GcMAF scientists from 8 nations; 150 scientific research papers; 12,000 patients treated; can successfully treat 90% of cancers. Ian Crane, Democracy in Chains, Alternative View Conference 9.1, caption
We would need the body for twenty-four hours at most. She will be returned to you, untouched, in perfect condition. No-one would ever have to know. Spotless s1e10: To Victor the Spoils, Jean to mortuary assistant, with Martin, Canal+ 2015
The cosmetic treatments industry is open for business again, and as lockdown eases the market is booming. We are being promised a new us – that we can change bits of our face and body we don’t like swiftly and easily. And 90% of modern cosmetic procedures do not involve surgery. The Truth About Cosmetic Treatments I: The Face, BBC 2020
The UK is one of the only countries where the cosmetic treatments industry is almost entirely unregulated. ibid.
There is definitely one facial cosmetic treatment of the moment – dermal fillers … gels injected under the skin that change the contours of the face. ibid.
A new filler treatment … one of the hottest cosmetic treatments of the moment is a liquid nose job … cost £575 compared to between £4-7,000 for surgery. ibid.
The potential for something to go wrong is really quite high … There are people giving injections who really shouldn’t be … Five reported cases of people being blinded by fillers. ibid.
Superdrug started offering Botox at its Charing Cross London store in August 2018 … Treatments start at £99. ibid.
A new Botox trend … marketing at younger people. ibid.