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The Powerful Placebo Effect in Modern Medicine

A placebo is a treatment with zero therapeutic value but magical healing power. To understand better how placeboes work, let’s look at Mr. and Mrs. Martin, who both suffer chronic back pain... This video was made with the support of our sponsors: Avigail, Badrah, Cedric Wang, Eva Marie Koblin, da7

Medical robotics: MiroSurge

MiroSurge is a robotic system for minimally invasive surgery. The surgeon operates three robots. Two robots carry minimally invasive instruments. The third robot is equipped with a stereo HD endoscope. A preoperative planning optimizes the robotic setup with a focus on efficiency and safety. This p

The Placebo Effect

A placebo is a treatment that has no therapeutic effect, but still heals, as if by magic. Common placebos include sugar pills, saline injections, other treatments, and surgeries that are completely played. Placebos are particularly effective in treating pain, chronic stress-related diseases such as

Minimally Invasive Valve Repair

Robotically assisted mitral valve surgery is a type of minimally invasive, closed chest heart surgery performed on the mitral valve by a cardiac surgeon. The surgeon uses a lighted and flexible instrument (endoscope) to examine the body on the inside with the assistance of a robot.

Can You Survive With Another Person's Heart?

Organ transplants can save countless lives, but sometimes they don't work as planned. Why does your body reject things? Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/LifeNoggin Follow Us! https://twitter.com/LifeNoggin https://facebook.com/LifeNoggin Life Noggin is a weekly animated educatio

What Causes Tourette Syndrome?

Tourette Syndrome is often misunderstood. Mayim Bialik from The Big Bang Theory joins us to discuss! Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/LifeNoggin Follow Life Noggin! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LifeNoggin/?ref=br_rs Instagram: https://instagram.com/lifenoggin/ Twitter: http