Ep 16 Scratch and Sniff Diphtheria Membrane

For centuries, physicians noticed that cancer sometimes ran in families, but until the 1960s, an answer to this mystery remained out of reach. Only then were scientists beginning to unlock the cellular dynamics underlying cancer, and what they found finally allowed grief-stricken ...  Show more

Each of our cells can become cancerous. It’s an uncomfortable, yet unavoidable truth. Nor is it a truth restricted to our species - cancer is a consequence of complex life. The features that make a cell cancerous are those that, under other circumstances, are beneficial, essentia ...  Show more

In the spring of 1993, young, healthy people of the Navajo nation start dying from a mysterious disease that fills their lungs with so much fluid that they suffocate. The CDC’s best scientists scramble to uncover what’s causing it before it spreads – and the answer might lie in a ...  Show more

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Dr. Christian Gonzalez specializes in Naturopathic Medicine and integrative oncology, primarily breast cancer and hosts the Heal Thyself podcast. His focus is to show us how everything in our environment is connected and can affect the development of chronic illnesses. In today's ...  Show more

In late 1976, a terrifying new disease that causes eyes to bleed grips the country of Zaire. Doctors from all over the world arrive to search for the cure… if one exists at all.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/priv ...  Show more