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ResusNation #122
Dads Who Deliver When it comes to parenting, some dads really go the extra mile! Take the male seahorse, for instance. In an interesting twist on traditional roles, the female seahorse actually deposits her eggs into a specialized pouch on the male. He then takes over, fertilizing and incubat...
Jun 26, 2025
ResusNation #121
Ur-ine Luck! Medicine is Much Better Now From medieval "urine wheels" to the widespread practice of bloodletting, medical history is brimming with fascinating, and often startling, approaches to health and disease. For centuries, physicians relied on visual examinations of bodily fluids, wit...
Jun 17, 2025
ResusNation #120
Did They Steal Her Discovery? The Untold Scandal of DNA! While James Watson and Francis Crick are famously recognized for describing the double helix structure of DNA in 1953, it's a common misconception that they "invented" DNA. The molecule itself was first identified by Friedrich Miescher ...
Jun 11, 2025
ResusNation #119
The towering giraffe is a marvel of the animal kingdom, but it faces a unique physiological challenge: how to effectively pump blood from its powerful heart all the way up its incredibly long neck to its brain. To overcome gravity's pull over such a distance, a giraffe's heart is a remarkably...
Jun 04, 2025
ResusNation #118
This Tiny Frog Has Mastered Immortality (Kind Of) Imagine being able to freeze solid and then simply come back to life. While it sounds like science fiction, it's a physiological reality for the incredible Alaskan Wood Frog. When winter temperatures plummet in their northern habitats, these ...
May 26, 2025
ResusNation #117
How A Rebellious Doctor Changed Cardiology Forever In the early 20th century, direct assessment of the living human heart remained a significant challenge, with understanding largely limited to external examination and imaging. Against this backdrop, in 1929, a young German physician, Werner F...
May 20, 2025
ResusNation #116
Can Tiny Robots Smaller Than a Hair Save Your Brain? The frontier of modern medicine is constantly expanding, and one of the most revolutionary areas involves exploring the potential of medical nanorobotics. These are microscopic robots, designed with incredible precision to operate within th...
May 12, 2025
ResusNation #115
The Tale Of The Glowing Hands And The Accidental Ray! This medical history fact sounds almost too strange to be true. Discover the bizarre moment that revealed the insides of your body for the very first time! It's 1895, and German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen is deep in his laboratory, experime...
May 05, 2025
ResusNation #114
Registration Is Now Open! ResusX:2025 is the most anticipated resuscitation conference of 2025 is now open for early-bird registration! Come to historic Philadelphia and spend three-days watching the Rockstars of Resuscitation in action. You'll see short format, high-energy talks, interviews, ...
Apr 28, 2025
ResusNation #113
The Bloody Truth Behind The Barber Pole Did you know your friendly neighborhood barber once wielded more than just scissors and razors? In medieval Europe, a trip to the barber wasn't just for a fresh trim; it could also involve surgical procedures. That's right! These "barber surgeons" were t...
Apr 21, 2025
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Important ResusX:2025 Update! Watch the video below!   Welcome To ResusNation #112   A City That Drowned in Molasses On a chilly January afternoon in 1919, Boston’s North End was struck by an unthinkable disaster—not of fire, flood, or war, but of molasses. A 50-foot-tall steel...
Apr 15, 2025
ResusNation #111
Do Elephants Get Cancer? Despite their massive size and the sheer number of cells in their bodies, elephants have an astoundingly low rate of cancer. The reason? These gentle giants carry 20 copies of the tumor-suppressing gene TP53, while humans have just one. TP53 acts like the body’s cellula...
Apr 07, 2025

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