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Medicine & infectious disease Videos Recommended on Hacker News (141)
Medicine & infectious disease is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 141 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2009 and 2026 — 359 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Medicine: diseases, vaccines, pandemics, COVID-19, epidemiology, public health, WHO, cancer, surgery, medical technology, drug development, aging research, healthcare quality.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on Sugar: THE BITTER TRUTH: “This is one of the best nutritional videos I've ever seen.” — an HN commenter, 2010.
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2 mo on HNDavid Sinclair | Why We Age and Why We Don't Have To | Talks at Google
Talks at Google
2 HN recommender · 2020–2021
2 mo on HNEvidence-Based Weight Loss: Live Presentation
NutritionFacts.org
1 HN recommend · 2021–2022
2 mo on HNAll you need to know to understand 5G
Sabine Hossenfelder
2 HN recommender · 2021–2022
2 mo on HNVitamin D and Immunity, Lots of Evidence
Dr. John Campbell
2 HN recommender · 2020–2021
2 mo on HNCoronavirus Update 98: Rapid COVID 19 Antigen Testing at Home - A Possible Breakthrough
MedCram - Medical Lectures Explained CLEARLY
2 HN recommender · 2020–2021
2 mo on HNCyclists' hearts: can you be so fit that you die?
Medlife Crisis
2 HN recommender · 2019–2023
2 mo on HNDr. Matthew Phillips - 'Metabolic Strategies as Therapies in Cancer and Neurodegeneration'
Low Carb Down Under
2 HN recommender · 2022–2023
2 mo on HNHow Coronavirus Kills: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) & COVID 19 Treatment
MedCram - Medical Lectures Explained CLEARLY
3 HN recommender · 2020–2020
2 mo on HNWhy Are American Health Care Costs So High?
vlogbrothers
2 HN recommender · 2013–2014
2 mo on HNMilton Friedman Speaks: The Economics of Medical Care (B1234) - Full Video
Free To Choose Network
2 HN recommender · 2019–2022
2 mo on HNHow the Krebs cycle powers life and death – with Nick Lane
The Royal Institution
2 HN recommender · 2022–2026
1 mo on HNFoodGate: The Break-in, the Cover-up, & the Aftermath
University of California Television (UCTV)
1 HN recommend · 2021–2022
1 mo on HNNeurosurgeon pioneers Alzheimer's, addiction treatments using ultrasound | 60 Minutes
60 Minutes
1 HN recommend · 2024–2024
1 mo on HNJoe Rogan Experience #1439 - Michael Osterholm
PowerfulJRE
3 HN recommender · 2020–2022
1 mo on HNExponential growth and epidemics
3Blue1Brown
10 HN recommender · 2020–2020
1 mo on HNA Scientist Spilled 2 Drops Organic Mercury On Her Hand. This Is What Happened To Her Brain.
Chubbyemu
1 HN recommend · 2018–2026
1 mo on HNMarketing to Doctors: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
1 HN recommend · 2015–2017
1 mo on HNIs 5G Spelling Our DOOM?! How EM Waves Can Hurt
ElectroBOOM
1 HN recommend · 2020–2024
1 mo on HNA man asked AI for health advice and it cooked every brain cell
Chubbyemu
2 HN recommender · 2025–2026
1 mo on HNMartin Shkreli on Drug Price Hikes and Playing the World’s Villain
VICE
1 HN recommend · 2016–2021
1 mo on HNProject "Iron Auntie" Success! Helping one of the last polio survivors in an iron lung.
Naomi Wu
1 HN recommend · 2020–2022
1 mo on HNHow dangerous are magnetic items near an MRI magnet?
practiCal fMRI
1 HN recommend · 2011–2023
1 mo on HNCOVID-19: A Second Opinion
SenatorRonJohnson
1 HN recommend · 2022–2026
1 mo on HNThe IGF-1 Trade-Off: Performance vs. Longevity
FoundMyFitness
1 HN recommend · 2014–2022
1 mo on HNAdam Ruins Everything - The Real Reason Hospitals Are So Expensive | truTV
truTV
1 HN recommend · 2017–2025
1 mo on HNWhat Microplastics Are Doing to the Brain, Body, and Reproductive Systems
FoundMyFitness
1 HN recommend · 2024–2026
1 mo on HNWhite Blood Cell Chases Bacteria
Adam Ryman
1 HN recommend · 2013–2021
1 mo on HNCan we eat to starve cancer? - William Li
TED-Ed
1 HN recommend · 2016–2021
1 mo on HNMarch 2020: Dr. Anthony Fauci talks with Dr Jon LaPook about Covid-19
60 Minutes
1 HN recommend · 2020–2022
1 mo on HNExercise Is Really Good for You. Like, REALLY Good for You.
Healthcare Triage
1 HN recommend · 2016–2023
1 mo on HNFauci in the Hall of the Mountain King
A Dishwasher at Google
1 HN recommend · 2021–2022
1 mo on HNGiving birth costs a lot. Hospitals won't tell you how much.
Vox
1 HN recommend · 2017–2022
1 mo on HNOrgan & Body Donations: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
1 HN recommend · 2024–2024
1 mo on HNGenetic Engineering and Diseases – Gene Drive & Malaria
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
1 HN recommend · 2016–2025
1 mo on HNVitamin D and immunity
Dr. John Campbell
1 HN recommend · 2020–2020
1 mo on HNHow we can use light to see deep inside our bodies and brains | Mary Lou Jepsen
TED
1 HN recommend · 2018–2024