Medicine & infectious disease Videos Recommended on Hacker News (113)
Medicine & infectious disease is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 113 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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4 mo on HNValter Longo, Ph.D. on Fasting-Mimicking Diet & Fasting for Longevity, Cancer & Multiple Sclerosis
3 mo on HNMyopia: A Modern Yet Reversible Disease — Todd Becker, M.S. (AHS14)
3 mo on HNOpioids II: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
3 mo on HNCOVID-19 Vaccines: MODERNA | PFIZER/BIONTECH | ASTRAZENECA
3 mo on HNDr. Chris Knobbe - 'Diseases of Civilization: Are Seed Oil Excesses the Unifying Mechanism?'
3 mo on HNVaccines and Autism: A Measured Response
3 mo on HNTim Minchin's Storm the Animated Movie
3 mo on HNDr Russell Barkley on ADHD Meds and how they all work differently from each other
3 mo on HN327 - Choices, costs, and challenges in US healthcare: insurance, drug pricing, & potential reforms
3 mo on HNThe Biggest Chemical Coverup In History
3 mo on HNHow wildlife trade is linked to coronavirus
3 mo on HNThe Obesity Code Lecture (Why do we get Fat?) Part 1
3 mo on HNAm I still lactose tolerant? - Lactose Gene Therapy Update
3 mo on HNJon Stewart On Vaccine Science And The Wuhan Lab Theory
3 mo on HNOpioids III: The Sacklers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
3 mo on HND is for Debacle - The Crucial Story of Vitamin D and Human Health
3 mo on HNSulforaphane and Its Effects on Cancer, Mortality, Aging, Brain and Behavior, Heart Disease & More
3 mo on HNDr. Jason Fung: Fasting as a Therapeutic Option for Weight Loss
3 mo on HNGeorge Hotz | Programming | we do coronavirus science aka hacking nature #lockdown part1 | COVID-19
3 mo on HNPeter McCullough, MD testifies to Texas Senate HHS Committee
3 mo on HNWhy lockdowns are the wrong policy: Swedish expert Prof. Johan Giesecke
3 mo on HNHow The Immune System ACTUALLY Works – IMMUNE
3 mo on HNYour Body Killed Cancer 5 Minutes Ago
3 mo on HNThe Immune System Explained I – Bacteria Infection
2 mo on HNKeynote - Karen Sandler
2 mo on HNVaccines: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
2 mo on HNAmputee Makes History with APL’s Modular Prosthetic Limb
2 mo on HNMatter to Mind:Bioelectricity, Body Intelligence, Future of Regenerative Medicine- Dr. Michael Levin
2 mo on HNIrving Kirsch: The Emperor's New Drugs
2 mo on HNYou Are Immune Against Every Disease
2 mo on HNThe Scariest Episode Yet - Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project - 10/30/18
2 mo on HNThe Super-Fast Logistics of Delivering Blood By Drone
2 mo on HNHow Sugar & Processed Foods Impact Your Health | Dr. Robert Lustig
2 mo on HNHow Smoking vs Vaping Affects Your Lungs ● You Must See This ! !
2 mo on HNThe next outbreak? We’re not ready | Bill Gates | TED
2 mo on HNIf money was no object, should you run every medical test?
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Mentioned in HN threads about medicine & infectious disease, though never formally recommended:
Senior WHO official dodges questions about Taiwan’s WHO membership; praises China · Geoff Hinton: On Radiology · TWiV 615: Peter Daszak of EcoHealth Alliance · An Update On Dianna's Health · Harris On Vaccine: 'If Donald Trump Tells Us To Take It, I’m Not Taking It.' | NBC News · How to Slow Aging (and even reverse it) · 旷野青春 | 隐形防线（英文字幕版） · President Trump claims injecting people with disinfectant could treat coronavirus · A real, not-clickbaity, average Chinese wet market · President Trump Suggests ‘Injecting’ Disinfectant as Coronavirus Cure | NBC New York · Why Weren't We Wearing Masks From the Beginning? Dr. Anthony Fauci Explains · Virtuo Vivo™ live scanning at IDS 2019 · Trump Suggests Injecting Disinfectant Into The Body To Treat Coronavirus | MSNBC · Cynthia Kenyon: Experiments that hint of longer lives · How Fox News has shifted its coronavirus rhetoric · OSCON 2011: Karen Sandler · Original Zoloft Commercial · Dr.Christina Sanchez explains how cannabis kills cancer cells (MORE at cureyourowncancer.org) · New Laser Zaps Mosquitoes in SlowMotion | National Geographic · Drone Delivery Start-Up Zipline Beats Amazon, UPS And FedEx To The Punch | CNBC · Resveratrol – The Unfortunate (& Scandalous) Story · Infant girl with whooping cough · TWiV 641: COVID-19 with Dr. Anthony Fauci · More Doctors Smoke Camels Than Any Other Cigarette · ✖️Coronavirus TIMELINE · Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder Screws up on Trans Kids' Care · First Update From Dianna (Physics Girl) · British Army on LSD (Acid) drugs