Medical Miracles
Barbara Friedman presents ground breaking medical stories of South Africans from all walks of life, and the innovative medical teams that have brought about miracles to help them.
Recent Episodes
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15 March 2016 · 11m
A horrific accident sliced off a large part of a Cape Town man’s right hand, leaving him with only one finger. He was filled with despair, until a remarkable surgeon gave him new h
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24 February 2016 · 15m
Urology specialist Prof Andre van der der Merwe heads up the Tygerberg Hospital unit, and he was moved after seeing the desperate plight of young men filling the wards every year.
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CHILDHOOD DIABETES AND THE LATEST “ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS” TECHNOLOGY
28 January 2016 · 14m
Type 1 Diabetes is being diagnosed in children younger and younger these days. Hear about the very latest development in the war against diabetes – an ‘airbag’ that shuts insulin d
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LIFE SAVING BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTS
28 January 2016 · 12m
The South African Bone Marrow Registry outlines their ‘military style’ operation in getting the essential bone marrow from donor to patient in the necessary 72-hour window availabl
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AFFORDABLE IVF FERTILITY TREATMENT AND HAVING HEALTHY BABIES FOR HIV POSITIVE COUPLES
28 January 2016 · 10m
For couples struggling to have a baby, IVF or in vitro fertility treatment is a potential solution – but it is exorbitantly expensive and usually out of reach for most middle class
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NEW USE OF ULTRASOUND MACHINE TO DETECT BRAIN SWELLING IN CHILDREN
28 January 2016 · 11m
Various viruses and other illness cause swelling in the brain. Intra cranial swelling must be identified as soon as possible to avoid brain damage. The problem with MRI and CAT sca
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20 January 2016 · 11m
Fibroids are benign tumours that grow in the wall of the womb plaguing the lives of millions of South African womb, for many it’s unbearable, causing unceasing bleeding, and even i
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MECHANICAL HEARTS – THE HEART VALVE ASSIST DEVICE
20 January 2016 · 11m
For decades the world that has focused on organ donor heart transplants as the only solution for a failing heart. Cape Town Cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Willie Koen talks about the g
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ROBOTIC SURGERY - AND PROSTATE CANCER
20 January 2016 · 10m
Robotic surgery is not just something in science fiction movies as one might imagine – this robotic surgical system is being used right here in South Africa, to cure diseases like
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20 January 2016 · 10m
Premature babies born sub 25 weeks – are known as micro prems – and some neonatal units in South Africa have developed such advanced bio mimicry incubators – in other words an extr