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[VIDEO] Check Out Netflix's "Emergency: NYC"

2023-05-11T12:00:00-04:00

This gripping docuseries follows New York City's frontline medical professionals as they balance the intensity of their work with their personal lives.

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[WATCH] How NYC Doctors Worked on the Frontlines of COVID

2022-06-25T12:00:00-04:00

The staff at an elite ICU in New York City had seen many emergencies, but nothing close to the start of the coronavirus outbreak in March 2020. CBS News' Lesley Stahl sits down with doctors from New York-Presbyterian/Weill-Cornell Hospital, and with journalist Marie Brenner, author of "The Desperate Hours," to pull back the curtain on the inner lives, struggles and triumphs of doctors who were living in what felt like a war zone.

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Peek Inside New York City's First Medical Marijuana Dispensary in the East Village

2016-01-07T17:12:43-05:00

The City's first medical marijuana dispensary has opened in the East Village. Today was the first day of business for Columbia Care on 14th Street in between 2nd and 3rd Avenues. Our friends over at Metro stopped by to check it all out.

Upon walking into the facility’s front doors, patients must first present their registry identification card at the front desk window — anyone who fails to show the card will be turned away. In order to qualify, patients must suffer from conditions such as cancer, HIV infection or AIDS, ALS, Parkinson’s diseases, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury with spasticity, epilepsy, inflammatory bowel disease, neuropathy or Huntington’s disease. Once inside, patients spend some time in a waiting room before meeting with a pharmacist to discuss treatment options. The only forms available at the dispensary will be tinctures, concentrate for vaporization or capsules.

The dispensary was not at all like I expected… pretty boring to be honest. I was hoping to see bongs and Bob Marley, but instead got snake plants and corporate banners.

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The Burns Archive in Midtown is a Massive Medical History Photography Museum

2015-10-09T08:10:19-04:00

The Burns Archive in Murray Hill boasts over 1 million photographs of historical subjects, and most prominently, early medical history.

From the birth of photography through the atomic age, The Burns Archive with over one million historic photographs is best known for providing photographic evidence of forgotten, unseen and disquieting aspects of history. The cornerstone of The Burns Archive is its unparalleled collection of early medical photography, but it is also renowned for its iconic images depicting the darker side of life: Death, Disease, Disaster, Mayhem, Crime, Racism, Revolution and War.

Check out the online archive to explore some of the collection.

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NutriDrip Cures Your Hangover at Work with an Expensive IV Drip

2015-09-28T12:38:03-04:00

NutriDrip is a service which will help cure your hangover while you sit at work or home via a delivery of an IV drip full of rehydrating and replenishing nutrients.

If you go to the emergency room after acute alcohol intoxication (hungover), you'll be given IV hydration. In mild cases, a nurse can now bring that hydration to your office. In this episode of If Our Bodies Could Talk, senior editor James Hamblin investigates the lengths to which some people will go to undo their excesses.

In this video from the Atlantic, Senior Editor James Hamblin M.D. learns what the service is all about and how it works.

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"How NYC Works" Covers Blood Donations in the City

2015-03-18T15:53:50-04:00

The bi-weekly series How NYC Works from local NY1 takes an in-depth look at the inner workings and day-to-day operations of the City’s five boroughs. In this episode, host Roger Clark takes a look at the blood donation process and how a donor's generosity saves lives every day.

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