Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller Country: USA Duration: 240 min. Story: A young medical student discovers that something sinister is going on in her hospital after routine procedures send more than a few seemingly healthy patients into comas on the operating table. Remake of Coma 1978. Style: tense, serious, bleak, atmospheric, suspenseful … Plot: medical school, hospital, uncover truth, workplace, woman […]
Genre: Drama Country: USA Duration: 109 min. Story: Joe Slovak is a brilliant first-year med student whose casual, nonconforming approach to life gets tested when he enrolls in Gross Anatomy, the toughest course in med school. Style: talky, clever, realistic, semi serious, sentimental … Audience: teens, date night Plot: college, medical, school, medical school, medicine, teenager, medical student, bittersweet, youth, opposites attract, […]
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance Country: USA Duration: 115 min. Story: Meet Patch Adams, a doctor who doesn’t look, act or think like any doctor you’ve met before. For Patch, humor is the best medicine, and he’s willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh – even if it means risking his own career. Style: inspirational, touching, emotional, […]
Medical News ‘Strep-A’ warning! Watch out for these symptoms WHAT IS Strep-A? Group A beta-hemolytic streptococci (commonly known as Beta microbes) are bacteria that can live on the throat, nose and skin. Most group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal infections are relatively mild infections in the form of sore throat or skin infections. Scarlet fever, fever, sore […]