History and society Investigations and reports
36,9°
2024
36,9° examines health issues from the perspective of the patient rather than the doctor, while also exploring the political, economic, ethical and medical aspects.
History and society | Investigations and reports
Episode 11
43 min
The art of recovery
Surviving, recovering, learning to heal. It's not because the medical treatment is finished that the patient has completed their route to well-being. We follow four people, indelibly marked by their illness.
Episode 10
44 min
Extraordinary cures
Certain cures are so extraordinary that they take health care professionals by surprise. They represent individual miracles for the patients concerned, but also interest researchers who see them as offering hope for new forms of treatment.
Episode 9
44 min
Medical fraud
Scientific fraud is rising steadily and constantly, endangering advances in knowledge. But detectives are watching closely, and in ever-greater numbers.
Episode 8
44 min
Colon cancer / Eye tattoos
More and more youngsters are developing colon cancer. This worrying increase remains unexplained even if it is thought to be linked to environmental changes. Today it is possible to permanently alter the colour of someone's eyes but the different methods used all carry risks.
Episode 7
46 min
First foods and allergies / My child is self-harming
Food allergies continue to rise throughout the population and notably amongst children, resulting in violent reactions, including anaphylactic shock, that can put a child's life at risk. Ever-higher numbers of youngsters suffering emotional pain are admitting to cutting themselves in secret. What leads to such acts of self-harm?
Episode 13
44 min
The words that heal
It is a very special relationship that links us to our healthcare professionals: the therapeutic relationship. It can be supportive or detrimental and has an impact on the treatment given. What is a good therapeutic relationship? What role does empathy play in health care and treatment?
Episode 12
45 min
TDAH/Pénurie de médecins
Episode 11
44 min
Healthcare in prison
How to treat patients in prison? We head to the La Chaux-de-Fonds prison to film the work of the health care system within its walls.
Episode 10
45 min
Arthrose/Kétamine au secours de la dépression
Episode 9
46 min
Constipation/SOS mon bébé ne dort pas
Episode 16
44 min
When the poo's good, everything's good!
What could be more natural and universal that poo, but in our culture there is nothing like it for inspiring disgust and rejection. And yet it can tell us so much. It's our hero of the day as we discover all its little secrets and those of our digestive system.
Episode 15
44 min
Long covid/Amnesia and hypermnesia
Two years after an acute infection, "long covid" affects three in ten people. It highlights the after-effects of viral infections: chronic inflammation, damaged organs, immune system dysfunction, etc. What is amnesia, where does it come from and what is life like when memories are replaced by a black hole?
Episode 14
45 min
Obesity: a big problem
Switzerland has one of the highest rates of overweight or obese people in the world. And the pandemic apparently hasn't improved the situation. And yet, those concerned still have to fight to be accepted and obtain the treatment they need.
Episode 13
44 min
Forever pollutants/Menstrual cycle and injury
How to protect against per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the forever pollutants that have taken over the planet and are a threat to health? Focus on the causal links between menstrual cycle and sporting performance. Increasingly, female athletes now take it into account when planning their training, to avoid injury.
Episode 12
45 min
Good heath! Long life!
Ageing well, in good health and free from disease. It may be everyone's dream, but what does science actually predict for us, what are researchers in the field working on, and what, so far, has been proven to work?
36,9° examines health issues from the perspective of the patient rather than the doctor, while also exploring the political, economic, ethical and medical aspects.
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When we meet Bijoux in Yaoundé, she has just survived another lynching. Just like Shakiro, LGBTQIA+ activist. This is the story of two people who feel like "women in a man's body" and who highlight their humanity to us at a time when homophobic and transphobic violence continues on every continent.
Local communities are engaged in conflicts that receive very little media coverage around Kisangani, in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In this remote province of Tshopo, the lack of a state, security and consideration for human beings has enabled a simple land dispute to degenerate into a mass massacre.
They were intended to mark the success of a transition process driven by international community engagement. This was not the case. This article highlights the limits of interventionist policies and a country's ability to reinvent its own democratic system.
Could it be that there are reptilians living amongst us? According to those who believe in this theory, lizards capable of shapeshifting into humans have infiltrated our society. Julien Robichaud embarks on an informative and humoristic adventure to investigate the idea of this hybrid race.
In Geneva, the young women of the radical collective 'Engageons les murs' denounce sexual harassment and violence. United by their refusal to be perceived as victims, their actions aim to change the paradigms of a society that they consider too conservative and patriarchal. Svetlana Rodina follows them for a year.
Real estate has become a commodity that attracts speculation and makes it difficult for most Quebec residents to find decent housing. Based on this observation, Diane Bérard, Samuel Gervais and Mathieu Vachon challenge and reinvent the relationship with property. How can we live together without owning real estate?
Boucar Diouf asks: "Why do humans always want more food, more sex, more social recognition, more power? And what if this wish to consume was due to an organ that has been lying deep in our brains for millions of years? A closer look at the "striatum".
