Health & Fitness
They say the fastest way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, but I think if you ask a doctor they would probably say that’s wrong! But what do I know? A very happy Valentine's Day to all of our listeners that do that kind of thing! Sorry we talk about some sort of gross things this time! Kind of spoiling the mood, huh? Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links: [Truth or Fail] Dr. Clarence Walton Lillehei and Heart Surgery https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002950.htmhttps://www.healthline.com/health/open-heart-surgery#when-it's-neededhttp://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/why/human-health/history-of-the-heart-lung-machine/https://www.texasheart.org/heart-health/heart-information-center/frequently-asked-patient-questions/how-is-the-heart-stopped-during-open-heart-surgery/https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/circ.102.suppl_4.IV-87 Cold Operating Room https://www.jtcvs.org/article/S0022-5223(11)00421-1/pdfhttps://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/0003-4975(89)90151-3/pdf Patient-Donor Pump https://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975(09)01080-7/pdfhttps://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/01.CIR.100.13.1364https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/circ.102.suppl_4.IV-87https://www.jtcvs.org/article/S0022-5223(04)00093-5/pdfhttps://books.google.com/books?id=M5sbCxd5cioC [Fact Off] Chopin’s heart https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/arts/chopin-heart-tuberculosis.html https://apnews.com/bc0f09217f564329ae6fa2aefa6349a6/chopins-heart-exhumed-secret-relic https://www.livescience.com/60953-chopin-pickled-heart-reveals-cause-of-death.html https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(17)31025-2/abstract https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(17)31278-0/abstract Heart catheterization https://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/0003-4975(90)90272-8/pdf https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/clc.4960150715 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1956/forssmann/facts/ https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/cardiac-catheterization/about/pac-20384695 [Ask the Science Couch] Non-human hearts (octopuses, earthworms, etc.) https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/why-does-an-octopus-have-more-than-one-heart/ https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~rlenet/Earthworms.html https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(05)60870-7/fulltext Humans multiple hearts https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20131122-can-humans-have-two-hearts https://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/systems/circulatory/two-lungs-one-heart1.htm [Butt One More Thing] Poo-phoria https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/02/18/poo-phoria-passing-a-stool_n_4808627.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3778072