Curated Video
GCSE Biology - Type 1 vs Type 2 Diabetes - What is Diabetes and How to Treat It #57
Type 1 and type 2 diabetes are both caused by problems with insulin. Learn the differences between the two and how we can treat them.
Curated Video
GCSE Biology - Stem Cells in Medicine
In this video, we cover: - A quick recap of what stem cells are - How stem cells can be used to treat conditions like diabetes, paralysis and sickle cell anaemia - The risks involved with stem cell treatment - The ethical objections to...
Curated Video
GCSE Biology - Is Your Lifestyle Really a Personal Choice? - Lifestyle & Risk Factors #42
Risk factors are things that increase the chance that a person will develop a certain disease. Lots of these are lifestyle choices that we make everyday. Learn the links you need to know, and how disease can affect society at large.
Curated Video
GCSE Biology - Health and Disease #33
In this video we look at how to describe the terms health and disease, the difference between communicable and non-communicable disease, and how diseases can interact.
Curated Video
GCSE Biology - What are Stem Cells? Difference Between Embryonic and Adult Stem Cells #11
In this video, we cover: - What stem cells are - What differentiation is - The difference between embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells Exam board specific info: AQA - Suitable for everyone IGCSE Edexcel - Suitable for everyone...
Curated Video
How the Ketogenic Diet Helps Schizophrenia
In this video I discuss the ketogenic diet, what is ketosis and how is it different from ketoacidosis. I also talk about how the ketogenic diet affects brain metabolism and how this improves schizophrenia. In the previous video, I talk...
Curated Video
What Happens To Your Body When You Don't Sleep?
What happens to your body when you don’t sleep? Here are the take away points: Poor sleep puts you at risk for weight gain, diabetes and worsening ADHD (especially in children). These negative health effects occur with chronic poor...
Curated Video
Losing Weight On Medications Just Got Easier – Should You Take A Pill for Weight Loss?
There's been a lot of hype about weight loss medications lately. Are they for you? Psychiatric medications are guilty of causing enough weight gain to push someone into the category of obese. Today there are several different types of...
Mr. Beat
When Does a Police Officer Go Too Far? | Graham v. Connor
In episode 15 of Supreme Court Briefs, a man with diabetes is beat up by the police who think he is drunk and just robbed a convenience store. Spoiler alert- he didn't.
Curated Video
High Five Facts - Food Groups Choca Esos Cinco - Grupos De Alimentos
Este video explora cinco datos divertidos sobre grupos de alimentos.
Curated Video
Important People of Canada
A video entitled “Important People of Canada” which examines the lives of several people who were significant in Canada’s history.
Science Buddies
Model Artificial Pancreas Science Project
This video is a walk-through of the "Dealing with Diabetes: The Road to Developing an Artificial Pancreas" project at Science Buddies:...
Curated Video
A real case of Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) & Management
Diabetic Ketoacidosis or DKA is a medical emergency that I never take lightly. This real-life clinical case is about a young female with type I diabetes who presented to us with classical symptoms. We were able to treat her successfully...
Curated Video
Understanding the Correlation between Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
This video provides an explanation of type 2 diabetes and its correlation with obesity. It discusses the rise in type 2 diabetes diagnoses and obesity rates in many countries, and highlights excess body fat as the strongest risk factor...
Healthcare Triage
When Drug Costs Are High, Patients Skip Doses
The idea behind cost-sharing in healthcare costs goes something like this: If the patient is responsible for some part of the cost of their care, they'll be more judicious in their choices of treatment, and healthcare spending will...
Healthcare Triage
Behavioral Economics Aren't that Convincing in Medicine
There have been a lot of stories about using behavioral economics to change wide array of human behaviors. Studies have looked at adherence to treatments, weight control, and lots of other areas, and have found that trying to change...
Healthcare Triage
Americans Spend a Lot on Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Back Pain
One of my fist big efforts on my blog was a ten point series on health care spending in the US. It also led to John doing this video - which is the fourth most popular vlogbrothers video EVER, - which pretty much led to Healthcare...
Healthcare Triage
Why Does the U.S. Spend So Much on Healthcare? High, High Prices.
American healthcare spending is still WAY higher than pretty much all other industrialized countries. But not that long ago, things were different. The US didn't spend nearly as much in this realm. What changed? Demographics? More...
Debunked
Does Sugar Affect Your Behavior?
Parents have been telling us for years, that if you give a child candy and cola it will hype them up and make them go nuts! But, how much truth is there to the 'sugar rush', and how much of it is just in the parents perception?
JJ Medicine
Fructose Metabolism: Absorption, Fructolysis, Regulation and Role in Obesity
In this lesson you will learn about the fructose metabolism pathway aka fructolysis, including an in-depth overview of the pathway, how fructose is absorbed in the body, where fructose metabolism occurs in the body, what enzymes are...
Mediacorp
Preventing Diabetes: Making Lifestyle Changes for the Whole Family
In this video, a teacher meets with a family to discuss their risk of diabetes and the importance of making healthy lifestyle changes. They explore the family's diet and habits, and seek advice from experts on how to improve their...
AllTime 10s
10 Tiny Health Problems That Are Signs Of Impending Doom
Do you find yourself overlooking little medical issues, after all it can sometimes be a real effort to go see a doctor about something that's probably nothing? Well, maybe you shouldn't. Alltime 10s brings you 10 seemingly tiny health...
Next Animation Studio
Explainer: Why COVID-19 is more lethal for patients with heart disease or diabetes
Biologists at the Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences have found why COVID-19 patients with heart disease or diabetes are more likely to suffer serious complications
Catalyst University
Diabetes Insipidus | Mechanism & Signs/Symptoms
In this video, we explore the mechanism and signs/symptoms of the condition, diabetes insipidus, which results in diminished levels of the hormone, ADH.