Healthcare Triage
Antibiotics and Resistance
A century ago, the top three causes of death were infectious diseases. More than half of all people dying in the United States died because of germs. Today, they account for a few percent of deaths at most.
The Wall Street Journal
Better Drug Discovery Through Venture Capital?
As Big Pharma pulls back from expensive drug development, venture capital is stepping in. How's that working out?
Blockchain Central
How Bitcoin Fuels the Dark Web
This week on Blockchain Central: we will dive into the darkest part of the Internet - the dark web. Without any laws that would control the ecosystem, dark web is the perfect marketplace for illegal goods with Bitcoin as its main currency.
STAT
Science Happens! With Carl Zimmer
We each spend about one-third of our lives sleeping. But what goes on in our brains when we're asleep? In search of answers, Amita Sehgal studies the sleeping habits of fruit flies.
Global Ethics Solutions
Working Sober! Alcohol and Drug Basics
There are a lot of drugs and substances out there. While there are no two exact ways an employee will react or interact with a substance, there are some common substances and signs employees are using in the workplace. This course...
Healthcare Triage
Doctors, Money, and Conflicts of Interest
I'm a doctor. My father is a doctor. My colleagues are doctors, the people I train are doctors, lots and lots of my friends are doctors. But that doesn't meant that doctors sometimes aren't blind to certain issues like their own...
Hip Hughes History
A History of Marijuana in the United States for Beginners
HipHughes packs a bowl of learning about the history of Marijuana in the United States exploring the relationship of Federalism to the killer cannabis.
Professor Dave Explains
Gonorrhea Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Gonorrhea is the second-most common sexually transmitted infection, or STI, in the world. What is the pathogen responsible for this infection, how was it discovered, and precisely what does it do in the body? Let's answer these questions...
The Economist
Cocaine: why the cartels are winning
America spends $40bn a year on the war on drugs. But its “zero tolerance” approach has done little to curb addiction or overdose rates, which are the highest in the world.
Healthcare Triage
Keep Your Kids Out of Trouble By Keeping Them Busy
Teenagers might get up to risky behavior. But if you keep them busy, they're less likely to get in trouble. Challenging academic standards can help reduce risky business.
The Wall Street Journal
Investing in China's Biotech: Opportunities and Risks
China has poured billions of dollars into cultivating a homegrown biotechnology industry, but how soon can it challenge U.S. rivals? Lilly Asia Ventures' Judith Li and Qiming Venture Partners' Nisa Leung discuss with WSJ Health and...
Healthcare Triage
Clickbait Headlines and Medical Research! Watch This Video to Keep Your Family Safe!
Aaron is part of a weekly gaming group. Most of the time it's role playing games, although board games come into play as well. Most of the participants are doctors. We have a group text that we officially use to schedule, but...
Catalyst University
Anti-platelet Medications + Mechanisms of Action
In this video, we explore the major anticoagulant drugs that specifically inhibit platelets (anti-platelet drugs), including their mechanisms of action.
Healthcare Triage
Australian Health Care
It's been a while since we've done an international health care system episode. We thought you might need a break. That break ends now. Australia has the only continental, universal health care system, and it's topic of this week's...
Professor Dave Explains
Bronchodilators Part 1: Principles of Respiratory Airflow and Development of Selective Drugs
Bronchodilators are drugs used to expand a constricted airway in instances of asthma, bronchitis, and emphysema. Poiseuille's law, an equation often used to study fluid dynamics plays and important role in calculating the effectiveness...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Big Pharma Racket
In part 4 of INET's interview with Giovanni Dosi, he says that the pharmaceutical industry systematically takes advantage of the public by taking the fruits of government-sponsored research and then substantially marking up its product
AllTime 10s
10 Dark Secrets Behind Your Favorite Companies
We all have secrets we'd rather not led the world know, but when you're a multi billion dollar company, there tends to be a lot more at stake.
SWPictures
KILL OR CURE - Malaria - Fighting Back
We see how remote communities are Nigeria are themselves taking responsibility for making sure they are treated for the diseases which pose the greatest danger. Manufacturing powerful, effective drugs is one thing. Making sure they get...
TLDR News
Should Weed Be Legal in the UK?
Britain seems to be oblivious to the global trend of decriminalising and legalising marijuana. Should the UK do the same and legalise weed? Would the UK ever legalise weed?
Weird History
Harry Anslinger - The Man Who Banned Marijuana
The origins of the War on Drugs in the US go back more than a century and are mired in complicated history. However, the story of the ban on cannabis in America can be easily traced to one individual: Harry J. Anslinger, who spent three...
The Wall Street Journal
Beating Cancer
At the 2020 WSJ Health Forum, Genetech CEO Alexander Hardy spoke with Health & Science Deputy Bureau Chief Jonathan D. Rockoff about big pharma, biotech and where the next big cancer breakthrough may come from.
Catalyst University
Pulmonary Pharmacology [Part 1] | Bronchoconstriction & Bronchodilation Mechanisms
In this video, explore the biochemical mechanisms that promote bronchoconstriction and bronchodilation.