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Science of Addiction
Many drug users become drug addicts, but why is this? What changes to cause a person to become addicted to drugs? Biology - Healthy Living - Millions of people are addicted to drugs worldwide. Drugs target the reward center of the brain....
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Enzyme
A biological catalyst. Enzymes are specialised proteins that speed up biochemical reactions. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig...
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Drug awareness – Pixelate
What is it? ... These are coffee beans! Life processes - Humans and other animals - Drug awareness A Twig Tidbit Film - Pixelate. A pixelated image unscrambles. The children have to guess what it is.
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Drug awareness – Did you know?
Did you know that legal drugs are still restricted? Life processes - Humans and other animals - Drug awareness Learning Points Some non-prescription drugs are age restricted. A Twig Tidbit Film - Did you know? A fascinating fact is...
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Drug awareness – True or false
True or false ... All drugs are harmful to health? Life processes - Humans and other animals - Drug awareness Learning Points Not all drugs are harmful to health. A Twig Tidbit Film - True or False? The children have to determine if a...
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Drug awareness – Odd one out
Four beverages are shown, but which of them does not contain a drug? Life processes - Humans and other animals - Drug awareness Learning Points Coffee, tea and cola contain the drug caffeine. A Twig Tidbit Film - Odd one out. The...
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Dangers of smoking
Warning: Contains footage of smoking. Why do so many people smoke when the risk to their health is so high? Life processes - Humans and other animals - Drug awareness Learning Points Smoking damages health. Smoking increases the...
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What is a drug?
Warning: Contains footage of illegal drugs. Drugs are used in many situations, but how do we classify a drug? Life processes - Humans and other animals - Drug awareness Learning Points A drug is a chemical that affects how your...
Wonderscape
Challenges of the American Dream for Black Men in the U.S.
Examine the disparities faced by Black men in America in pursuit of the American Dream. Learn about the impact of public policies, particularly within the criminal justice system, and how these have contributed to inequalities. Explore...
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Seasonal Affective Disorder: the Impacts of Sun Deprivation
Life without enough sunlight can have a damaging effect on the human body causing a range of problems. In cold and harsh places like Lapland, the winter sunlight is short, with the sun rising around 10am and setting at 2pm. This is...
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Navigating Our Smartphone Dependency: Benefits and Boundaries
This video investigates our complex relationship with smartphones, from the convenience they offer to the potential for dependency. It features experiments and expert opinions on how smartphones influence our physical health, social...
Healthcare Triage
Can Dosing with Psilocybin Mushrooms Treat Depression?
May is mental health month, and we're talking about treatments for depression. Today, we're looking at the evidence for using psilocybin mushrooms to treat depression. There's lots of studies to look at, so here we goooo!
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Ketamine as a Treatment for Depression?
Ketamine is a controlled substance approved by the FDA for use as an anesthetic. It is also used recreationally to create a dissociative state. But what about ketamine for depression? The FDA has approved Spravato (esketamine) for...
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How Do Drugs Get Invented?
With support from the National Institute for Health Care Management, we’re spending the next three episodes talking about how drugs get approved in the United States. In this first episode, we discuss the drug approval process from the...
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Not All Drugs Get Approved the Same Way: Exceptions to FDA Rules
All drugs have to follow the same path to approval at the US Food and Drug Administration, except when they don't. Today, with the support of NIHCM, we're learning about the exceptions to the rules that can happen when drugs get...
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Just Because a Drug is FDA Approved Doesn't Mean it Works
The drug approval process in the United States is complicated. There are many stakeholders and varying agendas when bringing a drug to market, and profit motives often are as big a factor as helping patients. The loopholes and shortcuts...
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Some Good News in Alzheimer's Treatments
The surprising approval of the extremely expensive and maybe not that effective drug Aduhelm has been dominating the conversation around Alzheimer's treatments in recent memory. Today, we're getting positive and talking about a very...
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A Fentanyl Vaccine Shows Promise
Fentanyl is many times more potent than heroin or morphine, and is responsible for a lot of overdose deaths. Recent news reports have covered a potential fentanyl vaccine - how does that work, and how far are we from human trials?
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Reforming Federal Laws that Slow Marijuana Research
Marijuana is classified as a Schedule I drug, making it difficult for researchers to study, and difficult to understand how it may help or harm our health. A recently passed bill is aimed at making marijuana research easier to conduct,...
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Zoloft, Mounjaro, and Social Stigma
Drugs that do a pretty good job of easing symptoms of depression and drugs that really help people struggling with obesity have a couple things in common. The first is that we have almost no idea how they work, and the second is that...
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New Obesity Drugs May Impact Mental Health
In mid to late 2023 there was a flurry of news reports about patients taking new weight loss drugs reporting associated mental health concerns, including suicidal thoughts. There's still a lot of research to be done to fully understand...
Great Big Story
Lenny Lipton's journey from puff the magic dragon to 3D cinema
Explore Lenny Lipton's multifaceted career, from writing the iconic song "Puff the Magic Dragon" to inventing 3D cinema technology.
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Do You Lie To Your Doctor?
Alok and Sheena take to the streets to ask people why they lie to their doctor. What are they really afraid of? We’ll reveal the most common lies and why they’re so dangerous. Our goal: to help you have a more candid and healthy...
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Can Psilocybin or MDMA Treat Depression and Anxiety?
There's even a study using psilocybin (from mushrooms) to help doctors and nurses suffering from burnout! So why the excitement, and what's the downside? We’ll break it down, recap highs and lows from key studies, explain how these drugs...