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3 Parasitic Infections From Fish (Diphyllobothriasis, Clonorchiasis, Anisakiasis)
3 Parasitic Infections From Fish (Diphyllobothriasis, Clonorchiasis, Anisakiasis) Many fish species act as intermediate hosts for a variety of parasite species. In the event that a human ingests contaminated uncooked or undercooked fish,...
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Taiwan experiences COVID-19 outbreak
Taiwan on Monday, May 17 announced 333 local COVID-19 infections, a new single-day record since the start of the pandemic, according to Taiwan News.
Professor Dave Explains
The Common Cold (Rhinovirus)
It's time to start going through a variety of common viruses, so let's start with the most common one of them all, the one that most often causes the common cold. It's called Rhinovirus, and it is a member of the picornavirus family....
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Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN) | Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
What is Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN)? PAN is a vasculitis condition involving medium-sized vessels that leads to systemic symptoms involving a variety of organs and organ systems. These symptoms include constitutional symptoms, muscle...
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Researchers tackle dangerous, but poorly understood biofilms - Science Nation
Syracuse University chemical engineer Dacheng Ren is leading a multidisciplinary team studying biofilms, which are colonies of microbes, such as bacteria, that grow together in a matrix produced by the cells themselves. Until now,...
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Understanding the Link Between Disease and Human Health
The video discusses the link between disease and human health, defining and classifying diseases into categories based on onset, transmission, and duration. It also highlights the importance of adopting a healthy lifestyle to prevent...
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Uses for Amaranth
For centuries, amaranth has been consumed for nutritional and medicinal purposes and used externally to treat a variety of rashes and wounds. Learn about the many uses for amaranth. Amaranth part 3/5
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Scientists explain why wireless earphones cause wax overload
Wireless earphones that fit inside the ear are more convenient to use and therefore get left in the ear for longer, which can cause damage to the ear.
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Microorganisms and Humans Commensal and Pathogenic Flora
Did you know that there are more microbes inside of you than there are cells that belong to your own body? There are tons of those critters all over the place! But don't freak out, most of them are actually helping you. They protect you...
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Aminoglycosides | Bacterial Targets, Mechanism of Action, Side Effects
Lesson on Aminoglycoside Antibiotics. Aminoglycoside antibiotics all have the suffix of -mycin, -micin or -cin and may be confused with the macrolides, which have the suffix -thromycin. Aminoglycosides are almost always used in...
Visual Learning Systems
Healthy Digestive and Excretory Systems: Problems of the Excretory System
This program reviews what our body does with the food we consume, and covers the major digestive organs and processes. The fundamental processes by which the body disposes of various types of wastes via the excretory system are also...
Professor Dave Explains
Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
What is tuberculosis? Just like the rest of these diseases, it's caused by a bacterium, specifically Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This one is tricky because there are strains that are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, so...
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Therapeutic action of different classes of Drugs
It explains action of different classes of Drugs such as antacids, antihistamines, tranquilizers, analgesics, analgesic, non narcotic, narcotic, antibiotics, antiseptic, disinfectant.
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Bacterial Infections in Humans
Now we know about a wide variety of bacteria, as well as precisely how they can harm us. So how do they get spread around? How do communicable diseases get from host to host? Let's learn all about this process now.
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Some bacteria have become resistant to hand sanitizers
New research has found that certain germs are becoming more and more resistant to hand sanitizers.
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Taxonomy of Bacteria Identification and Classification
We've been looking at bacteria for a few centuries now, so how do we categorize them? We love to classify things and put them in groups, so how does that work for bacteria? Well let's learn about Gram-staining, antigens, other phenotypic...
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Candidal (Yeast) Infections Overview | Oral Thrush, Vaginal, Intertrigo, Esophageal Candidiasis
Candidal (Yeast) Infections Overview | Oral Thrush, Vaginal, Intertrigo, Esophageal Candidiasis Yeast (Candidal) infections are a group of infections caused by fungi of the genus Candida. They are often opportunistic infections,...
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Superbug fungus spreading through U.S.
A deadly fungus known as Candida auris has been spreading through nursing homes and hospitals across the United States and in five cases has proven entirely resistant to all existing antifungal medication.
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Pharmacokinetics How Drugs Move Through the Body
We just learned about drug administration, or the ways that drugs can enter the body. What happens next? How do drugs move around the body to get to where they need to go? The study of this is called pharmacokinetics. Let's get into the...
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Nephrotic Syndrome | Clinical Presentation, Causes and Treatment
Lesson on Nephrotic Syndrome and causes including Minimal Change Disease, Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis and Membranous Glomerulonephropathy. Nephrotic syndrome is caused by inflammation of the glomerulus (glomerlonephritis) leading...
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Influenza (The Flu)
We've all heard of the flu, and probably know that it is associated with a particular virus. What is the structure of this virus? How is it transmitted? What steps do we have in place in terms of treatment and prevention? The flu is...
Professor Dave Explains
Whooping Cough Bordetella pertussis
Whooping cough, caused by Bordetella pertussis, is a baby killer. It goes all the way back to the middle ages, so let's get a closer look at this bacterium now.
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The AIDS Crisis: "How Many Beautiful Friends Died"
Today, we need to talk about one of the largest medical disasters in recent history that we almost never talk about. Let's talk about the people who thought they would die, had the state do nothing, and fought like hell to demand their...
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Bacterial Pathogenesis How Bacteria Cause Damage
So we know that there are unbelievable numbers of bacteria inside of us, and some of them are good. So what about the bad ones? What do those do? How do they harm us, exactly? What defenses do we have against them? Let's take a look!