TED Talks
TED: How comic strips create better health care | Sam Hester
Comics creator Sam Hester is part of a growing movement within health care: graphic medicine. In short, literally drawing attention to a patient's needs and goals with pictures to foster better and more accessible caretaking. Hester...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Pedro Brugarolas: Why do hospitals have particle accelerators?
Is there a way to detect diseases like cancer and Alzheimer's before they advance too far? Doctors are using injected radioactive drugs that circulate through the body and act as a beacon for PET scanners. These diagnostic tools can...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How do you know if you have a virus? | Cella Wright
A new virus emerges and spreads like wildfire. In order to contain it, researchers must first collect data about who's been infected. Two main viral testing techniques are critical: one tells you if you have the virus and the other shows...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Hacking bacteria to fight cancer | Tal Danino
In 1884, an unlucky patient who had a rapidly growing cancer in his neck came down with an unrelated bacterial skin infection. As he recovered from the infection, the cancer surprisingly began to recede. The infection had stimulated the...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Is marijuana bad for your brain? | Anees Bahji
In 1970, marijuana was classified as a schedule 1 drug in the United States: the strictest designation possible, meaning it was completely illegal and had no recognized medical uses. Today, marijuana's therapeutic benefits are widely...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Sajan Saini: How light technology is changing medicine
It's an increasingly common sight in hospitals around the world: a nurse measures our height, weight, blood pressure, and attaches a glowing plastic clip to our finger. Suddenly, a digital screen reads out the oxygen level in our...
Curated Video
The Economic Cost of Longevity: Challenges and Strategies for Governments
This video discusses the economic implications of increasing longevity and the challenges it poses for governments and economies. It explores the need for healthcare, senior care facilities, and pension benefits for an aging population,...
Curated Video
What Am I Supposed To Feel After Taking An Antidepressant?
Explore the complex effects of antidepressants in this educational video. We delve into the common concern of feeling numb while on medications like SSRIs and Wellbutrin, differentiating between side effects and therapeutic effects. The...
Healthcare Triage
Zoning Rules Can Keep People in Bad Neighborhoods
We’ve talked about how housing is important for health. We’ve talked about how we can improve access to housing through stimulation of production through the LIHTC. We’ve talked about how we can improve access through vouchers and...
Curated Video
Brazil: The Wealth Divide
Brazil has one of the world's greatest income gaps. For those on either side of this wealth divide, daily life, and the long-term outlook, is very different... Human Geography - A Changing World - Learning Points. Brazil has one of the...
Curated Video
Japan: Encouraging Population Growth
Why is Japan's population ageing? What impacts could this have on the country in future? And how is the government trying to tackle the problem? Human Geography - A Changing World - Learning Points. Japan, like many developed countries,...
Great Big Story
Using hollywood special effects to save lives
Meet Gregory Loan, a senior simulation engineer at Boston Children's Hospital, blending special effects and robotics to craft artificial patients for medical training, ultimately saving children's lives.
Curated Video
The Importance of Teamwork and Support in Leadership
As a Program Manager, Hildra believes in going above and beyond for her staff, emphasizing teamwork and mutual support. She sees herself as part of the team, learning from her staff while also providing guidance and help when needed....
Curated Video
Career Growth Opportunities Through Diversity and Training
The video, Hilda expresses enthusiasm for their job, citing the valuable career growth opportunities provided by New York City Health Hospital through various trainings and interaction with diverse colleagues. They emphasize the...
Curated Video
Career Services: Building a Strong Resume
Now a Program Manager for New York City Health Hospital, Hilda received valuable support from the career services department of her college in building her resume. She emphasizes the importance of including key skills, such as being...
Curated Video
Empowering Support for Student Success
This video highlights the impactful support provided by the ASAP program and its advisors. Their encouragement and assistance empowered Hilda to overcome challenges, fostering a sense of determination and resilience to persist in her...
Curated Video
Maximizing Career Opportunities Through Internships and Networking
In this video Hilda shares how her experience in office technology and medical management proved helpful in her career, highlighting the importance of internships for gaining practical work experience and understanding the work...
Curated Video
Embracing Diversity and Growth in the Workplace
Hilda values the opportunity for career growth and learning through various training opportunities she has access to as Program Manager with New York City Health & Hospitals. She appreciates the chance to work with a diverse group of...
Curated Video
A Program Manager's Responsibilities
As the program manager for the asthma program at New York City Health and Hospitals in the Bronx, Hilda oversees a team of community health workers who provide outreach, education, and support to patients with asthma. She ensures...
Curated Video
Fundamentals of Secure Software - HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
This video explains the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) and its purpose.
Healthcare Triage
Is Gun Violence a Public Health Issue?
Gun violence is a public health problem, but we don’t approach it like one. The debate often gets framed as “guns or no guns” when it isn’t that black and white. In this episode we break down how and why to approach gun violence as a...
Healthcare Triage
The Unequal Impacts of Climate Change
Climate change is driven by humans and will affect us all. But it’s not driven by everyone equally, and it doesn’t affect everyone equally. In the last 250 years, 77% of global emissions were emitted by Europe, North America, Australia,...
Healthcare Triage
Ways We Can Mitigate Climate Change
We’ve spent a bunch of time this year examining the many, many health effects of climate change. And while we are no experts on climate change and what the best solutions are to address it, we are clearly interested in addressing it for...
Healthcare Triage
Is Tylenol Safe During Pregnancy?
We’ve got new and improved data on the relationship between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and diagnoses of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability in offspring. Have we been right or wrong to recommend it during pregnancy?