SciShow
Why Is Lung Cancer in Non-smokers on the Rise?
Lung Cancer has been stigmatized as something that mainly happens when you smoke cigarettes. But non-smoking lung cancer may be a new disease changing the narrative. Hosted by: Hank Green (he/him)
SciShow
Does COVID Cause Cancer?
There's a troubling link between COVID and certain cancers, but as always, it's complicated.
SciShow
Wait, We JUST Banned Asbestos?
Amphibole asbestos has been (mostly) illegal in the United States since 1989. So why is the EPA just banning chrysotile asbestos in the year 2024? And is chrysotile really safer?
SciShow
Have We Discovered a Cure for Cancer... on Accident?
Is there actually a cure for cancer? A universal cure would be a truly historic achievement in medicine, and it seems that scientists may have found it... by accident. Watch this new episode of SciShow and find out more! Hosted by: Hank...
SciShow
Why Don't We Have Cancer-Sniffing Dogs?
There are a lot of stories out there about dogs who seemed to smell lung cancer on their owner’s breath, and a recent study found that some dogs can detect lung cancer in blood samples with astonishing accuracy. So why aren’t there...
TED Talks
Paula Johnson: His and hers ... health care
Every cell in the human body has a sex, which means that men and women are different right down to the cellular level. Yet too often, research and medicine ignore this insight -- and the often startlingly different ways in which the two...
TED Talks
Jack Andraka: A promising test for pancreatic cancer ... from a teenager
Over 85 percent of all pancreatic cancers are diagnosed late, when someone has less than two percent chance of survival. How could this be? Jack Andraka talks about how he developed a promising early detection test for pancreatic cancer...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How do cigarettes affect the body? - Krishna Sudhir
Cigarettes aren't good for us. That's hardly news -- we've known about the dangers of smoking for decades. But how exactly do cigarettes harm us, and can our bodies recover if we stop? Krishna Sudhir details what happens when we smoke --...
Bozeman Science
Health Impacts of Pollution
In this video Paul Andersen explains how chemicals can cause both chronic and acute diseases. A discussion of the five main types of toxins; neurotoxins, carcinogens, teratogens, endocrine disruptors, and allergens is including. The LD50...
SciShow
Why Nutrition Studies Keep Contradicting Each Other
It seems like nutrition studies contradict a lot, and it’s practically impossible to get a straight answer on whether a given food or supplement is good for you. But why?
Bozeman Science
What is Cancer?
In this video Paul Andersen answers the very simple question: What is cancer? He explains how damage to the DNA can create uncontrolled cell growth. He explains how malignant tumors can spread the disease throughout the body and gives...
Bozeman Science
Mitosis
Paul Andersen describes the process of mitosis. He begins by discussing the importance of the cell cycle in development, regeneration, asexual reproduction and wound healing. He differentiates between haploid and diploid cells and...
Curated Video
Delhi AQI Drops To 'Very Poor' | Toxic Smog Smashes W.H.O Safe Limit
A dense layer of Smog enveloped Delhi and surrounding regions of Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram and Faridabad on Wednesday morning which led to various flight diversions...Watch in for more details!
Curated Video
Delhi Air Pollution: Smog Causes Low Visibility In NCR, AQI 'Very Poor' For 15th Day
A dense layer of Smog enveloped Delhi and surrounding regions of Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram and Faridabad on Wednesday morning which led to various flight diversions...Watch in for more details!
Curated Video
Greater Sudbury Public Library lends out radon detectors
Patrons at the Greater Sudbury Public Library can now borrow radon detectors. Radon is an invisible and odourless gas present in all homes. At high concentrations, over a long period of time, breathing it can cause lung cancer. Other...
Curated Video
Advancements in Biotechnology: The Future of Drug Discovery
Biotechnology is revolutionizing the drug discovery process with the development of biochips. These innovative chips, such as the optical flow through chip, allow for faster and more accurate analysis of genetic material, leading to the...
Science ABC
Why Heart Cancer Is So Rare It (Almost) Never Happens
The heart is practically immune to getting cancer. 2 in 100,000 of those who have cancer are those with a primary cancer of the heart. That is an astonishing low number. So, what is so special about the heart that it rarely, if ever,...
Curated Video
Smoking: The Damage
Find out more about the range of toxins in cigarettes and the serious damage they can cause to smoker's lungs. Biology - Human Body - Learning Points. Cigarette smoke damages the lungs. The chemicals in cigarettes irritate the lung...
Curated Video
Revolutionizing Drug Discovery: The Power of Biochips in Biotechnology
Biotechnology is revolutionizing the field of medicine by introducing biochips that can accelerate the drug discovery process. These biochips, developed by electronic chip maker Infineon, utilize advanced technology to analyze genetic...
Curated Video
Wellbeing A-Z -Quit
Over 8000 people per year take up smoking in the US alone, and most of them start before their 21st birthday. Lung cancer is the second most common cause of death in the world, and ninety percent of all lung cancers result from smoking....
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.
PBS
What's up with all this Vaping?
E-Cigarettes are everywhere. Vaping has become so ubiquitous that "vape" was Oxford Dictionaries word of the year in 2014. Today, Danielle looks at how and why vaping took off. She examines the early 20th century prototypes for electric...
Schooling Online
IB Biology Skills: Reliability 3
Robin Hood has a flawless track record. That is, until he completely misses the mark one day! Does this spell the end of his successful career? This lesson will wrap up our discussion of reliability by examining the effects of outliers...
Schooling Online
Biology Skills: Reliability Part 3
Robin Hood has a flawless track record. That is, until he completely misses the mark one day! Does this spell the end of his successful career? This lesson will wrap up our discussion of reliability by examining the effects of outliers...