Curated Video
What is Locked-in Syndrome? Symptoms, Causes & Treatments.
Locked-in Syndrome (LIS) is a rare devastating medical case. It is also called Pseudocoma & was featured in TV shows such as HOUSE MD and Chicago Med. Patients are unable to consciously move, speak or chew, but are able to communicate...
Professor Dave Explains
West Nile Virus (Genus Flavivirus)
West Nile Virus is a relatively new virus. It was first detected in the early 20th century, and it made it over to North America quite mysteriously in 1999. It is spread by mosquitos and can have some pretty serious effects, so let's...
Weird History
What It Was Like to Be In an Iron Lung
Developed during the 1920s, the iron lung was invented to help individuals with polio breathe after their torso and abdominal muscles ceased to work. Improvements to the iron lung were made throughout the 20th century, but the...
JJ Medicine
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) | Causes, Pathophysiology, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) | Causes, Pathophysiology, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment Guillain-Barré Syndrome is a auto-immune demyelinating condition involving ascending weakness and paralysis. Guillain Barre Syndrome most...
Easy Languages
How to Pronounce Well Known Greek Words in Greek | Easy Greek 97
How to Pronounce Well Known Greek Words in Greek | Easy Greek 97 Easy Greek is a project to help you learn Greek in an authentic and fun way. We interview people in the streets of Athens and other places in Greece. All our videos have...
Next Animation Studio
Giant hammerhead flatworms are invading France
Scientists have discovered that an invasive species of flatworms have been quietly occupying French soil for the past two decades.
Science360
PREDATOR-Protects against malicious websites. Check out NSF Science Now 47!
In this week's episode, we learn about new tools to protect against malicious websites, restoring the sense of touch to amputees and those with paralysis, and examine how older adults hear.
Brave Wilderness
STUNG by a TARANTULA HAWK!
On this episode of Breaking Trail, Coyote gets stung by a terrifying Tarantula Hawk! Boasting the world’s 2nd most painful sting, the Tarantula Hawk also happens to be the largest species of wasp in North America! These enormous spider...
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Scientists to attempt repairing damaged human spinal cords
Scientists at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) are planning to conduct experiments to restore people with bruised or mildly damaged spines to full mobility again. The five patients participating in the experiment over...
Catalyst University
Brunnstrom's Stages of Stroke Recovery
In this video, we explore each of Brunnstrom's stages of stroke recovery + a practice question.
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Medical breakthrough: Brain chip allows paralyzed man to regain hand movement
A team from Ohio has made a medical breakthrough - successfully developing technology that allows brain signals to bypass a spinal injury and transmit straight to the muscles. The New York Times reports that when Ian Burkhart broke his...
Science360
NSF SCIENCE NOW: EPISODE 47
In this week's episode, we learn about new tools to protect against malicious websites, restoring the sense of touch to amputees and those with paralysis and examine how older adults really hear.
Catalyst University
Sleep Paralysis | Basic Epidemiology & Mechanism [@ 5:04]
In this video, we first explore the basic statistics of and concepts regarding sleep paralysis. Then, we dive into the physiological mechanism that causes it.
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Paralyzed woman uses mind to control robotic arm
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center have published a study in the Lancet that explains how a paralyzed woman has been able to control a robot arm with her mind. The 52-year-old woman, Jan Scheuermann, in...
The Noted Anatomist
Bells Palsy and Stroke
This video tutorial compares and contrasts facial (Bells) palsy and stroke. 0:00. Introduction 0:21. Course of lower motor neurons (LMN) in facial n.; muscles of facial expression 2:05. Facial (Bells) palsy 4:40. Anatomy of upper motor...
Easy Languages
How We Celebrate Independence Day in Greece - 200th Anniversary Edition! | Easy Greek 99
How We Celebrate Independence Day in Greece - 200th Anniversary Edition! | Easy Greek 99 Easy Greek is a project to help you learn Greek in an authentic and fun way. We interview people in the streets of Athens and other places in...
Barcroft Media
Paralysis Didn’t Stop Me Becoming A Ballet Dancer
ATLANTA, GEORGIA - MARCH 06: A 17-YEAR-OLD girl with paralysed arms has sworn that she’ll never let her disability stop her from dancing. Sarah Todd Hammer, from Atlanta, was just eight years old when she developed acute flaccid...
Next Animation Studio
Paralyzed rats able to walk again
Paralyzed rats are able to walk again after being treated with a combination of stimulation from drugs and electrical impulses with rehabilitation therapy. For the experiment, researchers at the University of Zurich and the Ecole...
JJ Medicine
Gastroparesis (Stomach Paralysis) | Causes and Risk Factors, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Gastroparesis (Stomach Paralysis) | Causes and Risk Factors, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment Gastroparesis literally means “stomach paralysis” or “stomach weakness”, and involves delayed gastric emptying. There are many causes...
JJ Medicine
Bell’s Palsy (Facial Paralysis) Signs & Symptoms (& Why They Occur)
Bell’s Palsy (Facial Paralysis) Signs & Symptoms (& Why They Occur) Bell Palsy is a condition involving paralysis of the facial nerve (Cranial nerve VII), which is responsible for facial movements and expressions, taste sensation and...
Institute of Human Anatomy
Understanding Pins and Needles: What's Really Going On?
In this video, the speaker explains what pins and needles (paresthesia) are and how they occur, focusing on transient paresthesia caused by pressure on the sciatic nerve. The video includes a detailed anatomical explanation and a...
Schooling Online
Perfecting Poetry: T.S. Eliot - Introduction to T.S. Eliot
It is our pleasure to introduce one of the most important poets of the English-speaking canon: T.S. Eliot. Learn about his background, context and how he became the ‘voice of the Lost Generation’. We’ll also discuss Modernism and some...
Professor Dave Explains
Poliomyelitis (Poliovirus)
Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by the poliovirus, which has the ability to infect motor neurons in the spinal cord and cause paralysis. American President Franklin Roosevelt was famously crippled by polio. The poliovirus exists in a...
Visual Learning Systems
Healthy Nervous and Endocrine Systems: Common Problems of the Nervous System
This program explores the essential components and functions of the nervous system while also investigating the endocrine system. The following parts of the nervous system are illustrated through colorful graphics: brain, spinal cord,...