Science Buddies
How Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Take Over
Have you ever had to take antibiotics? Your doctor probably told you to finish taking all the pills even if you felt better after one or two days. But why is that? Why shouldn't you stop taking antibiotics as soon as you feel better? You...
JJ Medicine
Vancomycin | Bacterial Targets, Mechanism of Action, Adverse Effects
Lesson on the antibiotic Vancomycin, what bacteria vancomycin targets, the mechanism of action of vancomycin, and adverse effects of vancomycin. Vancomycin is a glycopeptide antibiotic that targets Gram Positive bacteria, and is...
JJ Medicine
Mastoiditis (& Acute Otitis Media) | Causes, Pathophysiology, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Mastoiditis (& Acute Otitis Media) | Causes, Pathophysiology, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment Mastoiditis is a condition involving infection and inflammation of the mastoid air cells of the temporal bone. Mastoiditis is often a...
Institute of Human Anatomy
The Anatomy and Function of the Gallbladder
In this video, Jonathan from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses the anatomy of the gallbladder, and answers some of the most common gallbladder questions: Where is the gallbladder? What does the gallbladder do? What are gallstones?...
Food Farmer Earth
Chris Kresser: Pastured Raised Beef Nutrient Benefits vs Conventional Counterparts
In part 3 of this interview, Chris Kresser ( M.S., L.A.C.), author of Your Personal Paleo Code - The 3-Step Plan to Lose Weight, Reverse Disease, and Stay Fit and Healthy for Life explains the known benefits of pastured beef vs livestock...
Food Farmer Earth
Wild Elk On the Farm
These creatures may be farm elk but they are still fierce and very much wild at heart. Ranging in size between 800 and 1200 pounds when fully mature, elk are fascinating beasts and a desirable source of meat for human consumption....
Next Animation Studio
Man's limbs amputated after contracting deadly infection from dog
A man's arms and legs were amputated after his dog's saliva caused a blood infection in his body, reports The Washington Post.
JJ Medicine
Tetracycline Antibiotics
This lesson explains what tetracyclines are, their mechanism of action and what bacteria and diseases are treated with tetracyclines. In this video we also talk about some contraindications of tetracycline use such as tetracycline...
Healthcare Triage
The Mysteries of the Microbiome: There's Still a Lot to Learn
While we have long known about the existence of microbes - the tiny bacteria, fungi and archaea that live all around, on and in us - our full relationship has become one of the hottest topics for research only in recent years. That's the...
FuseSchool
What are viruses
In this video we are going to look at what viruses are. Viruses are a type of microorganism. They are too small to be seen with the naked eye: much smaller than bacteria, and about 100 times smaller than human cells. They come in many...
Science360
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,...
Healthcare Triage
Myths About Antibiotics: Healthcare Triage #11
Antibiotics are one of the greatest medical innovations ever, responsible for saving something like a gazillion lives. But today, we're worried about overusing them, and there are concerns that one day they won't really work anymore....
Mazz Media
Industrial Food and Livestock Production
In this live-action video students will learn that Industrial Food and Livestock Production is a way of producing large quantities of food at a faster rate than traditional farming. They will come to understand that Industrial farming...
JJ Medicine
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...
Healthcare Triage
Do Probiotics Work? It Depends on What You Want to Happen
You guys love the microbiome. You're not alone. The sales of products containing yeasts and bacteria that will colonize your gut and make you stronger and better are legion. I recently met a researcher who did actual microbiome work, and...
Professor Dave Explains
Unicellular Life Part 1: Bacteria
Finally! After talking about atoms and molecules in chemistry, big molecules in biochemistry, and all the parts of the cell in this biology series, we are finally ready to look at entire living organisms! But we have to start with the...
US Department of Agriculture
Improving Poultry Farming Science
A USDA researcher is working to improve the science of poultry farming.
Mazz Media
Industrial Food and Livestock Production
In this live-action video students will learn that Industrial Food and Livestock Production is a way of producing large quantities of food at a faster rate than traditional farming. They will come to understand that Industrial farming...
Healthcare Triage
Choosing Wisely and Encouraging Effective Treatment
Whenever I give a talk on the sorry state of the US health care system, someone asks me what we should do. My first comment is always something along the lines of "if we knew what to do, we'd have already done it". But if I'm pushed, I...
FuseSchool
Antibiotic Resistance
You probably have heard of ‘antibiotic resistance’ before, but most people don’t realise that it’s actually the bacteria that become resistant to the antibiotics, not humans or animals. Antibiotics are a type of medicine that are used to...
Professor Dave Explains
Pharmaceutical Drugs: Inhibitors and the Nature of Disease
We live in a time where there is much skepticism towards modern medicine. This stems purely from ignorance, however, and there are those who capitalize on this to sell an unbelievable array of alternative medicines that, almost without...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Medication Innovations from War: The Cold War
Learn more about medical innovations that date to the Cold War.
Visual Learning Systems
Microscopic Life: Protists
Upon viewing the Microscopic Life video series, students will be able to do the following: Understand that only during the past few hundred years have people been able to see and study very small life forms, generally referred to as...
Science360
Engineering a Smart Bandaid
For more information from the Khademhosseini lab visit: http://www.tissueeng.net/lab/ What does it take to engineer a smart bandaid? Biomedical engineer Ali Khademhosseini walks us through the future of bandaids, and how he and his team...