Healthcare Triage
Why Don't We Invest More in Public Health?
Many, many studies conclude that investing in public health is more effective than continually increasing spending on expensive treatments. So why doesn't the US spend more on public health?
Healthcare Triage
Planned Parenthood Withdraws from Title X Funding: What Does That Mean For Patients?
Title X is a federally funded Family Planning Program that has been around since 1970 as part of the Public Health Service Act. Following new restrictions on healthcare providers in clinics receiving Title X funding, Planned Parenthood...
Science360
National Science Foundation FY17 Budget Request presentation
NSF Director France A. Córdova outlines how President Obama's fiscal year (FY) 2017 request for NSF supports research into critical national issues, including clean energy technologies, food sustainability, disaster response and...
Science360
Researchers aim to personalize breast cancer treatments
With support from the National Science Foundation, bioengineer Karen Burg and her colleagues at Clemson University are developing and demonstrating a new, integrative means of studying the complex behavior of cancer cells in breast...
Science360
Computational biology of cancer
Endometrial cancer affects 48,000 women per year in the United States. For patients with tumors greater than two centimeters in diameter, the effected organ(s) and lymph nodes may be surgically removed. Yet post-surgery analysis shows...
Science360
Breakthrough In Early Cancer Detection
There are only a few procedures that can detect very early signs of cancer. Those that do are often invasive, expensive and uncomfortable, leading to poor screening rates. With support from the National Science Foundation, Vadim Backman...
Healthcare Triage
Alcohol and Cancer and How We Think About Risk
Recently, there have been big, splashy headlines about how drinking ANY alcohol increases your risk of cancer. As usual, there's more to the story than the scary headline. Aaron looks at the studies that made all the news, and talks...
Next Animation Studio
Four-stranded DNA discovered, linked to cancer
Traditionally DNA has been represented in the double helix form, but a newly-discovered, four-stranded DNA may provide some insight into the fight against cancer. A group of scientists on the Cambridge University research team told...
Catalyst University
Cell Growth VS Cell Proliferation VS Cell Differentiation
In this video, we explore BASIC differences between cell growth, cell proliferation, and cell differentiation.
Healthcare Triage
Cancer Research Spotlighted in Nobel Prize for Medicine
We've been talking a lot about the state of cancer research in the HCT Podcast, and now the Nobel prize in medicine is going to cancer researchers. So that's pretty cool. Check out some of the amazing (and amazingly expensive) treatments...
Next Animation Studio
High levels of cellphone radiation linked to cancer in male rats
Researchers found evidence of links between tumors in male rats and exposure to radio frequency radiation.
Healthcare Triage
Is Hair Dye Linked to Breast Cancer?
A study published in the International Journal of Cancer reports that use of hair dyes and chemical straighteners, particularly among black women, is associated with a higher risk of breast cancer. We look into this a little more.
Healthcare Triage
More Bad Nutrition Studies: Red Meat and Cancer
The old chestnut that eating red meat leads to cancer is back! A study last week claimed that eating red meat increased cancer risks by up to 28 percent! This sounds scary, but this study has a lot of problems.
Global Health with Greg Martin
Global Health Cancer - 10 facts
This global health video blog provides 10 facts about cancer.
Science360
A polymer material that more efficiently utilizes solar energy! NSF Science Now 13
This week’s episode of NSF Science Now highlights new primate fossil discoveries in Tanzania, the first screening method to detect the early presence of ovarian cancer, a polymer material that more efficiently utilizes solar energy and,...
Global Health with Greg Martin
Epidemiological transition
Epidemiological transition is the changing patterns of disease (and causes of death) seen in human history. Those of us interested in public health and global health need to understand that this process isn’t over. The epidemiology of...
SWPictures
Revolutionary Ultrasound Treatment for Cancer: A Clinical Trial Success Story
The video discusses a clinical trial being conducted at Churchill Hospital in Oxford, where doctors are using high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) to treat kidney and liver cancer. The video features David Atwell, a tennis player who...
Next Animation Studio
Breath tester for cancer detection trialed in the UK
The Cancer Research UK Cambridge Center is launching a two-year clinical trial of a new breath test device that aims to identify molecules linked to certain cancers.
AllTime 10s
10 Tiny Health Problems That Are Signs Of Impending Doom
Do you find yourself overlooking little medical issues, after all it can sometimes be a real effort to go see a doctor about something that's probably nothing? Well, maybe you shouldn't. Alltime 10s brings you 10 seemingly tiny health...
JJ Medicine
Esophageal Cancer | Risk Factors, Pathogenesis, Signs and Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Esophageal Cancer | Risk Factors, Pathogenesis, Signs and Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment Esophageal cancer (carcinoma) is a cancer of the esophagus with two main types, squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma, each with their own risk...
JJ Medicine
Medical Terminology | The Basics and Anatomy | Practice Lesson 4
Medical Terminology, Practice Lesson Set 4 for The Basics and Anatomy Lessons. This is the fourth set of 21 Medical Terminology Practice Problems to help you bring together all the information you’ve learned from the Medical Terminology,...
Catalyst University
Biosignaling - Receptor Tyrosine Kinases & Insulin
Biosignaling - Receptor Tyrosine Kinases & Insulin
Science360
NSF Science Now 13
This week's episode of NSF Science Now highlights new primate fossil discoveries in Tanzania, the first screening method to detect the early presence of ovarian cancer, a polymer material that more efficiently utilizes solar energy and...
Science360
Engineering a more efficient way to diagnose prostate cancer - Science Nation
To diagnose prostate cancer, urologists, such as John Wei, and pathologists, such as Scott Tomlins, at the University of Michigan Health System, use biomarkers, which are biochemical signatures in blood, urine and tissue that suggest the...