Explore the intricacies of Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) with this visually captivating animation. Using a creative storytelling approach and the metaphor of a distribution chain, you'll discover how the arteries face restricted blood...

Told through the narration of a fitness instructor, named Calvin, you will learn how the ex-stock broker turned his life around after a health scare involving a Peripheral Artery Disease diagnosis. The video covers through creative...

Learn about Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) through this visually striking animation. This video covers the definition, symptoms, causes, diagnosis, risks, testing methods and treatment approaches. All aspects of the disease are covered...

In this video, Justin from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses the differences between subcutaneous fat and visceral fat, how to measure them, and why visceral fat is so incredibly dangerous.

Cardiovascular disease encompasses a group of diseases. Explore what each of these are and how we can treat them. Diseases: Coronary artery disease Heart attacks Faulty valves Heart failure Treatments: Stents Statins Replacement valves...

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.

What happens to your body when you don’t sleep? Here are the take away points:

Poor sleep puts you at risk for weight gain, diabetes and worsening ADHD (especially in childr
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These negative health...

The video is a lecture on lifestyle and noncommunicable diseases. The speaker explains the difference between communicable and noncommunicable diseases, and how noncommunicable diseases are caused by inheritance and lifestyle factors...

At the 2020 WSJ Health Forum, Senior Writer Betsy McKay spoke with Dr. Nieca Goldberg, medical director of the NYU Women's Heart Program, and Verve Therapeutics CEO Dr. Sekar Kathiresan about the troubling rise in heart disease.

Dr. Zarana Patel, a portfolio lead scientist at NASA's Johnson Space Center, is responsible for management and scientific oversight of degenerative tissue risk of space radiation. This is part one of a five-part series on the hazards of...

In this segment, we discuss the failure of modern medicine to keep up with changes in scientific thought on lipids such as cholesterol. We also discuss several modes of regulation on cholesterol levels in the body.

The FDA's drug approval process is pretty good at determining which drugs are safe and effective. What the FDA doesn't look into is how similar drugs compare to one another. If there are three competing blood pressure drugs on the...

A new study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine has found that eating two servings of red meat or processed meat every week is linked to a 3 to 7 percent higher risk of cardiovascular disease and premature death. <br/>

When I was a kid, my parents refused to let me drink coffee because they believed it would "stunt my growth". It turns out, of course, this is a myth. Studies have failed, again and again, to show that coffee or caffeine consumption are...

This video uses systematic reviews and meta-analyses to provide an evidence-based approach [1] criticizing the United States’ view of sugar, fat, and cholesterol; and [2] discussing how sugar has always been the culprit in obesity and...

Dr. Steve Johnson, Senior Scientist of the Space Radiation Analysis Group, discusses what's being done right now to document radiation exposure, not only to ensure our astronauts stay healthy, but to understand weather in space. HWHAP...

Armin Falk, Director, Center for Economics and Neuroscience, University of Bonn speaking at the panel entitled "Inequality and the Challenge of Employment" at the Institute for New Economic Thinking's (INET) Paradigm Lost Conference in...

Dr. Jenn Fogarty gives an overview of the Human Research Program at NASA's Johnson Space Center. This is the first in a series of six episodes that dive deep into the work being done to understand what exactly happens to the human body...

Is meat going to give you cancer? The answer is a very dubious maybe. Aaron helps you understand the meat announcement from the WHO, and it turns out, you might not need to panic.

A new study out this month claims plant-based diets are associated with lower risk of not only cardiovascular disease and mortality but of all-cause mortality as well. Can this be so?

Choline and Betaine Degradation Pathways

In this video, we discuss the vitamin K cycle and how the mechanism of action of warfarin (Coumadin) interferes to thin the blood.

This video provides an overview of cardiovascular disease, its various types, and the different methods of treatment available. The video explores three main ways of treating cardiovascular disease: lifelong medication, surgical...

In this video, we explore the major anticoagulant drugs that specifically inhibit platelets (anti-platelet drugs), including their mechanisms of action.