Science360
BIG DATA TO INDIVIDUALIZE MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC DISEASES
Some chronic conditions, such as the autoimmune disease scleroderma, are especially difficult to treat because patients exhibit highly variable symptoms, complications and treatment responses. The process of finding an effective...
Healthcare Triage
Green Coffee Extract Doesn't Reduce Weight, and Travel Bans Won't Stop Ebola
Research fails to show that green coffee extract works. It also fails to show travel bans are a good idea for Ebola.
The Wall Street Journal
CRISPR and the Ethics of Engineering Ecosystems
Kevin Esvelt, assistant professor at the MIT Media Lab, speaks to WSJ health and science reporter Amy Dockser Marcus about how far away we are from DNA editing and the ethical questions along the way.
Healthcare Triage
Cash Money Placebos and The Measles: HCT News
The placebo effect extends to how expensive a treatment is. People tend to believe they get what they pay for when it comes to medicine, even placebos. And we talk about measles outbreaks. This is Healthcare Triage News.
Healthcare Triage
Should You Worry About Covid Vaccine Side Effects?
As the vaccine to protect against Covid-19 continues to roll out to more and more people, interest in side effects is high. This can lead to lots of media coverage when people experience side effects, particularly when serious side...
Curated Video
Plague and Prejudice: The Black Death in California
As the world grapples with new pandemics, what can we learn from the US’s mixed response to the Bubonic Plague, which arrived in San Francisco in 1900?
Catalyst University
What is the Frank-Starling Mechanism in Cardiophysiology?
What is the Frank-Starling Mechanism? We will discuss this by talking about the effects of preload, left ventricular stretch and elastic recoil, and changes in stroke volume.
Professor Dave Explains
Quinine and the Birth of the Dye Industry
As we just learned, the 19th century brought about the practice of isolating compounds with medicinal properties from their natural sources, such as a variety of alkaloids. But one such alkaloid deserves its own chapter in this story,...
Catalyst University
Glycogen Storage Diseases | Pathophysiology & Presentation
In this video, we explore glycogen storage diseases including their pathophysiology, enzyme deficiencies, and common signs and symptoms.
Science360
FIND OUT HOW TO STEER CLEAR OF LYME DISEASE AND THE TICKS THAT CARRY IT
To find out how to steer clear of Lyme disease when tick season is at its peak this year, the National Science Foundation (NSF) spoke with NSF-funded disease ecologist Rick Ostfeld of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook,...
Healthcare Triage
Healthcare Triage Answers Your Questions!
John Green asks the questions you submitted, and Dr. Aaron Carroll answers them. Also, great job with the questions. They were really good.
SWPictures
Vaccine Hunters: The Price of Life
Vaccines are expensive and the funding is complex. From Big Pharma, to public sector, to universities, to NGOs, the UN, non-profit, not-for-profits and huge donations from private foundations, for the drug companies the trail from...
Healthcare Triage
New Research On Plant-Based Diets and Mortality
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?
Global Health with Greg Martin
The biggest Global Health stories of 2014
This episode looks back at 2014 and reviews the biggest and most important stories.
Catalyst University
How Does Dairy Cause Inflammation? EXPLAINED
In this video, we explore how casein proteins in dairy products induce an inflammatory response.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
History of Pandemics
Learn about the history of pandemics, including the COVID-19 pandemic caused by a new coronavirus.
Curated Video
The Ruby Laser: A World First
Lasers aren't just for sci-fi fans. We use them to scan barcodes in shopping malls, conduct surgeries, even remove tattoos! All thanks to the very first, the Ruby Laser.
The Economist
Covid-19: the right way to leave lockdown
Governments are starting to ease restrictions designed to curb covid-19. But with most of the world still vulnerable to the virus, what's the right way to leave lockdown?
60 Second Histories
The Great Stink of 1858
A Victorian gentleman describes the stench that came from the River Thames which became known as the Great Stink and almost caused Parliament to close
Catalyst University
Prions | Mechanisms of Huntington's Disease & the Huntingtin Prion
Huntington's disease is a neurodegenerative prion disease in which affected individuals suffer destruction of neurons in the basal nuclei (e.g., GABAergic neurons) and rapid, involuntary movements as a result. In this video, I will...
TLDR News
Coronavirus Vaccine: How Long Do We Have to Wait - TLDR News.
With the Coronavirus spreading around the world, people are increasingly keen to see a vaccine developed to kill the virus. The problem is that researching and producing vaccines isn't an easy process. In this video, we explain how this...
Healthcare Triage
Coronavirus Questions and Answers
Aaron Carroll answers your coronavirus questions. We'll be doing more Q&As in the future.
Barcroft Media
The Woman Who Is Burning From The Inside Out
A WOMAN suffering with a rare condition which makes her body burn from the inside out is raising awareness of the 'suicide disease.' After crushing her hand in a car door, Kayla Hansen from Arizona, was worried she might have to take...
Neuro Transmissions
Neuro Transmissions Bloopers
Sometimes neuroscience terms can be hard to say. With the New Year just starting off, we thought it would be fun to kick off 2017 with Alie messing up her lines and other hijinks! It's also a kind of recap of all of the episodes we've...