Institute of Human Anatomy
The Importance of Vitamin C for Your Body: From Scurvy to Immune System Support
This video explains the importance of vitamin C in the body, including its role as a powerful antioxidant and its association with scurvy. It also discusses how vitamin C is absorbed and excreted in the body, and its essential role in...
msvgo
Common Viral Diseases in Humans
This nugget describes common viral diseases in detail with respect to their causative agents, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and methods of prevention.
JJ Medicine
Acute Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye) | Allergic, Bacterial, Viral | Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Acute Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye) | Allergic, Bacterial, Viral | Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment Acute conjunctivitis is an eye condition involving inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye. Inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye can...
Professor Dave Explains
The Common Cold (Rhinovirus)
It's time to start going through a variety of common viruses, so let's start with the most common one of them all, the one that most often causes the common cold. It's called Rhinovirus, and it is a member of the picornavirus family....
Curated Video
The Common Cold: Causes, Symptoms, and Remedies
This video provides an informative overview of the common cold, its symptoms, causes, and prevention. It highlights the fact that the common cold is a viral infection that affects the upper respiratory tract and is really common in...
FuseSchool
What Are Pathogens?
A pathogen is a microorganism that can cause disease. Pathogens may be viruses, bacteria, protists or fungi. Examples of bacteria infections are cholera, typhoid, food poisoning and gonorrhoea. Examples of viral infections are the flu...
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Various types diseases
It describes communicable and non-communicable; acute and chronic; congenital and acquired; and endemic, epidemic and pandemic diseases.
Bloomberg
Vaccine Uptake Improving Amid Omicron: Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins University Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine Bhakti Hansoti discusses India preparing for a new Covid-19 wave from the omicron variant and when the coronavirus may become endemic in the U.S. The Bloomberg School of...
Bloomberg
Optimistic About Virus Vaccine Response, NUS's Prof. Tambyah Says
Nov.02 -- NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Department of Medicine Professor Paul Tambyah says he is hopeful about a response to a virus vaccine by year end or by the first-quarter of next year. He was speaking with Haslinda Amin and...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Flu Symptoms: What Is the Flu?
Learn the difference between the cold and the flu, and how we sometimes can get fooled by viruses. Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy. [12:46]
AsapSCIENCE
Asap Science: Does Being Cold Make You Sick?
Can being cold give you a cold? Learn what is really happening in your body when you get chilled.
HealthiNation
Healthi Nation: What Causes the Sniffles? Science Behind the Common Cold
Video that teach what the common cold is, the causes and symptoms, prevention, and how to treat it. [1:18]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Allergic Rhinitis Diagnosis and Treatment
Learn about allergic rhinitis diagnosis and treatment. [10:31]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Sniffle, Sneeze, Urrp: Time for Colds and Flu
They both bring wintertime suffering, but how similar is the common cold to influenza, scientifically speaking?
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Coughing and Sneezing Etiquette
Short animated video explains the proper way to cough or sneeze to avoid spreading germs.