Healthcare Triage
How Do Drugs Get Their Names?
Who names drugs? Why all the funny names? A number of months ago, we did an episode on how a drug comes to market with the help of out HCT intern, pharmD student Rachel Hoffman. She also helped us out with our episode on Flibanserin.
Global Ethics Solutions
Working Sober! Signs and Symptoms of Substance Abuse
This course covers the signs and symptoms of substance abuse. Topics include the cost of substance abuse, signs of drug and alcohol abuse, impact of abuse, and how to understand addiction. This is one part of a four-part basic drug &...
Catalyst University
Basics of Drug Interactions EXPLAINED | Inhibition & Induction
In this video, we explore the basic mechanisms of drug interactions (inhibition and induction), using examples with cytochrome P450 and two drugs, drug A and drug B.
Curated Video
Kohlberg’s Six Stages of Moral Development
This video explores Lawrence Kohlberg's theory of moral development, which proposes that our moral reasoning progresses through six stages. Using a hypothetical schoolyard fight and the famous Heinz dilemma, the video explains how...
msvgo
Medicinal chemistry
It explains use of chemistry in day to day life, such as in medicines, drugs etc.
Neuro Transmissions
Do You Only Use 10% Of Your Brain?
Do we only use 10% of our brains? That seems like a very low number. What if we could tap into that extra potential? Humans are obsessed with augmenting and improving ourselves. Just look at Iron Man, Lucy, and Limitless. In this...
Professor Dave Explains
Illicit Drugs: How Do They Work?
Drugs of all varieties are very interesting from a biochemical standpoint, as they produce an incredible array of physiological effects. These effects are due to the shape of each molecule, which determines the cellular components they...
Science360
Cell-ular Reception: Engineering Tissues to Rebuild Bodies
The pointy pencils of “The Fast Draw” provide a primer on the awesome science and engineering behind one of the most game-changing advances in the last decade. Made possible by advances in engineering, materials science and biology, the...
SWPictures
The Deadly Combination: How HIV is Fueling the TB Epidemic in South Africa
The Deadly Combination part 2/5: This video highlights the impact of drug-resistant TB in South Africa, where the disease is particularly dangerous for those with weakened immune systems due to HIV. It follows the story of a family...
Science360
Killing Cancer - New Brain Cancer Treatment Targets Tumors
Targeting brain tumors with enough anti-cancer medication is no easy task. But Stefan Bossmann and Deryl Troyer at Kansas State University are developing a novel materials treatment method for persons with brain cancer that uses a type...
msvgo
Therapeutic action of different classes of Drugs
It explains action of different classes of Drugs such as antacids, antihistamines, tranquilizers, analgesics, analgesic, non narcotic, narcotic, antibiotics, antiseptic, disinfectant.
Global Health with Greg Martin
Randomized Control Trials and Confounding
In this video, Dr Greg Martin describes how randomized control trials work and how they deal with confounding variables. This is episode three in a series of videos looking at epidemiology, research methods and study design in the...
FuseSchool
Developing new drugs
In this video you'll learn about developing drugs; their side effects, are they safe and effective. What is clinical trials?
Mazz Media
Talk It Out: Underage Drinking, Dangers and Consequences
The program starts off with an explanation of what alcohol is, how it’s produced, and its role as a celebratory beverage in our society. Students will come to understand the reasons alcohol is illegal to consume for persons under the age...
Curated Video
Statistics for Data Science and Business Analysis - Test for the Mean; Dependent Samples
In this video, the mean for two dependent samples are tested. This clip is from the chapter "Hypothesis Testing" of the series "Statistics for Data Science and Business Analysis".This section explains null and alternative hypothesis, and...
Professor Dave Explains
Pharmacokinetics How Drugs Move Through the Body
We just learned about drug administration, or the ways that drugs can enter the body. What happens next? How do drugs move around the body to get to where they need to go? The study of this is called pharmacokinetics. Let's get into the...
The Wall Street Journal
A Game Changer for Depression?
Once known as a party drug, ketamine may help treat chronic depression. Hear from a top researcher how the drug can repair brain circuits and t he perils and promises of a new medicine.
Science360
Material mimics real bone to repair injuries faster - Biotech's Future
For serious bone injuries, surgeons often must to use transplanted material to repair the damage and help the bone regrow itself. But using transplanted bone requires a second surgical site and has other limitations, so scientists have...
The Economist
How will quantum computing change the world?
The potential for quantum computing to crack other countries’ encrypted networks has captured the attention of national governments. Which of the world's fundamental challenges could be solved by quantum computing?
Curated Video
Introduction to Sampling in Marketing and Research
This video gives an introduction and overview of sampling from a marketing perspective. The speaker explains the different types of sampling techniques such as random sampling, quota sampling, and stratified sampling, and provides...
ProTeachersVideo
How Science Works: Asthma on the Run: The Effect of Asthma on the Airways
Using dissected animal lungs Ceri explains how asthma affects the lungs and how current preventative medicine works. Asthma affects the larger areas of the lungs, the trachea and bronchi. Problems with mucus accumulation and muscle...
Curated Video
Statistical Hypothesis Testing: Two-Tailed Tests with Examples
This video is a lecture on statistical hypothesis testing using the example of binomial distribution, with a focus on how to conduct a two-tailed test. The lecturer explains how to set up the random variables, null and alternative...
Professor Dave Explains
Methods of Drug Administration
When a patient must be administered a drug in a medical setting, how does this occur? Well there are lots of ways. Pills or tablets can be ingested orally. There are topical creams, tubes, injections, and more. How does each one work,...