Healthcare Triage
Which Drug Will Work Best for You? We Need Comparative Effectiveness Research
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...
Healthcare Triage
Medicaid for Children Leads to Better Outcomes Later in Life
The recent election has caused many to question whether significant changes are about to happen to Medicaid. Repeal of the Affordable Care Act would, of course, lead to the elimination of the Medicaid expansion, which could result in...
Healthcare Triage
Sugar Doesn't Make Kids Hyper: Healthcare Triage #3
Do you think that sugar makes kids hyper? Well, you're wrong. Yes, WRONG. How do we know? Randomized controlled trials. RCTs are pretty much the most robust study design there is, and also the only way to prove causality. This week's...
Curated Video
Why Does Your Stomach Hurt When You Laugh Too Much?
Laughter is universal and unifying; it helps break the ice and is notoriously contagious. If you see a person or group of people laughing, the odds are high that you might also join the laughter train. Laughing along helps us cope with...
Science360
NEON studies wildfire in unprecedented detail - Science Nation
In response to one of the worst wildfires in Colorado history, scientists from the Warner College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University (CSU) are leading a first of its kind, large-scale wildfire impact study on the High Park...
Curated Video
Understanding Price Controls: Minimum and Maximum Prices
This video discusses price controls and explains the two main types of price restrictions, minimum prices and maximum prices, and illustrates their impact on the market using diagrams. Examples of price controls in different sectors,...
Healthcare Triage
Texts for Meds and Untreated Parental Depression Hurts Kids
Text messaging improves medication adherence, and parental depression is bad for kids in so many ways. This is Healthcare Triage News.
Healthcare Triage
Does Vitamin D Influence Mood?
We’ve scoured the data for you when it comes to Vitamin D supplements, coming up empty-handed almost every time. We know it doesn’t help with a variety of conditions, including those related to the cardiovascular and musculoskeletal...
Healthcare Triage
Myths About Foster Care and About Abused Kids: HCT News
Two studies this week bust some myths about sensitive topics and kids. This is Healthcare Triage News.
Healthcare Triage
Measuring Safety Might Actually Improve It...At Least Temporarily
Measuring safety might actually improve it. Unfortunately, those improvements fade away when the measurement is over. This is Healthcare Triage News.
Looking Glass Universe
Quantum Entanglement and the EPR Paradox
What is entanglement really? And why is it that its a uniquely quantum phenomena? Bohmian mechanics stuff: In Bohmian mechanics, you still have superpositions, they just mean something very different. A Bohmian mech particle only has one...
Curated Video
The Doorway Effect: Why Do We Forget What We Were Supposed To Do After We Enter a Room?
Doorway Effect: Psychologists believe that walking through a door and entering another room creates a “mental blockage” in the brain, meaning that walking through open doors resets memory to make room for a new episode to emerge. This is...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Tobacco and the Human Body - Part 2
Tobacco and the Human Body, a 1954 production of Encyclopaedia Britannica Films.
Healthcare Triage
Ebola in America and Placebos Work! Healthcare Triage News
A few more patients are cured of Ebola in the US, and placebos can help kids with the cold. This is Healthcare Triage News.
Healthcare Triage
Sorority Membership Doesn't Necessarily Lead to Eating Disorders
When I was a medical student, I remember doing a psych rotation on a pediatric ward. I was struck by how many of the admissions were for eating disorders. Even before then, I was aware that more than a small number of my female friends...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Paul Darvasi - Teacher Designer, Creator, Artist
Paul Darvasi is a high school English and media studies teacher based in Toronto, Ontario. He is a lifelong gamer who holds a Master’s degree in Educational Technology (MET) and is a PhD candidate in York University’s Language, Culture...
Learn French With Alexa
GCSE French Speaking: Family Relationships
In this video we look at this statement: Est-ce que tu t’entends bien avec ta famille ? - Family Relationships. (AQA Theme 1 - Identity and culture, Topic 1 - Me, my family and friends):
Curated Video
Development Economics: Challenges and Solutions for Less Developed Countries
The video discusses development economics and the obstacles faced by lesser developed countries in achieving sustainable economic growth and development. The speaker covers various topics, such as the transition from the primary to the...
Indigo Artbox
Learn to Draw with Soft Chalk Pastels
In less than 15 minutes learn a technique for a figure drawing and for drawing with soft chalk pastels. We'll use Edgar Degas for inspiration! Want the supplies in this video? Visit us at indigoartbox.com.
ShortCutsTv
Foetal Susceptibility and the Dutch Winter Famine
Obesity and the health problems it brings with has long been seen as a product of genetic predisposition and bad life style choices. But the foetal susceptibility hypothesis introduces another cause, the nourishment an embryo receives...
Curated Video
Understanding the Greenhouse Effect and Human Impact on Climate Change
The video discusses the greenhouse effect and how it works in the Earth's atmosphere. It explains how greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane absorb long-wavelength infrared and re-emit it, increasing the temperature of the...
Schooling Online
English Essentials - Flying Through Film - Cinematography (Stage 5, Years/Grades 9-10)
In this second lesson, we’ll fly through the world of cinematography. Filmmakers use an assortment of techniques, including shots, angles, camera movements and focus to influence viewers’ emotions. We’ve modelled analysis of iconic...
Healthcare Triage
Vitamin D Supplements Continue to Be Unnecessary
There are several news studies that confirm what we've been saying for years. Vitamin D supplements don't do much, and are unnecessary for just about everybody.