US Department of Agriculture
USDA Researchers Help Honeybees Keep Pollinating Our Food Crops
Scientists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture are studying ways to keep honeybees stress-free and healthy. These pollinators are important to American agriculture and our nation’s food crops. USDA’s Patrick O’Leary reports from...
JJ Medicine
Alcohol Toxicity | Toxic Effects of Ethanol on Liver Metabolism (Metabolic Consequences)
Video lesson on the negative effects of ethanol on liver metabolism. Alcohol abuse can lead to toxic outcomes on the metabolism of the liver, including dysregulation of glycolysis, lactic acidosis, TCA cycle dysfunction, hypoglycemia,...
Healthcare Triage
The Medicaid Expansion and Its Effects
So often, when we implement new policy, I wish we had better ways to capture its effects so that we could expand our knowledge base as to how decisions change health and health care. The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment, and its older...
Healthcare Triage
Does More Social Spending Reduce Healthcare Costs?
We spend a lot of money on social programs. Studies indicate that a lot of those programs work to improve health outcomes for people who receive the benefits. So, does that social spending reduce healthcare costs? Not really. But cutting...
Neuro Transmissions
Why Do Placebos Work?
Placebos are treatments that donêt actually do anything. They have no medical effect and no active medicine. It's not a drug that is intended to improve your health. So why do they sometimes work? Well, it turns out your brain is super...
Healthcare Triage
Employer-Based Insurance Can Trap You at Work
For better or worse, health insurance in the United States is largely furnished by employers. One of the worse aspects of employer funded health care is that people may be less likely to change jobs, or to start a business.
Catalyst University
Estradiol Synthesis Theca Cells & Granulosa Cells
This video is a follow-up to the video regarding functions of LH and FSH (the gonadotropins). Here, we look at more detail regarding the synthesis of estradiol and the roles of the Theca Cells and Granulosa Cells.
Healthcare Triage
Most People Don't Need Vitamin D Supplements
There's a big study out from The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. Systematic Review. Meta Analysis. Trial sequential analysis. This one’s got it all!
Curated Video
Investigating the Effects of Adding Resistors in Series and Parallel
The video discusses two experiments related to the effects of adding resistors in a circuit in series and parallel. The equipment and circuits used in the experiments are shown and explained, along with the steps required to carry out...
Curated Video
Solving Division Problems Using Inverse Operations
In this lesson, mathematicians learn to solve division problems by using inverse operations. They understand that division is the reverse of multiplication, as it separates or breaks a group into parts.
Healthcare Triage
Health Harms from Pollution Can Choke the Economy
The Trump Administration's EPA has shown a propensity to ease regulations on polluting industries, in hopes of increasing economic output. Pollution has a lot of very well studied impacts on health, and those health problems can decrease...
Professor Dave Explains
Psychiatric Disorders Schizophrenia, Depression, Mania, and Anxiety
There are lots of ways that things can go wrong in the brain, and some of these things lead to psychiatric disorders. Some of the more common ones include schizophrenia, depression, mania, and anxiety. How are these diagnosed? What are...
Mazz Media
Lab Safety: Radiation (Safety Procedures)
In this live-action program viewers will learn overexposure to radiation can cause serious biological and environmental damage and this means that mandatory safety procedures must be followed at all times. Students will come to...
Curated Video
Environmental Functions and Models in Economics
This video discusses the environmental functions and models used in economics to evaluate the effects of economic activity and growth on the environment. The three main functions of the environment are explained as a provider of...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Tobacco and the Human Body - Part 1
Tobacco and the Human Body, a 1954 production of Encyclopaedia Britannica Films.
Curated Video
Stomach Drop Feeling: Why Does Your Stomach “Drop” When You’re Anxious?
When we experience anxiety, our sympathetic nervous system is activated and initiates the fight-or-flight response. This response is a host of physiological changes that prepare us to either fight or flee. One of the effects of the...
ACDC Leadership
2018 Economic Year in Review
Twas the week before Christmas, and in every class Each student with finals prayed that they passed In micro the graphs were all labeled with care Showing ceilings and floors and the effect on welfare. In macro the graphs were AS and AD...
Curated Video
Predicting Three-Dimensional Results of Rotating Simple Figures
In this video, students will learn how to predict the three-dimensional shape that results from rotating a two-dimensional figure. By analyzing the effects of rotations and understanding the concept of an axis of rotation, they will be...
Curated Video
Determining End Behavior of Graphs by Analyzing Equations
In this video, the teacher explains how to determine the end behavior of a graph by analyzing its equation. They discuss power functions with even and odd exponents, and how the graphs change as the exponent increases. The teacher also...
Hip Hughes History
The New York City Draft Riots: US History Review
What were the 1863 NYC Draft Riots? In this video lecture, we will look at the historical context which led to these Civil War era riots, the riots themselves and the important effects.
ShortCutsTv
Why do we sleep?
We'll spend about a third of our lives asleep. But why? Why do we need to sleep? Filmed at a University Sleep Lab, this short film demonstrates the effects of lack of sleep and just why it is so essential to brain function and,...
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...
Catalyst University
Dimethyltryptamine [DMT] | Biosynthesis, Mechanism, & Metabolism
In this video, we discuss the psychedelic drug, dimethyltryptamine [DMT] and its biosynthesis, mechanism of action, metabolism, & elimination.