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How to keep kids safe around medications
Accidental ingestion of medication is a leading cause of child poisoning. Here are tips on how to safely store medicines and keep them away from kids.
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How to get kids to take their medicine
Getting children to take medicine can sometimes be a challenging and frustrating experience. Learn tricks that may help make medicine time more pleasant for both kids and parents.
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Gout is no longer just for royalty – the disease has spread to the masses
Gout is no longer just for royalty – the disease has spread to the massesSource: Various
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Will Your Employer Cover Your Ozempic in the Future?!
Talk about workplace wellness perks! A growing number of employers are may soon cover weight-loss drugs with open enrollment kicking off this month.
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My journey with ADHD
CBC News video journalist Emily Fitzpatrick shares how she discovered during the pandemic that she has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. She takes us through what led to her diagnosis and how she’s living with it.
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Scientists reveal best time to take high blood pressure tablets
Scientists revealed the best time to take high blood pressure tablets.Source: LUMEN5, The Independent
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The Real Problem Of Mental Health
Unlike a broken leg, mental health—and the lack thereof—is deeply complex. Mental states exist on a spectrum, often without clear biomarkers. Medical diagnoses frequently intertwine overlapping conditions, subjective assessments, and...
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The Benzo Trap: When Your Anxiety Meds Become the Problem
This video provides a brief overview of the adjectives that can be used to describe benzodiazepine-induced neurological dysfunction. It covers terms such as cognitive impairment, anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbances.
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What Am I Supposed To Feel After Taking An Antidepressant?
Explore the complex effects of antidepressants in this educational video. We delve into the common concern of feeling numb while on medications like SSRIs and Wellbutrin, differentiating between side effects and therapeutic effects. The...
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Can the Keto Diet Help Bipolar Disorder & Schizophrenia?
Could your diet be the missing piece in managing bipolar disorder or schizophrenia? A surprising new study investigates the ketogenic diet and its potential benefits for mental health. Learn about the science and what this could mean for...
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Harmful Drugs: LSD
Although originally designed to be used to treat psychiatric illnesses, LSD became a mainstream drug in the 1950s and '60s. What are the short and long-term effects of its use? Biology - Healthy Living - LSD is a hallucinogenic drug. LSD...
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Plants and Medicine: Aspirin
Aspirin is our most common painkiller. It has an amazing history, which can be traced back thousands of years to the Egyptians. Where does it come from and what makes it so special? Biology - Plants - Learning Points. Aspirin originates...
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Not All Drugs Get Approved the Same Way: Exceptions to FDA Rules
All drugs have to follow the same path to approval at the US Food and Drug Administration, except when they don't. Today, with the support of NIHCM, we're learning about the exceptions to the rules that can happen when drugs get...
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Can Weighted Blankets Help Insomnia?
Insomnia is terrible, and it can be more prevalent among individuals with other psychiatric disorders. Treatment is available, but there can be a lot of barriers,. Medication is generally only a short term solution. There are proponents...
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Emergency Contraception and Abortion Medications
Pharmaceutical options for both emergency contraception and abortion are available to those who can get pregnant. In this episode we take a look at the availability of these medications, how they work, and the differences between them.
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Zoloft, Mounjaro, and Social Stigma
Drugs that do a pretty good job of easing symptoms of depression and drugs that really help people struggling with obesity have a couple things in common. The first is that we have almost no idea how they work, and the second is that...
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New Obesity Drugs May Impact Mental Health
In mid to late 2023 there was a flurry of news reports about patients taking new weight loss drugs reporting associated mental health concerns, including suicidal thoughts. There's still a lot of research to be done to fully understand...
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Understanding Medication Interactions and Side Effects
Learn why it is crucial to read the leaflet that comes with your medication. Discover how certain foods can interact with medications, the importance of completing antibiotic courses, and the impact of common drugs like cough syrup on...
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Just Say No
Dr. Forrester explains the benefits of drugs and negative effects that some bad drugs create.
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ADHD from Childhood to Adulthood
In a group of 100 children, 2 to 4 will have minds that are atypical in a particular way. They have difficulties paying attention, talk too much, or constantly interrupt others. Later they are often diagnosed with Attention Deficit...
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Understanding Depression
Gain an understanding of depression and learn to recognize the symptoms; Learn what causes depression and who is most susceptible; Discover what you can do if you have depression; Learn how depression is treated and how to minimize its...
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The Life-Saving Medication Bag: A 5-Year-Old's Journey with Pulmonary Vascular Disease
This video tells the inspiring story of Reese, a 5-year-old boy with pulmonary vascular disease. Despite the challenges he faces due to his condition, Reese leads a relatively normal life thanks to a breakthrough medication bag that...
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Biology - Kidney Failure (Kidneys Part 3/3) #29
This video covers: - What happens when the kidneys stop working (kidney failure) - How we can treat kidney failure - What dialysis is, and how it cleans the blood - How a kidneys transplant works