SciShow
$1 Placebo vs $10,000 Placebo (It Matters)
Some placebos are far more effective than others, and they can lead to real chemical changes in the body.
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Why Do Antidepressants Cause Brain Zaps?
For some people who stop taking an SSRI or SNRI antidepressant, they can get a weird side effect called brain zaps. And even though we've known about them for decades, we still don't know exactly why brain zaps happen.
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Is Mifepristone Safer Than Viagra? Yes*
Mifepristone, a drug used for medical abortions, is under fire in the United States, with critics claiming it isn't safe to use. Abortion rights advocates often revert to a funny talking point to argue for its safety, but how accurate is...
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The Return of Thalidomide
Thalidomide is the infamous drug at the heart of one of the world's worst drug safety catastrophes in modern medicine. And yet, more recent research is finding that thalidomide is still worth using, despite the risks. So what makes this...
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The New Addiction Treatment We Found By Mistake
It's no secret that substance use disorders can wreak havoc on peoples' lives, so anything that we could do to mitigate those cravings and addictions is really important. Which is why it's such good news that research into drugs like...
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The Rarest Cancer on Earth: Only One Known Case
You've heard of Breast Cancer, Skin Cancer, Colon Cancer, and many others. But this specific cancer was something entirely different—it took a research team five months to diagnose this specific cancer case, and that’s due purely to its...
Curated Video
Yoshinori Ohsumi wins medicine Nobel Prize
Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries related to the degrading and recycling of cellular components.The Karolinska Institute honoured Ohsumi for "brilliant...
Curated Video
IRAQ: BAGHDAD: SADDAM'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN NEED OF FOOD & MEDICINE
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Under the United Nations oil-for-food deal, Iraq's oil is once again flowing into markets around the world, but the other half of the deal has yet to be completed.
Desperately needed food and medicine will be bought with the...
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Michael Jackson's personal doctor administered the powerful anesthetic to help him sleep, and authorities reportedly believe the drug killed the pop singer
HEADLINE: First Person: Doctor explains how Diprivan works
CAPTION: A cardiologist demonstrates how Diprivan, the brand name for the drug propofol, should be administered. Authorities are working under the theory that the drug may have...
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WHO addresses cholera outbreak in Yemen
LEAD IN:A cholera outbreak has gripped war-torn Yemen.The Al-Sabeen Maternity and Children Hospital in Sanaa has seen a rise in cases among children.STORY-LINE:In the past few days, eight cases have been discovered in the Al-Sabeen...
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A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Tucson shooting rampage suspect can be forced to continue taking anti-psychotic drugs, rejecting a plea by defense attorneys that the decision by prison doctors merited more scrutiny.
HEADLINE: Judge: Prison can forcibly medicate Loughner
CAPTION: A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Tucson shooting rampage suspect can be forced to continue taking anti-psychotic drugs, rejecting a plea by defense attorneys that...
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What People Get Wrong About Schizophrenia
This is a re-upload of a previous episode. Thanks to one of our astute viewers for pointing out the last episode was problematic, and thanks to all our viewers that help us think about the world more complexly!
TED Talks
TED: You shouldn't have to choose between filling your prescriptions and paying bills | Kiah Williams
As prescription drug costs skyrocket in the US, thousands of people are forced to forgo lifesaving medications -- all while manufacturers and health care facilities systematically destroy perfectly good, surplus pills. Kiah Williams...
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Sneaky Ways Chemists Are Making Our World Safer
The path that products take to get onto store shelves doesn’t always leave the best impact on the environment. But with green chemistry, chemists have found ways to make the production of some items safer for both people and the planet.
TED Talks
TED: How to support and celebrate living artists | Swizz Beatz
Legendary hip-hop producer Swizz Beatz is on a mission to revolutionize the way artists do business. In this glorious talk, he shares some of the ways he's helping fellow creatives thrive, including a roving art fair that gives artists...
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How Doctors Accidentally Discovered Psychiatric Drugs
The brain is incredibly complex and things just go wrong sometimes, but scientists have managed to create effective medications... with the help of a few happy accidents.
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The New Superbug!
A new strain of the E. coli bacteria seems to have become resistant to most antibiotics. Let’s talk about how this possibly happened.
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Why Do Some Drugs Make Your Pupils Wider?
How do your pupils work and why do some substances make them dilate?
TED Talks
TED: No roads? There's a drone for that | Andreas Raptopoulos
A billion people in the world lack access to all-season roads. Could the structure of the internet provide a model for how to reach them? Andreas Raptopoulos of Matternet thinks so. He introduces a new type of transportation system that...
TED Talks
TED: The agony of opioid withdrawal -- and what doctors should tell patients about it | Travis Rieder
The United States accounts for five percent of the world's population but consumes almost 70 percent of the total global opioid supply, creating an epidemic that has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths each year. How did we get here,...
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The Rarest Cancer in History (It's Also the Weirdest)
The medical industry has developed countless methods and tools for diagnosing the myriad of illnesses that can befall us. This, as you might guess, includes cancer. But it took a research team five months to diagnose this specific cancer...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The truth about electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) - Helen M. Farrell
In 1982, a young nurse was suffering from severe, unrelenting depression. She couldn’t work, socialize or concentrate. One controversial treatment changed everything: after two courses of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) her symptoms...
TED Talks
Patience Mthunzi: Could we cure HIV with lasers?
Swallowing pills to get medication is a quick, painless and often not entirely effective way of treating disease. A potentially better way? Lasers. In this passionate talk, TED Fellow Patience Mthunzi explains her idea to use lasers to...
TED-Ed
How do antidepressants work? | Neil R. Jeyasingam
In the 1950s, the discovery of two new drugs sparked what would become a multi-billion dollar market for antidepressants. Neither drug was intended to treat depression at all— many doctors and scientists believed psychotherapy was the...