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Professor Dave Explains
Paracelsus and Medicine During the Renaissance
We just learned about medicine in the Middle Ages, and the time period that follows is called the Renaissance. What advancements were made during this time? The most important figure in this period of medicine went by the name of...
JJ Medicine
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia | Warm, Cold & Paroxysmal Cold Hemoglobinuria | Symptoms, Treatment
Lesson on Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (Warm, Cold, and Paroxysmal Cold Hemoglobinuria): Clinical features, Laboratory findings, Signs and Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment. Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia is one type of anaemia that is due...
Curated Video
I WONDER - What The Snake Wrapped On A Staff Symbol Means In Hospitals?
This video is answering the question of what the snake wrapped on a staff symbol means in hospitals.
Curated Video
Biologist Reacts to THE GOOD DOCTOR | Medical Drama Biology
An Interactive Biology First - Today, I share the biology behind one of the most popular episodes of The Good Doctor. Some of the topics covered are the meninges surrounding the brain - the pia mater, arachnoid mater, and dura mater. We...
SWPictures
KILL OR CURE - Fighting Syphilis
Syphilis was thought to have been beaten by mass penicillin treatment in the 1950s and 1960s. Now it's back, particularly among the rural populations of places like Haiti - which medical experts believe is where the disease started in...
Weird History
All About the Powdered Wig Craze
For over a century, European men refused to go outside without first donning an enormous wig. At the time, the headpiece was better known as a peruke or periwig, and just like other bizarre fashion trends, the peruke wig has a...
Professor Dave Explains
The Birth of Microbiology
As we have come to understand in this series, the most devastating diseases to ever plague mankind have been the cause of pathogenic organisms. Although strategies had been developed to combat some of these diseases, it was not until the...
Hip Hughes History
The Columbian Exchange
Explore the effects of Columbus and the Columbian Exchange, which will change the future of both the new and old worlds.
Professor Dave Explains
Syphilis Treponema pallidum
Syphilis is another infection that is typically caused by sexual contact, thanks to the pathogen Treponema pallidum. What does this bacterium do? How is the infection treated? Let's take a closer look now.
Curated Video
Syphilis Symptoms, Treatment
If you have been exposed or need to be tested for Syphilis, or any other sexually transmitted disease there are thousands of testing centers available in the USA. With same day testing available there is no good reason not to be tested....
Curated Video
Does new HIV drug increase risky sex behaviours?
'Once the risk of HIV is eliminated, people may be less likely to use condoms,' health official says
Curated Video
Report: Syphilis Cases In Newborns Rise
The CDC released a report with troubling statistics about the number of reported syphilis cases in newborns, with cases rising 10-fold in the last decade and nearly 32% in just one year.
Curated Video
Pfizer Warns Shortage Looms for Antibiotic Used to Treat Syphilis
Pfizer is warning that an antibiotic used to treat syphilis and other bacterial infections in young people are likely to run out by the end of this quarter.
Curated Video
Alarming number of babies being born with syphilis in Canada
Medical experts say there’s been a significant increase in the number of babies in Canada being born with syphilis, which can have serious implications for infants.
Curated Video
N.W.T. officials deploy rapid tests to curb spread of syphilis
Health officials in the Northwest Territories have deployed an aggressive campaign to deal with skyrocketing cases of syphilis, including the distribution of rapid tests.
Curated Video
Tuberculosis, syphilis cases on the rise in Montreal
Montreal Public Health says newcomers without access to public health care are the ones being most affected by TB. Meanwhile, officials are raising concerns about the spread of syphilis among women.
Curated Video
Vaccine Skepticism Among African Americans Has Historical Roots
As the chances of having a vaccine grow, the fear of taking that vaccine does too, particularly among African Americans.
Curated Video
Ukraine - Challenges to health
(Dur: 13 mins 06 secs/Ukrainian sot: 45 secs/Russian sot: 1 min 30 secs/English sot: 56 secs)
In the wake of the Chernobyl disaster, and six years after independence, the Ukraine's fifty-two million people are trying to come to...
In the wake of the Chernobyl disaster, and six years after independence, the Ukraine's fifty-two million people are trying to come to...
Curated Video
Skeleton exhibition reveals London's ongoing burial problems
London - August 18, 2008
1. Wideshot Tower of London next to cranes and scaffo
lding
2. Various building works taking place
in London
3. Set up shot Jelena Bekvalac, Research...
1. Wideshot Tower of London next to cranes and scaffo
lding
2. Various building works taking place
in London
3. Set up shot Jelena Bekvalac, Research...
Curated Video
Descendants of Syphilis Study Still Fight Stigma
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLISTASSOCIATED PRESS – AP CLIENTS ONLYTuskegee, Alabama – 3 April 2017 1.Various of relatives of medical experiment at annual meetingU.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVE Date/location unknown 2. Photo...
Curated Video
Descendants of Syphilis Study Still Fight Stigma
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLISTASSOCIATED PRESS – AP CLIENTS ONLYTuskegee, Alabama – 3 April 2017 1.Various of relatives of medical experiment at annual meetingU.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVE Date/location unknown 2. Photo...
Curated Video
Stress, family medical history or possibly even poison led to the death of Vladimir Lenin, contradicting a popular theory that a sexually transmitted disease debilitated the former Soviet Union leader, a UCLA neurologist said Friday.
HEADLINE Neurologist: Syphilis likely didn't kill Lenin
CAPTION: Stress, family medical history or possibly even poison led to the death of Vladimir Lenin, contradicting a popular theory that a sexually...
CAPTION: Stress, family medical history or possibly even poison led to the death of Vladimir Lenin, contradicting a popular theory that a sexually...
Curated Video
Russia - Rise in cases of syphilis
Syphilis is making a comeback in the West thanks to businessmen who visit Russia, according to a recent article in a British medical journal. The sexually-transmitted disease, which causes insanity and death...