TED Talks
Lakshmi Pratury: The lost art of letter-writing
Lakshmi Pratury remembers the lost art of letter-writing and shares a series of notes her father wrote to her before he died. Her short but heartfelt talk may inspire you to set pen to paper, too.
All In One Social Media
How to Take ONE Video and Turn it in to 5 Social Media Posts
If you're looking to get more likes, shares, and views on your social media posts, then this video is for you! By following the simple tips in this video, you'll be able to take your one video and turn it into 5 high-quality social media...
Healthcare Triage
Innovation in a Changing US Health System
The US healthcare system has a lot of issues, but one thing it's got going for it is innovation. More clinical trials originate in the United States, and more Nobel Physiology and Medicine Laureates are from here than from any other...
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
Orphan Drugs: An Introduction
In the United States, the median price for an orphan drug is about $100,000 per year, twenty times the price of the median non-orphan drug. Given the staggering cost, you'd think we'd have a solid handle on whether that money is...
Healthcare Triage
Shrooms and Smoking, Adult Drug Abuse, and Ebola: Healthcare Triage News
Shrooms to quit smoking, who's using drugs, and a clarification on Ebola. This is Healthcare Triage News.
Healthcare Triage
The CDC's Preachy Recommendations on Pregnancy and Alcohol. and the Internet's Overreaction
The CDC's recommendations for women about alcohol and pregnancy caused an uproar on the internet recently. We've got Aaron's take on the situation.
Healthcare Triage
The EpiPanic About the EpiPen Continues!
On Monday, we talked about how EpiPens are a perfect example of the dysfunction of the American Health care system. Evidently, America agreed. Days after the NYT published my and other pieces, a whole bunch of stuff happened. Let's...
Healthcare Triage
What's a Fair Price? Price Gouging and Pharmaceuticals.
Why do drug prices rises? Are pharmaceutical companies ripping people off? Drug price gouging has been all over the media this week. This is Healthcare Triage News.
Healthcare Triage
Medicaid And The Opioid Epidemic: Correlation is not Causation
Recently, Ron Johnson (R) of Wisconsin launched an investigation into whether the Medicaid expansion that was part of Obamacare caused America's opioid crisis. Healthcare Triage has looked at the evidence, and we think it's a dubious claim.
Healthcare Triage
Exercise, Weight Loss, and Big Soda
Exercise isn't the key to weight loss. Still. But food companies want to convince you otherwise. This is Healthcare Triage News.
Healthcare Triage
Reality Show Stars: They're Not Just Like Us
There's a lot of news this week touting a study that suggests exercise is the key to maintaining a weight loss. Welp. Guess what? It wasn't a great study. There were 14 participants, all of whom appeared on the TV reality show The...
Healthcare Triage
Do Standing Desks' Benefits Stand Up to Research?
Research suggests that warnings about sitting at work are overblown, and that standing desks are overrated as a way to improve health. Let's dig in.
Healthcare Triage
Lessons from Singapore and Reopening The United States
Singapore had one of the world's most robust and effective responses to coronavirus and COVID19. Despite that, the country still had to enter lockdown and struggled to control the spread of the disease. What can this tell us about how...
Healthcare Triage
Lawsuits as a Tool to Stifle Research
Health research is difficult for a bunch of reasons. One of those reasons is the practice of using lawsuits to stifle research. A researcher finds that a product is harmful, and the producers of that product attack the researcher in...
Healthcare Triage
The Acrylamide in Coffee Won't Give You Cancer, CALIFORNIA
A judge in California recently ruled that coffee would be required to carry a carcinogen warning label, since it contains acrylamide. Well, have the barista make you a double espresso with a shot of evidence, because that coffee probably...
Science360
Explosions Optional: Kate the Chemist shares her secrets for exciting audiences about science
From the Late Show with Stephen Colbert to the Wendy Williams Show, Kate the Chemist has been a fixture on the talk show circuit -- blowing things up whenever she gets the chance. But her secret is not in the pyrotechnics. As a professor...
Healthcare Triage
Minors, E-cigarette Regulation, and Dating Violence: Healthcare Triage News
It's way too easy for teens to buy e-cigarettes on the Internet, and too many of them are victims of teen violence. Two new studies on Healthcare Triage news.
Oxford Comma
5 Easy Ways Quotes Can Help You Write Better Papers Faster
Many academic assignments require quotes. But, if you're not careful, quotes can actually make your writing look rushed, sloppy, or uniformed. Thankfully, it's not hard to properly implement quotes into a paper, and doing so will help...
Healthcare Triage
Shaky Science in the New Rules on Contraceptive Coverage
In a new rule about coverage of contraception, the Trump administration argues that birth control is bad for your health. But it's a claim that doesn't stand up to scrutiny. That's the topic of this week's Healthcare Triage.
Curated Video
British English: Quoting a Phone Number
Learn British English. In this video we cover how to quote a phone number. Pay close attention to the pronunciation.
Healthcare Triage
Stop It! Why It's Tough to get Doctors to Drop Treatments
It takes a lot of ongoing training to get doctors to take up new treatments and techniques in their practice. But it turns out it's REALLY difficult to get docs to stop using treatments when later studies show that treatment to be...
Healthcare Triage
The Caregiver Gap
The US healthcare system has a huge gap. A lot of care giving isn't covered, and it falls on families and friends to pick up the slack. It can take a lot of time and help to make it through an illness, and there isn't much coverage for...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Richard F. Thomas - Why Bob Dylan Matters
Richard F. Thomas, George Martin Lane Professor of the Classics, was born in London and brought up in New Zealand. He was educated at the University of Auckland (B.A. 1972; M.A. 1973), and at the University of Michigan (Ph.D. 1977). He...