Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Schizoaffective Disorder
An explanation of Schizoaffective disorder including the criteria needed to make the diagnosis, causes, and treatment.
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Khan Academy: Schizophrenia Treatment
An explanation of the treatment of schizophrenia as related to the stages of the disorder.
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Khan Academy: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
An explanation of post traumatic stress disorder including causes, symptoms, and treatment.
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Khan Academy: Fighting Infection With Adaptive Immunity
Read a passage about our immune system and answer the follow-up questions.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Is Malaria?
Malaria is an infectious disease caused by a parasite called Plasmodium that invades red blood cells and liver cells. The parasites are transferred to humans by the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito. The article discusses how...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Basics of Malaria
An overview of malaria and the types of Plasmodium that is carried by the Anopheles mosquito infecting red blood cells and liver cells in the human body. Symptoms of malaria are also discussed.
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Khan Academy: Diagnosing Malaria
The three-step process of diagnosing malaria is explained.
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Khan Academy: Treatment of Malaria
After malaria has been confirmed by lab or biochemical diagnosis, treatment must begin immediately. But first the type of Plasmodium causing the infection, whether the patient has severe or non-severe infection, and if the parasite is...
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Khan Academy: Preventing Malaria
An overview of how to prevent getting malaria including insecticides, repellents, eliminating mosquito breeding areas, malaria prophylactic drugs.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Drug Abuse and Drug Addiction
This article explains the concepts of drug use and dependence.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Drug Abuse and Drug Addiction
Substance use disorders are a class of psychological disorder in which a person continues to use a substance, despite having significant health, social, and other negative consequences as a result of their substance use.
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Khan Academy: Psychoactive Drugs: Depressants and Opiates
An explanation of the effects the psychoactive drugs, depressants and opiates, have on the body.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Model How Herd Immunity Works
In this activity, you will find out how immunizations can limit the spread of an infectious disease up to a point where the whole population is protected through herd immunity.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Trichinella Spiralis
Find out about the transmission, life cycle, and pathology of the trichinella spiralis infection.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Joseph Lister Antiseptic Principle
Mostly told in first person, this site from the Fordham University gives an account of Joseph Lister's work on the principle of the practice of antiseptic surgery and a brief overview of his contributions to science and medicine. A very...
Curated OER
Kids Health: Immune System Quiz
Do you know what immunity is all about? Take this 10 question online quiz and find out how much you know.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Immunity
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Most B and T cells die after an infection has been brought under control. But some of them survive for many years. These long-lasting B and T cells are called memory...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Biology for Kids: Infectious Disease
Kids learn about infectious diseases including pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi as well as transmission and other types of diseases.
Curated OER
Smithsonian Institution Archives: Elise Depew Strang L'esperance (1878 1959)
Elise Depew Strang L'Esperance (1878-1959), Cornell University, shown here in 1951 with her Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award, was a pioneer in cancer treatment for women and had received the award jointly with Catherine Macfarlane....
Curated OER
Smithsonian Institution Archives: Grace A. Peterson
Mycologist Grace A. Peterson graduated from Cornell University in 1926 and was still on the staff of the Cornell Department of Plant Pathology in 1938
Curated OER
Smithsonian Institution Archives: Agnes J. Quirk
Agnes J. Quirk was a plant pathologist in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Laboratory of Plant Pathology, where she worked on crown gall disease
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Rudolf Virchow
Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow (13 October 1821 - 5 September 1902) was a German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician. He is referred to as the "Father of Pathology," and founded...
University of Washington
Uwmc Cytogenetics Laboratory: Cytogenetics Gallery
This site opens with an excellent introduction to Cytogenetics. Explore this site to learn about chromosomes, human karyotypes and more.