TED Talks
TED: A new way to monitor vital signs (that can see through walls) | Dina Katabi
At MIT, Dina Katabi and her team are working on a bold new way to monitor patients' vital signs in a hospital (or even at home), without wearables or bulky, beeping devices. Bonus: it can see through walls. In a mind-blowing talk and...
Crash Course
Health & Medicine: Crash Course Sociology
Our final unit of Crash Course Sociology is medical sociology. Today we’ll explain what it is and get an overview of the role of society in our notions of health and disease.
TED Talks
Alexander Tsiaras: Conception to birth -- visualized
Image-maker Alexander Tsiaras shares a powerful medical visualization, showing human development from conception to birth and beyond. (Some graphic images.)
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Pedro Brugarolas: Why do hospitals have particle accelerators?
Is there a way to detect diseases like cancer and Alzheimer's before they advance too far? Doctors are using injected radioactive drugs that circulate through the body and act as a beacon for PET scanners. These diagnostic tools can...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How do you know if you have a virus? | Cella Wright
A new virus emerges and spreads like wildfire. In order to contain it, researchers must first collect data about who's been infected. Two main viral testing techniques are critical: one tells you if you have the virus and the other shows...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why is pneumonia so dangerous? | Eve Gaus and Vanessa Ruiz
Every time you breathe, air travels down the trachea, through a series of channels, and then reaches little clusters of air sacs in the lungs. These tiny sacs facilitate a crucial exchange: allowing oxygen from the air we breathe into...
TED Talks
Christopher Bahl: A new type of medicine, custom-made with tiny proteins
Some common life-saving medicines, such as insulin, are made of proteins so large and fragile that they need to be injected instead of ingested as pills. But a new generation of medicine -- made from smaller, more durable proteins known...
SciShow
Injecting Yourself with Killer Bacteria
Like every rose has its thorn, the fangblenny is an adorable fish with sharp fangs and potent venom. But scientists think we might be able to use their venom as a painkiller! Meanwhile, a killer bacterium could be a promising new...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Hacking bacteria to fight cancer | Tal Danino
In 1884, an unlucky patient who had a rapidly growing cancer in his neck came down with an unrelated bacterial skin infection. As he recovered from the infection, the cancer surprisingly began to recede. The infection had stimulated the...
SciShow
Metal vs. Bacteria
Even before we knew what bacteria were capable of, we were using certain metals to help fight off their effects.. Hank Green explains how on this episode of SciShow.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Is marijuana bad for your brain? | Anees Bahji
In 1970, marijuana was classified as a schedule 1 drug in the United States: the strictest designation possible, meaning it was completely illegal and had no recognized medical uses. Today, marijuana's therapeutic benefits are widely...
TED Talks
TED: Why we're storing billions of seeds | Jonathan Drori
In this brief talk from TED U 2009, Jonathan Drori encourages us to save biodiversity -- one seed at a time. Reminding us that plants support human life, he shares the vision of the Millennium Seed Bank, which has stored over 3 billion...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Sajan Saini: How light technology is changing medicine
It's an increasingly common sight in hospitals around the world: a nurse measures our height, weight, blood pressure, and attaches a glowing plastic clip to our finger. Suddenly, a digital screen reads out the oxygen level in our...
The Daily Conversation
Human-Animal Chimeras, The Future of Medicine?
New ReviewAn ethically questionable new genetic technique attempts to grow human organs inside of pigs.
Curated Video
How to Correctly Measure Your Medicine Doses
How to Correctly Measure Your Medicine Doses
Curated Video
How to Avoid Motion Sickness
Do planes, trains and automobiles make you queasy? Do you turn green the moment your ship leaves port? Welcome to motion sickness—a miserably common ailment that can often be prevented. One way is with over-the-counter antihistamines....
Curated Video
Why Some Medications Should Be Taken With Food
Many people have questions about how to follow those food labels on their medication bottle. If your label says, "TAKE WITH FOOD," do you really HAVE to chow down or can you skip the snack and just go ahead and pop the pills? Some drugs,...
Curated Video
How to Make Your Medicines Taste Better
A spoonful of sugar may help the medicine go down...at least according to Mary Poppins. But in real life there are other measures that may work just as well.If your medicine is too bitter, try sucking on a popsicle for a little while to...
Curated Video
How to Know If Your Medicine Is Making You Fat
Howcast - Learn which drugs are most likely to make you gain weight, and what to do to avoid packing on the pounds.
Curated Video
How to Have Beautiful Skin with Dr. Elissa Lunder
Howcast - Learn about dermatologist Elissa Lunder, one of Howcast's skin care experts, in this video.
Curated Video
How to Cope with Metastatic Breast Cancer
Howcast - Learn how to cope with a diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer in this Howcast video with expert Marisa Weiss, MD.