Dr. Hong Yang Huang, a neurosurgeon at Xishang Hospital in Beijing, has developed a controversial therapy involving the implantation of tissue from aborted fetuses into the brains and spinal cords of paralyzed patients. Many patients...

Vaccines mean that there are now very few new polio cases, but in the early 1900s this wasn't the case. Learn how two scientists, Salk and Sabin, virtually wiped out this potentially deadly disease. Biology - Healthy Living - Polio is a...

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- A quick recap of what stem cell
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What is narcolepsy? It’s a neurological disorder that results when your brain is unable to regulate your sleep wake cycle. In this video I will discuss how to recognize narcolepsy and how it is...

Can we use machine learning to read your mind?

UC Berkeley sleep scientist Matthew Walker invokes a series of related evolutionary arguments to support his point that sleep must serve our most basic biological functions and is key to our survival.

UC Berkeley sleep scientist Matthew Walker describes our current understanding of the biophysiological mechanisms at play in the condition of narcolepsy.

Historically a ceremonial position, the role of First Lady at one point mainly involved hosting events at the White House. But when President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke in 1919, his wife, Edith, covertly took on many of his duties...

Locked-in Syndrome (LIS) is a rare devastating medical case. It is also called Pseudocoma & was featured in TV shows such as HOUSE MD and Chicago Med. Patients are unable to consciously move, speak or chew, but are able to communicate...

West Nile Virus is a relatively new virus. It was first detected in the early 20th century, and it made it over to North America quite mysteriously in 1999. It is spread by mosquitos and can have some pretty serious effects, so let's...

Developed during the 1920s, the iron lung was invented to help individuals with polio breathe after their torso and abdominal muscles ceased to work. Improvements to the iron lung were made throughout the 20th century, but the...

Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) | Causes, Pathophysiology, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment



Guillain-Barré Syndrome is a auto-immune demyelinating condition involving ascending weakness and paralysis. Guillain Barre...

How to Pronounce Well Known Greek Words in Greek | Easy Greek 97



Easy Greek is a project to help you learn Greek in an authentic and fun way. We interview people in the streets of Athens and other places in Greece. All our...

Scientists have discovered that an invasive species of flatworms have been quietly occupying French soil for the past two decades.

In this week's episode, we learn about new tools to protect against malicious websites, restoring the sense of touch to amputees and those with paralysis, and examine how older adults hear.

On this episode of Breaking Trail, Coyote gets stung by a terrifying Tarantula Hawk! Boasting the world’s 2nd most painful sting, the Tarantula Hawk also happens to be the largest species of wasp in North America! These enormous spider...

Scientists at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) are planning to conduct experiments to restore people with bruised or mildly damaged spines to full mobility again. The five patients participating in the experiment over...

In this video, we explore each of Brunnstrom's stages of stroke recovery + a practice question.

A team from Ohio has made a medical breakthrough - successfully developing technology that allows brain signals to bypass a spinal injury and transmit straight to the muscles. The New York Times reports that when Ian Burkhart broke his...

In this week's episode, we learn about new tools to protect against malicious websites, restoring the sense of touch to amputees and those with paralysis and examine how older adults really hear.

In this video, we first explore the basic statistics of and concepts regarding sleep paralysis. Then, we dive into the physiological mechanism that causes it.

Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center have published a study in the Lancet that explains how a paralyzed woman has been able to control a robot arm with her mind. The 52-year-old woman, Jan Scheuermann, in...

This video tutorial compares and contrasts facial (Bells) palsy and stroke. 0:00. Introduction 0:21. Course of lower motor neurons (LMN) in facial n.; muscles of facial expression 2:05. Facial (Bells) palsy 4:40. Anatomy of upper motor...