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Pain Modulation | Gate Control & Endogenous Opioid Mechanisms [TENS/IFC]
In this video, we explore the two major pain modulation mechanisms in TENS and IFC: gate control and endogenous opioid theories.
Healthcare Triage
Racial Disparities in Pain Management in Children - HCT News - Sept. 18, 2015
When it comes to disparities research, I sometimes get angry at researchers that we're still spending so much time with studies pointing out disparities in medicine and so little time doing anything about them. I mean, is there anyone...
Healthcare Triage
The Opioid Crisis in 2020
In 2016, Healthcare Triage presented a special series of videos looking at the opioid crises in the United States. Now, we're taking another look at the crisis and seeing where we've improved, where we've failed, and what we can do...
Institute of Human Anatomy
The Anatomy of Pain
In this video, Justin from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses the anatomy pain and shows the various structured associated with its transmission and processing.
Next Animation Studio
How sugar addiction impacts the brain
New research from the journal Scientific Reports has found that sugar has the ability to transform our brain chemistry.
Next Animation Studio
How Narcan saved Demi Lovato from an overdose
Pop star Demi Lovato is in a Los Angeles hospital after reports indicate she overdosed on an undisclosed drug.
Healthcare Triage
Opioid Addiction and Treatment
Thanks, in part, to the generous support of the NIHCM, this month we are releasing four special episodes on Opioids. We hope you enjoy them. This week's episode:
Professor Dave Explains
The Isolation of Natural Products: Morphine and Other Alkaloids
In the early 19th century, we were still in the habit of searching for plants with medicinal properties. But we were finally beginning to develop the capacity to identify active ingredients within those plants, isolate them, and purify...
Healthcare Triage
The History of Opioids
The History of Opioids - We will give a historical overview of people and opioids. We will look at when people first started using opioids, how they've changed over the years, and ways that they've been both amazingly positive as really...
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COCAINE. It's a Serious Problem Drug, Too
The opioid epidemic is certainly terrible. Even as we're plumbing the depths of it, we should remember that there are other terrible drugs out there killing people and making lives worse. Cocaine is a big problem as well, and it kills a...
Healthcare Triage
The Science of Opioids
The Science of Opioids - How do opioids work? We look at the physiological processes that let opioids produce their effects in human bodies.
Professor Dave Explains
Illicit Drugs: How Do They Work?
Drugs of all varieties are very interesting from a biochemical standpoint, as they produce an incredible array of physiological effects. These effects are due to the shape of each molecule, which determines the cellular components they...
Healthcare Triage
America's Epidemic of Opioid Abuse
Opioid Abuse - Opioid drugs can be powerfully effective treatments for those in pain, but they can also be extremely dangerous. This episode explores how opioids can lead to dependence and addiction, and the effects that abuse have had...
Curated Video
Can America's War on Drugs Ever Be Won?
As our understanding of the consequences of drug abuse has improved, so America’s relationship with drugs has changed. From Nixon to Trump, the so-called 'War on Drugs' has cost the US government billions – but will there ever be an end...
Curated Video
Changing supply one reason for declining opioid deaths, analysis shows
New ReviewA new report from the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction points to changes in the drug supply and the reality that many vulnerable users have already died as reasons for a decline in opioid toxicity deaths in Canada from 2023...
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Harm reduction expert shares what to do in event of overdose following discovery of phenazolam
Phenazolam is a powerful synthetic opioid that can be disguised as Xanax or Dilaudid. It killed a teenager in Mount Pearl earlier this year, and it has harm reduction experts worried. Courtney Davis of Thrive shares what you can do if...
Curated Video
Life-Saving Opioid Treatment Maker Hopes Narcan Is Soon Irrelevant
Bob Kramer, CEO of Emergent Biosolutions, which produces Narcan nasal spray, spoke to Cheddar about making a "meaningful dent" in saving lives and hopefully seeing the product eventually become obsolete.
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Doctors rethinking opioids for chronic pain
The opioid crisis has doctors rethinking how they’re prescribing the painkillers to patients who need them to manage chronic pain.
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Art benefactors or opioid billionaires? Meet the Sackler family | The Weekly with Wendy Mesley
New court documents suggest the wealthy Sackler family made billions from the drug OxyContin. The drug company they founded is being sued for allegedly using deceptive marketing to push their product. Now, world famous art galleries have...
Curated Video
How massive amounts of fentanyl get to Canada from China | The Weekly with Wendy Mesley
Canada Border Services seized enough of the drug to kill more than seven million people in the last year. So how does all that Chinese fentanyl get into Canada?
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B.C. mayors want inquiry into links between fentanyl, money laundering and real estate | The Weekly with Wendy Mesley
B.C.’s attorney general says as much as $1 billion of drug money laundered each year through real estate, and that dirty money has played a role in inflating the price of homes in province. Police say a lot of that drug money is coming...
Curated Video
NARCAN Developer Targets Synthetic Cannabis ODs, Alcohol Addiction, Bulimia
Opiant Pharmaceuticals, the developer of opioid antidote NARCAN, is in the process of developing a version of its lifesaving drug for cannabanoid overdoses, the company's CEO told Cheddar in an interview on Wednesday.
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Opioid crisis may be declining Canadians' life expectancy
The annual report from Canada's Chief Public Health Officer says the national life expectancy may be declining for the first time in decades, and the opioid crisis is getting the blame.
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Canada sees more than 8,000 opioid deaths since 2016
At least 1,036 Canadians died in the first three months of this year of what appeared to be opioid overdoses, raising the opioid epidemic's national death toll to more than 8,000 people since January 2016.