Instructional Video10:43
PBS

What's up with all this Vaping?

12th - Higher Ed
E-Cigarettes are everywhere. Vaping has become so ubiquitous that "vape" was Oxford Dictionaries word of the year in 2014. Today, Danielle looks at how and why vaping took off. She examines the early 20th century prototypes for electric...
Instructional Video20:47
Institute for New Economic Thinking

Measuring the Danger of Segregation

Higher Ed
An 1869 study incorrectly stated that black Union soldiers had lower lung capacity than white soldiers. 150 years later, this same study is impacting the health and disability diagnosis of black patients. Structural segregation is still...
Instructional Video13:11
Institute of Human Anatomy

The Toxic Legacy of Burn Pits: A Veteran's Personal Experience

Higher Ed
A former US Marine discusses the health consequences of exposure to toxic chemicals, particularly from burn pits in Iraq, and the lack of support from the government for veterans. Using cadavers in a lab, he explains how the chemicals...
News Clip1:53
Curated Video

UK Smokers Switching To Vapes 'Could Save NHS More Than Half A Billion A Year’

Pre-K - Higher Ed
According to a new study, half of England's adult smokers switching from cigarettes to vapes could save the NHS more than £500 million per year.

Researchers at Brunel University London calculated that between 2019 and 2021,...