The Viral Fever
The Food Files, Series 2
Hot on the heels of the popular first series, The Food Files returns to investigate the real health benefits and risks of the foods we eat. Foodie and health guru Nikki Muller travels back to the source of the food’s origins, and breaks...
Catalyst University
Prions | Mechanisms and Theories of Alzheimers Disease (Amyloid & Tau)
Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative prion disease in which affected individuals suffer destruction of cortical neurons due to accumulation of prions of both beta-amyloid and Tau type. In this video, I will explain the acquisition...
Healthcare Triage
A Measles Outbreak in Minnesota. Nice Work, Anti-vaxxers
So. We have to talk about measles in 2017. Why, you may ask, are kids getting measles? More and more people neglect vaccinating their children, and dangerous diseases like measles make a comeback.
Professor Dave Explains
After Rome: Further Development of Medicine in the Arab World
Great strides were made towards a scientific approach to medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome, but after the fall of the Roman Empire, the baton was handed over to the Arab World. The so-called Golden Age of Islam produced incredible...
TLDR News
The US are Leaving the World Health Organisation What That Means in Reality - TLDR News
Earlier this week Donald Trump confirmed his intention to pull the US out of the World Health Organisation. This feeds into the bigger issue that Trump seems to have with China and global organisations - but during a pandemic, this seems...
Barcroft Media
Cow Urine Heralded As Miracle Cure
VRINDAVAN, INDIA: The ISKCON Goshala in Vrindavan has recently figured in the news for it's production of Aurvedic drinks made of distilled cow urine, yes, COW URINE!!!! The drink is thought of as a miracle cure for several diseases,...
TLDR News
Where Did COVID-19 Come From... Chinese Lab? Bats? Wet Markets? - TLDR News
Ever since the Coronavirus outbreak began, people began to speculate about where the virus came from? Did it come from a wet market in Wuhan? What about a bowl of bat soup? Or even the Wuhan Institute of Virology? In this video, we...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Kihyun Daniel Park - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - South Korea
Kihyun Park is an innovative English teacher in charge of International Students Exchange program in Pungsaeng Middle School, South Korea, designated as ‘Innovation School’ where new educational & experimental programs have been...
Mediacorp
Revolutionizing Toilet Design for Public Health
Public toilets are unclean spaces in large part because of their design. From contactless appliances to retractable walls, an architectural designer discusses ideas about how to design a cleaner bathroom. Pandemic Changes part 4/6
Healthcare Triage
Diagnoses, Predictive Values, and Whether You're Sick or Not: NPV and PPV
We've covered test characteristics like sensitivity and specificity before, and we've even covered how you can use those values to make decisions about what results mean about your health. But sensitivity and specificity don't have a...
The Economist
How to cure diabetes
Diabetes is the fastest growing health crisis of our time. Could a common surgical procedure bolster hopes of finding a cure?
Science360
NSF's 2014 Alan T. Waterman Awardee Feng Zhang discusses his research on the brain
NSF's 2014 Alan T. Waterman Awardee Feng Zhang discusses the work of his research team on the brain. Zhang is an investigator at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT and a core member of the Broad Institute of MIT and...
Weird History
The Sweating Plague Was Deadlier Than It Sounds
From 1485 through the latter part of the 16th century, a new plague – English "sweating sickness" – ravaged England and Europe, killing thousands of people. The fearsome disease had many names including, "Sudor Anglicus," "English...
Next Animation Studio
A quarter of all pigs could die from swine fever
The World Health Organization for Animal Health says that a quarter of the pig population worldwide is expected to die off as a result of the spread of African swine fever.
60 Second Histories
Dr John Snow - proving a theory
In part 2 of this series, John Snow talks about proving his theory on how cholera is spread.
Curated Video
Treating Cardiovascular Disease: Medications, Surgery, and Lifestyle Changes
This video provides an overview of cardiovascular disease, its various types, and the different methods of treatment available. The video explores three main ways of treating cardiovascular disease: lifelong medication, surgical...
STAT
How does CRISPR work? Feng Zhang explains with a nursery rhyme
CRISPR is a powerful gene-editing tool with transformative potential. Feng Zhang, a scientist at the Broad Institute, explains how it works.
Curated Video
Identifying Specific Plant Diseases and Their Defenses Against External Threats
The video discusses specific plant diseases and ways in which plants defend themselves against external threats. It highlights some signs of plant diseases, such as spots on leaves, decay, growths, and discoloration, and discusses how to...
Global Health with Greg Martin
Age standardised mortality rate
Direct age standardization and indirect age standardization are two methods for comparing the mortality rates of two populations. This is sometimes called the age adjusted mortality rate. These are methods used in public health and...
Financial Times
Coronavirus: can we protect markets and companies?
As coronavirus has spread across the globe markets have fallen sharply and entire industries have warned of imminent bankruptcy. Governments are trying to understand the potential scale of the economic fallout and how to mitigate it.
SWPictures
Rapid Testing for the Next Pandemic
The video highlights the importance of quickly diagnosing and isolating people carrying infectious diseases to prevent their global spread. It introduces a small machine called the Micro Kit, designed by Professor Jackie Ying and her...
Professor Dave Explains
Natural vs. Synthetic Vitamins
Anti-science mentality is prevalent in modern society. This is evidenced most clearly in a complete distrust of chemicals synthesized in a laboratory. But does the activity of a molecule depend whatsoever on the pathway from which it...
The Economist
The new coronavirus: how should the world respond?
The new coronavirus is shutting down planet Earth. What lessons can the rest of the world learn from China, Singapore and South Korea?