Preventing and Treating Disease

This video program explores the role of the body's circulatory and respiratory systems, emphasizing things we can do to maintain these important systems. Regular exercise, healthy eating habits, and not smoking are just a few of the...

Will Coronavirus Go Away in the Summer? - TLDR News

This video provides a basic understanding of antibiotics and painkillers, explaining how they work, what they are used for, and their limitations. The video discusses the difference between bacterial and viral diseases and emphasizes the...

In this video, the teacher challenges the viewers to test their knowledge of diseases by solving case scenarios. By identifying different types of diseases and their modes of transmission, the viewers are able to deepen their...

This video explains the importance of vitamin C in the body, including its role as a powerful antioxidant and its association with scurvy. It also discusses how vitamin C is absorbed and excreted in the body, and its essential role in...

This nugget describes common viral diseases in detail with respect to their causative agents, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and methods of prevention.

Acute Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye) | Allergic, Bacterial, Viral | Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment



Acute conjunctivitis is an eye condition involving inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye. Inflammation of the conjunctiva...

It's time to start going through a variety of common viruses, so let's start with the most common one of them all, the one that most often causes the common cold. It's called Rhinovirus, and it is a member of the picornavirus family....

This video provides an informative overview of the common cold, its symptoms, causes, and prevention. It highlights the fact that the common cold is a viral infection that affects the upper respiratory tract and is really common in...

A pathogen is a microorganism that can cause disease. Pathogens may be viruses, bacteria, protists or fungi. Examples of bacteria infections are cholera, typhoid, food poisoning and gonorrhoea. Examples of viral infections are the flu...

It describes communicable and non-communicable; acute and chronic; congenital and acquired; and endemic, epidemic and pandemic diseases.

With the first confirmed case in North America, our panel of doctors discuss whether Canadians should be worried about the new coronavirus and what they should be doing to protect themselves.

State media says Huanggang is shut down in addition to Wuhan as part of the fight against new coronavirus.

When the coronavirus outbreak began, what really went on in Wuhan, the Chinese city at the heart of the pandemic?

A popular pill prescribed for morning sickness doesn't work, according to data analyzed by a Toronto doctor. Diclectin is often recommended as a treatment for women suffering from nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. In Canada, doctors...

How to stop backpacks from becoming a huge pain in the back, and other health tips with Dr. Joelene Huber

A human trial in Canada will test if combining 2 different viruses can help kill cancer cells

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The European Union has halted all nonessential travel to the United States as the nation struggles with surging COVID-19 cases. Dr. Tom McGinn, executive vice president at Physician Enterprise at Commonspirit Health, joined Cheddar to...

Dr. Samir Gupta says Alberta's testing may help to understand how far the coronavirus spread but he's doubtful we've reached herd immunity.

Information about the coronavirus outbreak is spreading fast, but what do we actually know about the illness? CBC News medical contributor and family physician Dr. Peter Lin breaks down the facts about what it is, where it came from, how...

Ajit Lalvani, professor at Imperial College of London, discusses the school's report that found high-levels of protective immune cells that fight some common colds can also make people less likely to contract covid. He speaks on...

Johns Hopkins University Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine Bhakti Hansoti discusses India preparing for a new Covid-19 wave from the omicron variant and when the coronavirus may become endemic in the U.S. The Bloomberg School of...