Curated Video
Understanding Colds and Flu: Prevention and Treatment
This video explains the difference between a cold and the flu, highlighting the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle to boost the immune system and prevent illnesses. While there is no cure for the common cold due to the...
Curated Video
Father and Son Diabetes Expedition: Conquering the Frozen Wilderness
This video discusses the incredible story of a father and son team who aim to cross over 1100 kilometers of snow and ice on foot in Antarctica, a feat that even the great polar explorer Ernest Shackleton failed to accomplish. What makes...
Institute of Human Anatomy
What Syphilis Does to the Body | And Should You Get Tested?
In this video, Jonathan from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses what causes syphilis, the problems it causes throughout the body, how it is treated, as well as who should consider getting tested.
Curated Video
GCSE Biology - Drugs - Painkillers vs Antibiotics - Relief vs Treatment #44
Drugs can either relieve symptoms (painkillers) or treat the underlying disease (antibiotics). Learn about the drugs you need to know and how they work - including why antibiotics don't work against viruses.
Curated Video
Drug Use and Misuse
Dr. Forrester explains the difference between drugs that are beneficial to our bodies and drugs that are harmful. She describes the negative impact that the misuse of drugs and illegal drugs can have on each of the body’s systems.
Curated Video
My Vet
Miss Palomine recites the poem, “My Vet” and explains that the student can answer questions by using the information in a poem.
Curated Video
Benefits of Plants
Miss Palomine talks about the number of plants that were used in the past and still used today to make medicines. She then talks about how trees benefit people and animals.
Curated Video
Are All The Birds Sick?
We found out who has Avian Bornavirus and we've decided what to do.
Curated Video
Can Mental Illness Be Cured?
Most disorders both mental and physical are managed and not cured. In medicine we think of cure as a total reversal of an illness to the point where there's no evidence of it and it does not return. the closest we get to this scenario is...
Curated Video
Doctor Izzy
Mama Polenta tries to cure Shane’s cold but sometimes the simplest solutions are the best.
Weird History
We Live Better Than Medieval Kings
What was daily life like for a king or queen during the Middle Ages? Contrary to what you might imagine, it didn't involve lounging in robes of silk and satin and indulging in lots of feasting. In reality, the life of medieval royals...
Neuro Transmissions
How YOU can help stop Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer’s Disease is the most common cause of dementia and affects 1 in 10 Americans over the age of 65. So if so many people have it, why don’t we have a cure? Let’s talk about why finding effective treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease...
Curated Video
Can a person feel no pain? (Congenital insensitivity to pain: CIP)
Can a person feel no Pain? congenital insensitivity to pain or CIP- which is also known as congenital analgesia, is a condition where the patient cannot feel any physical pain. An Animation about Congenital Insensitivity to Pain. A rare...
Professor Dave Explains
Paracelsus and Medicine During the Renaissance
We just learned about medicine in the Middle Ages, and the time period that follows is called the Renaissance. What advancements were made during this time? The most important figure in this period of medicine went by the name of...
Healthcare Triage
The Placebo Effect is Real, Man!
In one of our first episodes of Healthcare Triage, we discussed how placebo controlled randomized controlled trials showed that sugar doesn't make kids hyper. Placebos, or fake therapies, are important because people who think they're...
TMW Media
How did they build the Hoover Dam
We’re scaling incredible heights on this episode of Travel Thru History. We visit a civil engineering wonder on the border of Arizona and Nevada - the Hoover Dam. This massive structure not only attracts about a million tourists each...
Curated Video
Antibiotics: How Do They Work and Why is Resistance a Concern?
This video provides an overview of antibiotics, explaining how they work to help cure bacterial infections. It discusses the different types of drugs that treat symptoms versus those that work to cure the disease, as well as the...
3D Print General
How to 3D Printing a Lithophane Business Card
In this video I make a few different 3D printed lithophane business cards and show you how you can make one yourself. Image to Lithophane: http://3dp.rocks/lithophane/ 3D Maker Noob on Lithophanes:...
Amor Sciendi
"Power" by Adrienne Rich Explained
A close reading of Adrienne Rich's classic poem "Power"
Healthcare Triage
Poinsettias Aren't Poisonous, and Other Holiday Myths: Healthcare Triage #8
On Thanksgiving, we destroyed the myth that turkey makes you sleepy. But there are lots of holiday myths, and in this episode of Healthcare Triage, we take apart some more. These all come from a paper Aaron co-wrote in the BMJ.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Robert Skidelsky - Interpreting the Great Depression: Hayek versus Keynes
The Inaugural Conference @ King's, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Day 1 - Dinner. 1930 and the Challenge of the Depression for Economic Thinking: Friedrich Hayek versus John Maynard Keynes
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Britannica Insights: The Coronavirus Pandemic and Research at the ALS Therapy Development Institute
Conversation with Carol O. Hamilton, the Senior Director of Development at the ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI), to find out how they were able to keep their research lab and scientists active during the pandemic.
AllTime 10s
10 Terrible Historical Health Tips
We haven't always been right in regards to medical treatments. . . Unfortunately