SciShow
What's Really Behind The Adderall Shortage?
You may have heard that there's an ongoing shortage of the medication Adderall. But there's a lot more going on here than you may expect, and the real culprit behind the shortage isn't what you might think.
SciShow
Is MDMA the Solution to PTSD?
What if the treatment for one of the most daunting psychological conditions were a party drug? New research suggests that might be coming.
SciShow
The Return of Thalidomide
Thalidomide is the infamous drug at the heart of one of the world's worst drug safety catastrophes in modern medicine. And yet, more recent research is finding that thalidomide is still worth using, despite the risks. So what makes this...
SciShow
Sneaky Ways Chemists Are Making Our World Safer
The path that products take to get onto store shelves doesn’t always leave the best impact on the environment. But with green chemistry, chemists have found ways to make the production of some items safer for both people and the planet.
SciShow
Do Placebos Work For Animals? Yes, Weirdly Enough
A placebo can only work if someone (or something) believes it will. So how can animals be fooled by the placebo effect?
SciShow
The Woman Who Changed Drug Development
From a new method of drug design to an antiviral agent for herpes, Gertrude Elion's works totally transformed the world of drug development.
SciShow
How Aspirin Changed Medicine Forever
Aspirin isn't just an old medicine cabinet stand-by, it's one of the oldest medicines we humans learned how to make ourselves. And our research into aspirin did more than just make it better at relieving pain, it opened the door to whole...
Curated Video
Exploring Nature's Pharmacy: Searching for New Medicines in Traditional Remedies
This video explores the importance of traditional remedies and the search for natural cures through scientific techniques. It highlights the advanced laboratory at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia, where robots screen hundreds...
PBS
Should You Buy Drugs Abroad? (feat. @pbsvitals )
Prescription drugs cost way more in America than most other countries... but is it wise (or safe) to buy them abroad?
Curated Video
Understanding Investment Performance and Correlations
Description: In this enlightening lesson, we dive into the correlation between investment tools, investment life cycles, and market trends. Take a journey through the past five and ten years' performance of equities, commodities, and...
Healthcare Triage
Innovation in a Changing US Health System
The US healthcare system has a lot of issues, but one thing it's got going for it is innovation. More clinical trials originate in the United States, and more Nobel Physiology and Medicine Laureates are from here than from any other...
Healthcare Triage
Which Drug Will Work Best for You? We Need Comparative Effectiveness Research
The FDA's drug approval process is pretty good at determining which drugs are safe and effective. What the FDA doesn't look into is how similar drugs compare to one another. If there are three competing blood pressure drugs on the...
Healthcare Triage
Why Is It So Hard to Lower Drug Prices?
There are many, many factors that contribute to high drug prices. Regulating them is complicated. It turns out, expensive drugs are often expensive because they're hard to replicate. We try to shed some light on the situation.
Healthcare Triage
Women on Web Move to Increase Access to Abortion Pills in the US
Women on Web is an organization that increases access to pharmaceutical abortion services in countries where those options are limited. The organization has now started a separate service that will fill prescriptions in the United States...
Curated Video
The Discovery and Uses of Fluorine: A Highly Reactive Element
This video provides an overview of the element fluorine, its properties, and its uses. Despite its reactivity, fluorine is used in dental care and pharmaceuticals due to its beneficial effects on teeth and its stable carbon-fluorine...
Curated Video
Frances Oldham Kelsey: Standing Up to Big Pharma
Meet Frances Oldham Kelsey - a true American hero! Frances was a pharmacologist working for the FDA who stood up to the big drug companies and ultimately saved thousands of American lives in the process.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Big Pharma Racket
In part 4 of INET's interview with Giovanni Dosi, he says that the pharmaceutical industry systematically takes advantage of the public by taking the fruits of government-sponsored research and then substantially marking up its product
Ancient Lights Media
Netherlands
This clip looks at the physical features, climate and culture of the Netherlands.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Martin A. Lee - The Essential Guide to CBD
Martin A. Lee is the co-founder and director of Project CBD and the author of several books, including Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana–Medical, Recreational and Scientific, which received the American Botanical Council’s...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Alexander Field: Mixed Lessons From the Great Depression (4/4)
In part 4 of this INET interview, Alexander Field discusses lessons we can learn today from the experiences of the Depression. He suggests there are positives for advocates of both private industry and the public sector, since both...
SWPictures
The Plant that Cures Malaria: The True Impact of Malaria in Uganda
The Plant that Cures Malaria part 1/5: This video discusses the devastating impact of malaria on African communities, particularly on young children. It explores the efforts of local farmers and community medicine distributors to provide...
Curated Video
FTC sues pharmaceutical middlemen, claiming practices inflated insulin cost
The Federal Trade Commission Friday announced it was suing the country's three biggest pharmacy benefit managers, claiming unfair practices inflated the cost of insulin. (Scripps News)
Bloomberg
China Gloom Spurs Hunt for Hidden Gems
The relentless selloff in Chinese stocks has made them the worst performer over the past three years, and that's exactly the reason some funds are looking deeper to unearth pockets of value. Lianting Tu reports on Bloomberg Television.
Bridgeman Arts
UNITED STATES 1960s: View of dials / Views on labels in printer.
UNITED STATES 1960s: View of dials / Views on labels in printer / Close up of tablets falling / Close up of pills falling.