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Harmful Drugs
Some drugs are used recreationally, with potentially harmful consequences. Find out which drugs are used inappropriately and the harm they can cause. Biology - Healthy Living - Learning Points. Drugs affect the chemical processes in our...
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Antibiotics
Discover why antibiotics have become one of the most frequently used medicines. And why their efficiency is threatened by the emergence of superbugs. Biology - Healthy Living - Sir Alexander Fleming discovered the first antibiotic for...
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The Halogens
Halogens are hazardous to human life, yet they can also be very useful. How do they react when they meet other elements? Chemistry - Periodic Table - Learning Points. The halogens are the elements in Group 7 of the periodic table. The...
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Contraception: History of the Pill
Chart the history of the oral contraceptive - 'the Pill' - from its inception to its modern day prevalence. Biology - Being Human - Learning Points. The oral contraceptive pill is one of the most popular and reliable methods of...
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Registered Nurse
Katese is a Registered Nurse at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS. Her day consists of a scheduled 12-hour shift (sometimes extended) involving medication administration, patient treatments, and collaborating with...
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Veterinarian
Tiffany is a Veterinarian with Freeland Animal Hospital in Indianapolis. With a focus on cats and dogs, Tiffany handles everything from healthy vaccine appointments for puppies to emergency surgical procedures. The practice as a whole...
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The Importance of Teamwork and Support in Leadership
As a Program Manager, Hildra believes in going above and beyond for her staff, emphasizing teamwork and mutual support. She sees herself as part of the team, learning from her staff while also providing guidance and help when needed....
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Career Growth Opportunities Through Diversity and Training
The video, Hilda expresses enthusiasm for their job, citing the valuable career growth opportunities provided by New York City Health Hospital through various trainings and interaction with diverse colleagues. They emphasize the...
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Career Services: Building a Strong Resume
Now a Program Manager for New York City Health Hospital, Hilda received valuable support from the career services department of her college in building her resume. She emphasizes the importance of including key skills, such as being...
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Empowering Support for Student Success
This video highlights the impactful support provided by the ASAP program and its advisors. Their encouragement and assistance empowered Hilda to overcome challenges, fostering a sense of determination and resilience to persist in her...
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Maximizing Career Opportunities Through Internships and Networking
In this video Hilda shares how her experience in office technology and medical management proved helpful in her career, highlighting the importance of internships for gaining practical work experience and understanding the work...
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Embracing Diversity and Growth in the Workplace
Hilda values the opportunity for career growth and learning through various training opportunities she has access to as Program Manager with New York City Health & Hospitals. She appreciates the chance to work with a diverse group of...
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A Program Manager's Responsibilities
As the program manager for the asthma program at New York City Health and Hospitals in the Bronx, Hilda oversees a team of community health workers who provide outreach, education, and support to patients with asthma. She ensures...
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Why A.I. Won’t Replace Doctors
Some studies have found that supercomputers can diagnose illnesses more accurately than human doctors - from heart disease to cancer to asthma to early detection of sepsis (infection spreading through the blood). The use of AI is...
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Are We Running Out of Nurses?
ERs closing, patients turned away from hospitals, six-month waits for urgent appointments - is this the new normal? Burnout and two years of COVID pressure are driving many nurses to leave the profession, leaving patients in the lurch....
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Do You Lie To Your Doctor?
Alok and Sheena take to the streets to ask people why they lie to their doctor. What are they really afraid of? We’ll reveal the most common lies and why they’re so dangerous. Our goal: to help you have a more candid and healthy...
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Why Is Everyone I Know Getting Sick?
Masks and social distancing made the common cold nearly disappear, but now these viruses are back with a vengeance. RSV is filling up emergency rooms, and flu season is off to a roaring start, too. It’s the worst season of respiratory...
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When Antibiotics Fail, What's Next?
Antibiotic overuse and misuse is driving resistance in bacteria. Without new therapeutic tools, we could by 2050 see 10 million deaths annually from “superbug” infections. Co-hosts Alok and Sheena explore how phage therapy and other...
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How Abortions Bans are Changing Medical Care
U.S. abortion bans have had an intense ripple effect for patients, providers, and medicine at large. We talk with OB-GYN @DrJenniferLincoln about everything from emergency care being denied, to medical residents forced to leave their...
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Why Don't We Have an HIV Vaccine?
After 40 years of trying, why don’t we have an HIV vaccine? Did you know that even without a vaccine, we have antiviral medication that is 99 percent effective at preventing HIV? So why isn’t that good enough? The U.S. and the world have...
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What Most People Get Wrong About Abortion
On June 24, 2022 the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and we are SHOOK. The abortion debate is divided along party lines, and steeped in a cloud of myths. What’s science and what’s science fiction? We’ve got the truth about...
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Pros and Cons of Traveling Abroad for Surgery
What exactly is medical tourism? How safe is it to travel to another country for a medical procedure? And what about mixing a little vacation with some dental work? As of 2020, approximately 1 in 10 people in the US under the age of 65...
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Can Psilocybin or MDMA Treat Depression and Anxiety?
There's even a study using psilocybin (from mushrooms) to help doctors and nurses suffering from burnout! So why the excitement, and what's the downside? We’ll break it down, recap highs and lows from key studies, explain how these drugs...
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Kids and the COVID Vaccine: Everything You Need to Know
Now that children are back in school, they could be bringing home COVID-19 along with their homework. A vaccine could change that. Alok and Sheena explain the vaccine development process and address key issues and questions that are...