Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Compassionate Communication
Compassionate communication skills can transform your atmosphere.
Healthcare Triage
The Death of a Sibling Takes Emotional and Physical Tolls
The death of a child is almost too awful to complicate. The emotional toll on those who remain is high, but the death of a sibling can also have long-term health consequences, including increased mortality.
Healthcare Triage
Alcohol and Cancer and How We Think About Risk
Recently, there have been big, splashy headlines about how drinking ANY alcohol increases your risk of cancer. As usual, there's more to the story than the scary headline. Aaron looks at the studies that made all the news, and talks...
Healthcare Triage
Vitamin D Supplements Continue to Be Unnecessary
There are several news studies that confirm what we've been saying for years. Vitamin D supplements don't do much, and are unnecessary for just about everybody.
Healthcare Triage
The Implications of "Public Charge" on Immigrant Children
The Trump administration has put forth a rule change for immigration saying that if an immigrant gets one of a number of benefits from the government, it could lead to their being denied legal permanent residency or entry to the US. Will...
Science360
Research on airport screening - Long interview
Sheldon Jacobson of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is an expert in operations research, and while his efforts have stretched from vaccine stockpiling to statistics, his studies on...
The Wall Street Journal
The Right Governance for AI
AI can be used across businesses and even be part of a core strategy, but how should it be governed? We'll look at the best structure to manage and control its use.
JJ Medicine
Colon Cancer Risk Factors (& Ways to Reduce Risk) | Genetics, Dietary & Lifestyle
Colon Cancer (CRC) Risk Factors (& Ways To Reduce Risk) | Genetics, Dietary & Lifestyle Colon cancer (also known as colorectal cancer or colorectal carcinoma) is one of the most common types of cancer, being the 3rd or 4th most common...
Global Health with Greg Martin
Management and Public Health
In this video Dr Greg Martin talks about the importance of management and public health. If you are working in the area of public health or global health, this video will outline some management science tools that can be applied to good...
Curated Video
Understanding and Mitigating the Impact of Floods
This video provides an overview of floods, including their causes and different types. It also highlights the potential impacts of prolonged flooding, such as damage to infrastructure and increased risk of waterborne diseases. The video...
Curated Video
Introduction to Business Decision Making: Tactical and Strategic Decisions
This video is an introduction to business decision making, discussing the thought process behind selecting a logical choice from various alternative options for individuals or businesses. The video presents the example of income...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Patricia Albjerg Graham - Schooling America
Patricia Albjerg Graham is a leading historian of American education. She began her teaching career in Deep Creek, Virginia, and later taught in Norfolk, Virginia, and New York City. She has also served as a high-school guidance...
FuseSchool
Hazards From Radioactive Material
Hazards From Radioactive Material | Radioactivity | Physics | FuseSchool Nuclear power stations produce electricity, which of course is extremely useful. However, they also make radioactive waste. When items have no further use and have...
JJ Medicine
Folate (Vitamin B9): Why we need it, dietary sources, and how we absorb and metabolize it
Lesson on Folate (Vitamin B9), metabolic pathways that require folate, dietary sources of folate, and the physiology of absorption and metabolism of folate. Folate is an essential water-soluble vitamin that is required for several...
Healthcare Triage
Is Hair Dye Linked to Breast Cancer?
A study published in the International Journal of Cancer reports that use of hair dyes and chemical straighteners, particularly among black women, is associated with a higher risk of breast cancer. We look into this a little more.
Healthcare Triage
The CDC's Preachy Recommendations on Pregnancy and Alcohol. and the Internet's Overreaction
The CDC's recommendations for women about alcohol and pregnancy caused an uproar on the internet recently. We've got Aaron's take on the situation.
Healthcare Triage
More Bad Nutrition Studies: Red Meat and Cancer
The old chestnut that eating red meat leads to cancer is back! A study last week claimed that eating red meat increased cancer risks by up to 28 percent! This sounds scary, but this study has a lot of problems.
JJ Medicine
Bell’s Palsy (Facial Paralysis) | Causes, Pathophysiology, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Bell’s Palsy (Facial Paralysis) | Causes (Viruses), Pathophysiology, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment Bell Palsy is a condition involving paralysis of the facial nerve (Cranial nerve VII), which is responsible for facial movements...
Curated Video
El Niño Weather Phenomenon
This video provides an overview and explanation of the weather phenomenon known as El Niño. It discusses the origins of the term "El Niño," as well as the varying effects of El Niño on different regions of the planet, including changes...
Curated Video
CompTIA Security+ Certification SY0-601: The Total Course - Qualitative Risk Assessments
The same risk can have a different impact to various organizations. Qualitative risk assessment use subjective priority ratings for risks rather than dollar values. This clip is from the chapter "Risk Management" of the series "CompTIA...
JJ Medicine
Clindamycin | Bacterial Targets, Mechanism of Action, Adverse Effects
Lesson on the antibiotic Clindamycin (cleocin), what bacteria clindamycin targets, the mechanism of action of clindamycin, and adverse effects of clindamycin. Clindamycin is a lincosamide antibiotic that targets anaerobic bacteria well,...
Healthcare Triage
How Can I Grocery Shop Safely? When Is Someone Sick Enough for the ER? Coronavirus Q&A: Apr. 8 2020
Aaron's back answering your submitted questions about things related to the COVID-19. If you'd like to submit a question for a future episode you can do so at healthcaretriage.info 00:22 MYTH: Vitamin D/vitamin C/Echinacea/essential oils...
Science360
What video games can teach our schools - Finding Your Science
Linguist James Gee talks about the deep learning principles found in video games. Finding Your Science engages the greatest minds in science to share with you their passion, perspective and inspiration for making breakthrough discoveries.
TLDR News
Chlorinated Chicken and Selling the NHS: Does the UK Want A Deal With America - TLDR News
With the UK set to officially leave the EU at the end of the year, many are looking forward to the new deals Britain will be able to strike. Chief amongst them is a deal with the United States. However, some are less keen, concerned...