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How to Cure a Hangover
Nothing's more fun than having a few drinks with friendsuntil the room starts spinning, your mouth is parched, and your head feels like it's about to explode. Here's how to feel human again.
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Factpack: Power of Plants
Plants can offer amazing medical cures - even the poisonous ones. Biology - Plants - Learning Points. A Twig FactPack Film. Open a discussion on what has been already learnt in a topic, or use to grab attention at the start of a learning...
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Plants and Medicine: Aspirin
Aspirin is our most common painkiller. It has an amazing history, which can be traced back thousands of years to the Egyptians. Where does it come from and what makes it so special? Biology - Plants - Learning Points. Aspirin originates...
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Plant uses – Spot the...
Six items are shown on screen, some of them are plant products ... but which ones? Life processes - Green plants - Plant uses A Twig Tidbit Film - Spot the Difference. The children have to identify which objects belong in the group.
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The willow
Over 50% of the world's medicine comes from plants, including aspirin from the willow tree. Life processes - Green plants - Plant uses Learning Points Plants can be used to make medicine. A Twig Context Film. Reinforce and extend the...
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Understanding Medication Interactions and Side Effects
Learn why it is crucial to read the leaflet that comes with your medication. Discover how certain foods can interact with medications, the importance of completing antibiotic courses, and the impact of common drugs like cough syrup on...
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Benefits and Considerations of Aspirin Use for Heart Health
In this video, the speaker emphasizes the potential benefits of regular low-dose aspirin intake for women over 55 with heart disease risk factors. They suggest that aspirin can help prevent heart attacks, strokes, and even some cancers....
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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.
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The Three Best Herbs To Fight Depression
Did you know that many medications are derived from plants? For example, salicin from willow bark is the basis for aspirin, and valeric acid from valerian root is chemically modified to make Valproic acid, which psychiatrists use to...
Professor Dave Explains
Introduction to Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)
Now that we've covered some basics regarding drug nomenclature, drug administration, and the ways they move through and interact with the body, it's time to dive into a survey of specific drugs so we can learn about as many as we can....
Professor Dave Explains
Methotrexate (Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug)
In the previous tutorial we introduced antirheumatic drugs called DMARDs. Now let's discuss in greater detail a particular small molecule DMARD called methotrexate. This was originally designed to be an anti-cancer drug, but it was...
Curated Video
Could a cure for cancer be hiding in your medicine cabinet?
A combination of drugs, including aspirin and statins, are being tested to treat cancer and other illnesses. There is mounting clinical evidence that the "repurposing" of existing drugs could offer effective new treatments.
Next Animation Studio
New research finds that aspirin could protect our lungs from air pollution.
A study suggests aspirin could reduce health effects of air pollution on the lungs by nearly half.
Healthcare Triage
Preventive Care is Good, Even Though It's Not Saving Money
The idea that spending more on preventive care will reduce overall health care spending is widely believed and often promoted as a reason to support reform. Unfortunately, that doesn't pan out in real life.
Catalyst University
Anti-platelet Medications + Mechanisms of Action
In this video, we explore the major anticoagulant drugs that specifically inhibit platelets (anti-platelet drugs), including their mechanisms of action.
Professor Dave Explains
Aspirin (Acetylsalicylic Acid)
Now that we understand the basics regarding NSAIDs, let's dive into a few specific drugs from this class. First up, aspirin. This drug has been around for centuries, but now with a modern understanding of chemistry and biochemistry, we...
60 Second Histories
WW1 - Gangrene dressing
A WW1 nurse talks about her first experience of dressing a gangrene wound and the limited pain relief available
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Types and Uses of Painkillers
There are two main types of painkillers: narcotic opioids and aspirin drugs. Narcotic opioids interfere with pain signals in the brain to alter the perception of pain, while aspirin drugs go to the source of pain by inhibiting the...
Professor Dave Explains
Ibuprofen and Naproxen (Advil/Motrin/Aleve)
Ibuprofen is another one of the most commonly prescribed drugs in the world, and is also another NSAID. It was developed in the 1960s, so let's get a closer look at ibuprofen and a similar drug named naproxen, so that we can compare...
Next Animation Studio
Daily aspirin has no benefit and may be harmful for healthy older adults, study says
Taking a daily low-dose aspirin may have no benefit, or might actually be harmful to healthy, older adults, according to a new study.
Professor Dave Explains
IIT/JEE Chemistry Practice #32: Protonation States and pKa
Practice REAL problems from actual past IIT/JEE exams with Professor Dave!
Learn German with Herr Antrim
110/112 im Notfall anrufen: Deutsch lernen A2
In this video Herr Antrim acts out several situations. Some of them require a call to 110/112, the German equivalent to 911. This video is intended for A2 German learners, but learners of every level can benefit from the lessons and...
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Percentage Yield
Learn the basics of what Percentage Yield represents and how to calculate it.