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Curated Video
Alcohol and the Brain
Alcohol is consumed in small quantities for pleasure, but long-term use or consumption in greater quantities has alarming effects on the body, especially in younger people. Biology - Healthy Living - Learning Points. Alcohol is a...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Alcohol and the Human Body - Part 2
An excerpt from Alcohol and the Human Body, a 1949 production of Encyclopaedia Britannica Films.
Curated Video
Drugs and the Brain
Explore the variety of effects of different types of psychoactive drugs - from stimulants to depressants - on the brain's chemistry and function. Biology - Healthy Living - Learning Points. Drugs that affect the brain in a way that...
Professor Dave Explains
Drug Addiction and the Brain
We are able to become physically dependent on a wide variety of substances, which results in what we call drug addiction. What does this look like from a neurophysiological standpoint? What does the drug-addicted brain look like? Let's...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: How sugar affects the brain - Nicole Avena
When you eat something loaded with sugar, your taste buds, your gut and your brain all take notice. This activation of your reward system is not unlike how bodies process addictive substances such as alcohol or nicotine -- an overload of...
SciShow
The Science (and Dangers) of Booze in Humans
Many of us choose to enjoy the effects of alcohol, and we know that drinking too much is a bad thing, but what kinds of things can actually happen when you drink too much for too long?
Curated Video
Talk It Out: Underage Drinking, Dangers and Consequences
The program starts off with an explanation of what alcohol is, how it's produced, and its role as a celebratory beverage in our society. Students will come to understand the reasons alcohol is illegal to consume for persons under...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How does alcohol cause hangovers? | Judy Grisel
The molecule responsible for hangovers is ethanol, which we colloquially refer to as alcohol. Ethanol is present in all alcoholic beverages, and generally speaking, the more ethanol, the greater the potential for a hangover. So, how...
SciShow
Should You Worry About Alcohol Causing Cancer?
The American Society of Clinical Oncology recently released an official statement about alcohol and cancer, but the information isn't as extreme as some headlines would imply. Also, scientists at Duke University have found evidence that...
SciShow
The New Addiction Treatment We Found By Mistake
It's no secret that substance use disorders can wreak havoc on peoples' lives, so anything that we could do to mitigate those cravings and addictions is really important. Which is why it's such good news that research into drugs like...
SciShow
This Is Your Brain On Food | Compilation
Food provides our bodies with the energy to go about our daily tasks, but we don't eat only for our physical health. Our brains are also deeply connected to our food.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How does alcohol make you drunk?
Ethanol: this molecule, made of little more than a few carbon atoms, is responsible for drunkenness. Often simply referred to as alcohol, ethanol is the active ingredient in alcoholic beverages. So how exactly does it cause drunkenness,...
Mazz Media
Let's Talk About: Alcohol
This program presents information about the use and abuse of alcohol and how it affects a person's body and brain. Designed specifically for young learners, the program provides students with simple illustrations of how alcohol can...
Curated Video
Talk It Out: How Addiction Enslaves Your Brain
In many surveys, the vast majority of teenagers report that when they do something their parents wouldn’t approve of, they’re just pursuing their freedom. This program begins the discussion of addiction and dependency from the...
Mazz Media
Let's Talk About: Alcohol
This program presents information about the use and abuse of alcohol and how it affects a person’s body and brain. Designed specifically for young learners, the program provides students with simple illustrations of how alcohol can...
JJ Medicine
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) | Risk Factors, Pathophysiology, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) (& Spectrum) | Risk Factors, Pathophysiology, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is one of five conditions within the fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD),...
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is one of five conditions within the fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD),...
Mazz Media
Talk It Out: Underage Drinking, Dangers and Consequences
The program starts off with an explanation of what alcohol is, how it’s produced, and its role as a celebratory beverage in our society. Students will come to understand the reasons alcohol is illegal to consume for persons under the age...
Curated Video
Alcohol: The Poison
Alcohol is a naturally occurring poison. What are the risks and health problems people can suffer from alcohol use or abuse? Biology - Healthy Living - Alcohol is a toxin and is produced by fermenting yeast. Alcohol damages both the...
JJ Medicine
Korsakoff's Syndrome | Causes (ex. Alcoholism), Symptoms, & Possible Treatments
Lesson on Korsakoff's Syndrome (part of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome), pathophysiology and brain area damages, causes, symptoms and possible treatments. Korsakoff's syndrome is a chronic and often irreversible encephalopathy is often...
Curated Video
Pathological Lying Vs Normal Lying? How To Tell the Difference
There isn’t an established, official definition of pathological lying because it’s not considered a mental disorder. Instead it’s observed as a behavioral disturbance that is present inside other disorders like some...
After Skool
The War on Consciousness - Graham Hancock
What is death? Our materialist science reduces everything to matter, materialist science in the West says that we are just meat, we're just our bodies. So when the brain is dead, that's the end of consciousness, there is no life after...
Wonderscape
Short and Long-Term Health Risks of Smoking
Smoking in teens not only leads to addiction but also poses both immediate and long-term health risks. Learn about the many harmful effects of smoking from coughing and shortness of breath to cancers and coronary heart disease....
Institute of Human Anatomy
What Alcohol Does to Your Body
In this video, Justin from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses the various structures ethanol interacts with as it journey's through the human body after consumption.