TED Talks
Thomas Insel: Toward a new understanding of mental illness
Today, thanks to better early detection, there are 63% fewer deaths from heart disease than there were just a few decades ago. Thomas Insel, the director of the National Institute of Mental Health, wonders: Could we do the same for...
Institute of Human Anatomy
The Best Exercise For Health, Fitness, and Longevity
In this video, Jonathan from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses one of the most effective types of exercise for optimizing fitness, health, and longevity, called zone 2 training. He discusses the specific fitness benefits of zone 2...
Institute of Human Anatomy
Understanding the Amazing Adaptations of the Heart During Exercise
In this video, Jonathan from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses a type of high intensity exercise, how to do it, and how often you should incorporate it into your workout routine. He also discusses the relevant anatomy and the...
Curated Video
5 Ways to Improve Your Heart Health
Howcast - Learn five ways to improve your heart health from Dr. Dennis Finkielstein in this Howcast video.
Curated Video
How Your Body Warns You About Future Depression
Did you know that your heart rate variability can warn you about future depression? In this video, I talk about a study that found a strong correlation between decreased heart rate variability and increased risk for developing depression...
Curated Video
6 Misconceptions People With Health Anxiety Have
Health anxiety is a term that combines two disorders from the DSM-5: somatic symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder. Previous versions of the DSM called it hypochondriasis. And from this term came the pejorative label,...
Neuro Transmissions
Can a vibrating bracelet cure your depression?
What if you could put on a bracelet, no larger than a watch, and feel better? That's exactly what Apollo Neuro claims their mood-altering wearable neurotech can do. It seems too good to be true for a single vibrating device to decrease...
Curated Video
What is Fitness?
Discover why fitness is not always obvious from appearance. Rather, it is a measurement of how well your body operates on a daily basis. Find out how BMI, heart rate and blood pressure indicate how fit you are. Biology - Healthy Living -...
Curated Video
Heart transplant
The story of one man's life-saving heart transplant operation. Life processes - Body systems - The circulatory system Learning Points If the heart stops working oxygenated blood won't move around the body. Each heart beat pumps five...
TED Talks
TED: A smart bra for better heart health | Alicia Chong Rodriguez
Could an everyday clothing item help protect your health? In this quick talk, TED Fellow Alicia Chong Rodriguez introduces us to a smart bra designed to gather real-time data on biomarkers like heartbeat, breath and temperature. Learn...
Curated Video
How to do an ECG at Home | Holter Monitoring with Wellue
Holter monitors is a ECG/EKG device that you can wear throughout the day to track your heart activity. A doctor might have you use one for 24 hours to be able to determine if there are any abnormalities with your heart function. This...
TED Talks
Sandeep Jauhar: How your emotions change the shape of your heart
"A record of our emotional life is written on our hearts," says cardiologist and author Sandeep Jauhar. In a stunning talk, he explores the mysterious ways our emotions impact the health of our hearts -- causing them to change shape in...
Curated Video
ADHD Meds & Heart Attack Risk: Is Your Medicine Safe?
This video provides a thorough understanding of Adderall's sympathomimetic actions, the risk factors for those with pre-existing heart conditions, and the significance of dosages. Dr. Marks also examines the findings of a 2022...
The Wall Street Journal
The Future of Wearables in Health
Apple Health VP Sumbul Desai and Michelle Williams, dean of the faculty at the Harvard School of Public Health, discuss their work to advance medical research using wearable technology.
Curated Video
Understanding Anger: Effects on the Body and Mind
Explore the physiological and psychological effects of anger, from the rush of adrenaline and increased heart rate to the long-term impacts on health. Learn why managing anger is crucial for both mental and physical well-being. This...
Curated Video
Exercise and Cardio Vascular Activity
In this live-action program viewers will learn that cardiovascular activity is any action that elevates your heart rate for an extended period of time. Students will come to understand that changes in our cardiovascular system occur when...
Curated Video
What Is Hypertension?
In this video, we cover hypertension. We're going to deal with things like Cardiac Output, peripheral resistance, stroke volume and heart rate, and talk about how those values are related to blood pressure. We also deal with the symptoms...
SWPictures
KILL OR CURE - From the Heart
Strokes are a major public health issue in Europe and are among the leading causes of death and long-term disability in all developed countries. Urgent action is needed to address the dramatically increasing clinical, economic and social...
FuseSchool
Dangers of smoking
Did you know that smokers are twice as likely to have a heart attack? And that one in two smokers will die from a smoking-related disease. In fact all of these things are negatively affected by smoking… pretty much every organ in your...
Science360
Wearable sensors to monitor triggers for asthma, and more
What if you could wear something that would alert you when pollution, such as smog, is about to take its toll on your heart or lungs? That is what's ""in the air"" at the National Science Foundation-(NSF) supported Nanosystems...
Crash Course
Blood Vessels, part 2: Crash Course A&P
And now we return to blood vessels. In this episode, we start discussing what blood pressure is, how it can become "high", and what that means for our health. One of the more interesting points is that your body has ways of dealing with...
Curated Video
Dangers of smoking | Health | Biology | FuseSchool
Dangers of smoking | Health | Biology | FuseSchool Did you know that smokers are twice as likely to have a heart attack? And that one in two smokers will die from a smoking-related disease. In fact all of these things are negatively...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Why do people get so anxious about math? - Orly Rubinsten
Have you ever sat down to take a math test and immediately felt your heart beat faster and your palms start to sweat? This is called math anxiety, and if it happens to you, you're not alone: Researchers think about 20 percent of the...