PickVidsBest Medicine & infectious disease Videos
The 141 Medicine & infectious disease videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 3 introductory, 18 intermediate, 120 for a general viewer, and 0 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are an explainer. What they share is that one picture or analogy is used to supply a missing concept. Channels you will keep seeing include Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell, Low Carb Down Under, LastWeekTonight.
Adam Ruins Everything - The Real Reason Hospitals Are So Expensive | truTV
An Adam Ruins Everything comedy segment on why US hospitals are so expensive, covering opaque price lists, surprise bills and penalties for the uninsured.
What Microplastics Are Doing to the Brain, Body, and Reproductive Systems
A FoundMyFitness episode on how microplastics and associated chemicals such as BPA and PFAS accumulate in the body, including the brain and reproductive systems.
White Blood Cell Chases Bacteria
A very short microscope clip of a neutrophil chasing a Staphylococcus aureus bacterium, originally from David Rogers at Vanderbilt University.
Can we eat to starve cancer? - William Li
William Li presents anti-angiogenesis, the idea of cutting off the blood supply that feeds tumors, and argues that certain foods can help do this.
March 2020: Dr. Anthony Fauci talks with Dr Jon LaPook about Covid-19
A short 60 Minutes clip from March 2020 in which Dr.
Exercise Is Really Good for You. Like, REALLY Good for You.
A Healthcare Triage episode summarizing the evidence on the health benefits of exercise, made in response to people misreading the host's column on exercise and weight.
Fauci in the Hall of the Mountain King
A two-minute remix-style video set to Hall of the Mountain King that mocks Anthony Fauci's Covid pandemic statements.
Giving birth costs a lot. Hospitals won't tell you how much.
A Vox reporter tries to learn what his son's birth would cost before it happens and fails, showing how opaque US hospital pricing is even for the most common procedure.
Organ & Body Donations: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
A Last Week Tonight segment on organ and body donation, covering where donations actually go, how donated bodies are used and sold, and problems in organ transplant programs.
Genetic Engineering and Diseases – Gene Drive & Malaria
A Kurzgesagt animation on using gene drives to modify mosquitoes against malaria, and whether we should.
Vitamin D and immunity
Dr.
How we can use light to see deep inside our bodies and brains | Mary Lou Jepsen
Inventor Mary Lou Jepsen demonstrates using red light and sound to see inside the body and brain, aiming at tumor detection and neural activity measurement, and potentially a cheaper wearable MRI replacement.
DIY Sleep Apnea Fix Update: What We’ve Learned
Essential Craftsman follows up on his earlier video about a DIY approach to sleep apnea.
Prof. Robert Lustig - 'Sugar, metabolic syndrome, and cancer'
Pediatric endocrinologist Robert Lustig talks at Low Carb Denver 2020 about sugar, metabolic syndrome and cancer.
Inadvertant intravenous injections
Dr.
The Sackler Family – A Secretive Billion Dollar Opioid Empire
A ColdFusion documentary on the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma, tracing their role in the opioid crisis that has killed over 200,000 people.
Medical Marijuana and Parkinson's Part 3 of 3
A clip from the documentary Ride with Larry showing a retired police captain with Parkinson's trying medical marijuana for the first time.
Harris On Vaccine: 'If Donald Trump Tells Us To Take It, I’m Not Taking It.' | NBC News
An NBC News clip from 2020 of Kamala Harris on whether she would take a Covid-19 vaccine.
Why Weren't We Wearing Masks From the Beginning? Dr. Anthony Fauci Explains
A short TheStreet clip in which Dr.
Dr.Christina Sanchez explains how cannabis kills cancer cells (MORE at cureyourowncancer.org)
A short clip of molecular biologist Cristina Sanchez describing her lab research on how THC affects cancer cells.
Geoff Hinton: On Radiology
A one-minute clip from a 2016 Toronto conference in which Geoff Hinton comments on deep learning and radiology.
President Trump claims injecting people with disinfectant could treat coronavirus
A Telegraph news clip of the April 2020 White House briefing in which President Trump wondered aloud about disinfectants and sunlight as coronavirus treatments, prompting a backlash from medical experts.
Virtuo Vivo™ live scanning at IDS 2019
A short live demo of Dental Wings' Virtuo Vivo intraoral scanner at IDS 2019.
New Laser Zaps Mosquitoes in SlowMotion | National Geographic
A short National Geographic piece showing a laser system that tracks and kills mosquitoes, filmed in slow motion, as part of anti-malaria efforts.