While cancer is probably the best known health threat related to smoking, there are many other physical consequences facing teens and other smokers. In this Children's Channel video podcast, Nneka Holder, MD, an adolescent medicine specialist at Akron Children's Hospital, also discusses yellow teeth, wrinkled skin and other ways tobacco ages the appearance.
Singer Elton John was treated in hospital in Los Angeles for a serious respiratory infection that forced him to cancel performances this weekend of his "The Million Dollar Piano" show at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. In a statement posted on his website on Thursday, the British entertainer, whose hits include "Rocket Man," "Your Song" and "Bennie and The Jets," apologized for the decision and told fans he hoped to be performing soon.The singer said he developed a serious respiratory illness while performing on Sunday. After the condition worsened he was hospitalized and had tests at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles where he remained throughout the day on Wednesday. He was given antibiotics and told not to perform for a week.
This video—presented by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health—shows how Kendra, the mother of a teenaged daughter, has learned to manage her high blood pressure. Before being diagnosed with high blood pressure, Kendra suffered from chronic headaches and tiredness. At a health fair sponsored by her company, Kendra learned that her blood pressure was high, which prompted her to see her doctor. After being diagnosed with high blood pressure, Kendra made a commitment to living a healthier lifestyle. By following a healthy diet and being physically active, she lost almost 60 pounds. With the support of her girlfriend and daughter, Kendra has maintained her weight loss and continues to make lifestyle changes that allow her to live an active, happy life.
Women have many options when it comes to birth control, while men don't have any. But all that could change.
Researchers have discovered a gene that is essential to the production of sperm.
Scientists at the University of Edinburgh found that the gene, called Katnal1, causes temporary infertility in male mice when blocked.
The Spine Research Institute of San Diego is committed to providing research and education in the area of spinal health and injury prevention. They are especially concerned with cervical spine injuries that result from whiplash trauma. In addition to their own research, they constantly monitor and synthesize world literature and are considered the authority on whiplash injuries.
NACLA interviewed Steve Brouwer, author of the 2011 book "Revolutionary Doctors: How Venezuela and Cuba Are Changing the World's Conception of Health Care."
Synthetic vocal cords may someday heal the voices of singers like Julie Andrews -- whose legendary voice was permanently damaged in a 1997 operation. Filmed in the lab of 2012 ACS Priestley Medalist and MIT Institute Professor Robert Langer, our latest video explains how artificial polymer vocal cords may help repair damaged vocal tissue.
Medical oncologist Larry Norton, Deputy Physician-in-Chief for Breast Cancer Programs at Memorial Sloan-Kettering, says that new information about how breast cancer cells behave is transforming our approach to treating the disease.
Scientists have revealed that one of the dangers of breast cancer cells is their ability to recruit other cells that promote tumor growth and damage healthy tissue. This information has paved the way for research to develop new therapies that target and interfere with these cellular processes. Better understanding of the disease has also influenced the surgical management of breast cancer, resulting in less extensive operations.
Join Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Dr. Jim Jirjis as he discusses the latest in discoveries in neuroscience research with Dr. Reid Thomson, chair of neurosurgery at Vanderbilt, and Jeff Conn, Ph.D., director of the Vanderbilt Center for Neurosciences Drug Discovery. The panel discuss and take viewer questions about brain tumors, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, depression, schizophrenia and other brain disorders.
It is a medication doctors often prescribe, but it could pose a risk for deadly heart problems. Vanderbilt Medical Center researchers have been studying the antibiotic azithromycin. You may know it as a Z-pack. Researchers say patients with heart issues may want to stay away.Azithromycin can be a life-saver for a person suffering from bronchitis, but new research suggests the widely used antibiotic may increase the risk of death."In this case it was a pretty marked finding," says Vanderbilt researcher Dr. Wayne Ray.A new article in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine was authored by Vanderbilt researchers. The team studied 14 years of health records and found that Tennessee Medicaid patients taking azithromycin, instead of other antibiotics, were at a greater risk for sudden heart failure. "And if you don't have immediate medical attention, you die," says Dr. Ray.The study found that patients taking azithromycin had a two and a half time greater risk of death than those taking another antibiotic, like amoxicillin.
McDonald's french fries still look perfect after 11 months. McDonald's has propylene glycol in their Big Mac Sauce. Automobile radiator fluid and aircraft deicing fluid are made from propylene glycol. Are there any good food choices at McDonald's? Does McDonald's use quality ingredients in their food? Is McDonald's food and better for you or any worse for you that Subway, Wendy's, Burger King, Chik-fil-A or Taco Bell? In this series Bryan has visited all of those fast food stores to determine what are the best choices at each. Bryan looks at the ingredients of the food items and makes his recommendations with the understanding that fast food is not quality food. http://www.BryanMarcel.com
A new study at UCLA may raise hopes for those suffering from the effects of Alzheimer's and other brain-diminishing diseases. In a small sampling, seven patients with epilepsy—including some with memory impairment—had wires inserted into their brains, delivering electrical current to clusters of neurons that no longer function properly and cause seizures. In the process, researchers noted that all seven patients also exhibited improved memory, allowing them to navigate a virtual taxi cab through a computer-generated town created for the study. 
Aimee Copeland's family, sister Paige, Father Andy, and Mother Donna talk about Aimee's condition Wednesday afternoon, May 16, 2012, during a press conference at Doctors Hospital in Augusta, Ga. Aimee Copeland, the 24-year-old woman in Doctors Hospital fighting "necrotizing fasciitis", is now recovering after more amputations. According to Doctors Hospital, surgeons had to remove Aimee's remaining foot and her two hands because of the flesh eating disease.
What would you say to a person who is seeing many doctors for symptoms consistent with Lyme Disease only to be told nothing is wrong or they can't find anything wrong?
Hatem Elhagaly (AKA "Hatem Al Haj"), a medical doctor and fellow at the American Elhagely Academy of Pediatrics, ignores FGM's detrimental effects on women's health, and instead argues that it is 'an honor' for women. He justifies this position by referring repeatedly to the words of classical Islamic scholars from the four schools of mainstream Sunni Islamic thought, all of which attest to FGM's legitimacy under Islam. He also refers to the words of the Prophet Muhammad himself, who reportedly counselled people in his day on how to perform FGM in a way that would be "more beautiful to behold and better for [the woman's] husband."
Diabetes is very dangerous disease with multiple organs involvement and if it is not treated properly it leads to multiple complications. As the time passes, the rate and incidence of complications also goes on increasing.
The first and foremost effect of long standing diabetes is on foot. Feet are first to get affected with diabetes. The complication of diabetes at the lower limb still represents the most prevalent cause of lower extremity amputation and this problem is bound to increase because of sharp increase of the incidence of diabetes an its complications. Amputations of the foot are usually performed in a cookbook fashion depending on the necrosis. As a result salvageable foot length is unnecessary sacrificed and the plantar surface area is decreased. The subsequent increase in the weight per cm square and the lack of attention to the altered biomechanics of the amputated foot renders it more susceptible to breakdown which can be as high as 80% with in 2 years.
Here is one of 6 Diabetes animations done for an Interactive Learning Module during the summer of 2008 which highlights the pathophysiology of Diabetic Nephropathy. Created in Cinema 4d and After Effects by 3FX Inc. 3D Life Science Animation and Visual Effects.
Necrotizing Fasciitis - This is the Official Necrotizing Fasciitis Trust - donate - (http://www.gofundme.com/necrotizingfasciitis) (CBS News)
This is the Science Friday (National Public Radio) video about LASIK eye surgery. The funny thing about this video is that the narrator, who is probably also the producer, is a lot more nervous about LASIK laser vision correction than the patient himself. He is cool as a cucumber, I had LASIK myself, didn't think it was a big deal and now I see fantastic. The video features Steven Vale, M.D., medical director of Acuity Laser Eye & Vision Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Dr. Vale is one of the most well-respected and experienced Lasik surgeons in the world. Dr. Vale has performed over 21,000 laser vision correction surgeries. Dr. Vale's ability and experience really comes out in this otherwise realistic and detailed glimpse at the world of laser vision correction surgery. |
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Here is a patient presented with headache and a bump on the skull at the time of diagnosis. The patient's disease is metastatic lung cancer. The patient is still alive and being treated with chemotherapy. This video is not for those weak in the stomach.
Dr. Len Cerullo, CINN Medical Director and Neurosurgeon, discusses the most common signs and symptoms of brain tumors. These symptoms are as variable as the parts of the brain where tumors may present. Symptoms of brain tumors may include dizziness, weakness, seizures, behavior changes, headaches in rare cases and other neurologic deficits. Dr. Cerullos experience spans over twenty-five years of treating patients with brain tumors at one of the largest and most comprehensive neurosurgical practices in the country.
The devastating Nodding disease epidemic has reportedly spread to South Sudan, documents of the Centre for Disease Control CDC released by Kitgum district woman Member of Parliament Beatrice Atim Anywar apparently reveal.
According to the documents, which Anywar says she downloaded from the CDC website medics in the war torn country have carried out preliminary findings that attribute the possible causes of the disease to gun powder residue, harmful war chemicals and population displacement.
It's from here that the renowned iron lady, commonly known as mama mabira has given the parliament a one-day ultimatum to declare the districts of Kitgum, Lamwo and Pader as humanitarian disaster areas, lest she incites the masses.
5.4 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease. One in eight older Americans has Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's disease is the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States and the only cause of death among the top 10 in the United States that cannot be prevented, cured or even slowed. Learn the numbers and spread awareness.
The brain operates best within a narrow range of temperatures, and like a car engine, it sometimes needs a way to cool down. To lower the brain’s thermostat, researchers say, the body takes in cooler air from its surroundings — prompting deep inhalation. Source
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a condition in which the heart's function as a pump is inadequate to deliver oxygen rich blood to the body. Eventually, untreated, worsening congestive heart failure will affect virtually every organ in the body. This is a 3D medical animation that describes and shows the causes of congestive heart failure.
This 4-minute captioned video shows the intricate mechanisms involved in the progression of Alzheimer's disease in the brain.
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Necrotizing Fasciitis , flesh eating bacteria animation Educational video describing the condition and treatment known as necrotizing fasciitis. Early diagnosis and treatment is important to save the patient LIFE OR LIMB.