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Ages: 15 - 18
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Inventor Dean Kamen previews the prosthetic arm he’s developing at the request of the US Department of Defense. His quiet commitment to using technology to solve problems -- while honoring the human spirit -- has never been more clear. Run time 05:12....
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July 10, 2010 at 11:14 AM
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Ages: 15 - 18
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Eva Vertes -- only 19 when she gave this talk -- discusses her journey toward studying medicine and her drive to understand the roots of cancer and Alzheimer’s. Eva Vertes is a microbiology prodigy. Her discovery, at age 17, of a compound that stops ...fruit-fly brain cells from dying was regarded as a step toward curing Alzheimer's. Run time 18:52.
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July 10, 2010 at 12:05 PM
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Ages: 15 - 18
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Today medical scans produce thousands of images and terabytes of data for a single patient in mere seconds, but how do doctors parse this information and determine what's useful? At TEDxGöteborg, scientific visualization expert Anders Ynnerman shows ...us sophisticated new tools -- like virtual autopsies -- for analyzing this myriad data, and a glimpse at some sci-fi-sounding medical technologies in development. This talk contains some graphic medical imagery.
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May 6, 2011 at 11:01 PM
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Ages: 14 - 18
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Jewels of the Jungle takes viewers on a world-wide quest for new natural medicines.Jewels of the Jungle takes audiences on a worldwide journey of scientific exploration, trekking throughout the forests of Australia, Bolivia and Peru, and into laborat...ories throughout the United States, presenting viewers with a first glimpse of what may become humanity’s next generation of wonder drugs.In recent years drug-resistant bacteria have rendered many of society’s ‘wonder-drugs’ impotent. And numerous diseases, including malaria and AIDS remain uncured. For Montana State University Professor Dr. Gary Strobel, the solution lays not in laboratories but in nature. Jewels of the Jungle follows Dr. Strobel as he travels throughout the world’s most remote and beautiful forests in search of new natural medicinal compounds, relying not only on Western science but also on the traditional knowledge of aboriginal peoples. And while humanity has relied on natural medicines for centuries, Strobel has found a new, revolutionary source of drugs: microscopic life forms that live inside of plants. Called endophytes, these organisms often produce powerful chemical compounds that protect their host plants from infections and diseases. It’s now become apparent that these compounds can play the same role in people. It’s also apparent that endophytes may lead to a pharmaceutical revolution, allowing for the creation of an array of more powerful, cheaper drugs that fight cancer, malaria and numerous other infections and diseases. (56:00)
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September 19, 2011 at 01:14 AM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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When someone suffers from an internal ailment that cannot be detected from a regular office exam, an MRI may be necessary. The patient lies on a platform that enters the center of the machine. Upon entering the machine, the patient is scanned by one... of several magnetic coils that administers a radio frequency pulse targeting the specific region to be examined. This creates a magnetic field that runs down the center of the tube. Learn more about Magnetic Resonance Imaging, also known as M.R.I. in this short, professionally made video. The video uses computer animation to demonstrate the MRI process as a narrator gives explanations. Run time 01:32.
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June 1, 2010 at 10:54 PM
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Ages: 11 - 18
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Anesthesia has allowed surgeries to be completely painless for the patient. Who actually discovered it, however, is up for debate. By the 1840's, several individuals were on the trail of finding a more affective anesthetic. Two dentists from Boston,... and a doctor from Georgia were all experimenting with two drugs, laughing gas and ether. All three doctors claim to be the one who actually discovered anesthesia. Run time 02:38; narrated by Bill Nye the Science Guy
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April 6, 2010 at 10:08 AM
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Ages: 11 - 18
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Part of Discovery's series "Greatest Discoveries in Medicine". William William Harvey discovers how blood is actually circulated. Run time 02:43.
May 28, 2010 at 11:07 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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Dr. Lisa compares the original 2-D ultrasound to the latest 4-D technology, which shows a 20 week old fetus in unprecedented detail. The video is a small clip showing Dr. Lisa, the mother, and father on stage while a large screen shows the audience a...nd the camera results from both ultrasounds as they are performed on the mother. Run time 03:52.
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June 1, 2010 at 10:41 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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This profession video addresses the search for hidden healers within our own genes and stem cells. More and more doctors are looking to the smallest places in the human body for cures that are hidden within genes and stem cells. The video focuses on... a young man who suffered a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed. An experimental treatment may hold the key to renewed mobility. It involves injecting embryotic stem cells into the spine. Another part of the video focuses on a small boy with cerebral palsy, one of only a few children undergoing an experimental stem cell infusion treatment at Duke University. Run time 04:07.
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June 1, 2010 at 09:36 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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This health video focus' on the new technology that is allowing for clearer MRI scans. This particular video focuses on a patient with parkinson's disease who would normally have difficulty staying still during an MRI. The new MRI technology is able ...to compensate for his movement and get a clear picture of his brain before surgery. Run time 01:38.
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June 1, 2010 at 09:18 PM
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