Every effective medicine can also have side effects. That's why doctors check the risks and benefits for each individual patient. This animated film provides more information. Learn more: https://www.patients.bayer.com/en/index/ Visit our channel for more interesting science videos: https://www.yout
This video excerpt from NOVA examines the promise and realities of developing drugs designed to treat genetic disorders. The video presents the story of one patient, Michael McCarrick, whose lungs were devastated from years of suffering from cystic fibrosis. After researchers identified the gene inv
Any medication can have both desirable effects and unwanted side effects. But what should you do if you suffer from unwanted side effects? This video provides some answers. In addition, our new web page offers plenty of information about the benefits and risks of drugs and provides facts on how medi
Acetaminophen -- the active ingredient in Tylenol -- is bad news for your liver if you take too much of it. The same is true for alcohol. So should you avoid popping Tylenol to take the edge off the morning-after hangover? Probably yes -- although the biology behind how the two substances interac
Learn about what substance abuse is, and the consequences that result from it. Sources: https://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics https://www.summitbehavioralhealth.com/resources/articles/consequences-of-addiction/ This video was created by one of our volunteer authors to support
Your child’s mental health can’t wait. Prior to the COVID-19 public health emergency, as many as 1 in 6 U.S. children between the ages of 6 and 17 had a treatable mental health disorder. Additional stressors, such as lack of routine and virtual learning, created a surge of anxiety and depression in
When a person smokes cannabis, one of the plant's chemicals, THC, passes from the lungs into the bloodstream and then into the brain. If the brain is exposed to a large amount of THC but is still immature, the part responsible for controlling emotions can never reach its full potential. This can hav
In the mid-19th century, chemical assistant Henry Perkin was looking for an synthetic substitute for an antimalarial drug. But instead of quinine, he produces the first synthetic dye: mauveine. An accidental product! Authors: ZDF/Terra X/T. Schrader/J. Koester/F. Steinhardt/Moods in Pictures/Maximi
Is Cannabis Bad For You? Marijuana, otherwise known as weed or cannabis, has a pretty bad rep. You can thank the war on drugs of the 1980’s for that. Much of what the general public knows about weed comes from flawed studies published by big news outlets, who have pushed propaganda instead of truth
Do you like to party and want to save lives at the same time? Are you wondering if you can register with DKMS even though you drink alcohol or reach for a joint from time to time? Is that even possible? YouTuber Lisa explores exactly this question in this video. 🥂🧐 Don't worry, it's not a problem
Are companies that provide direct-to-consumer information on their personal genome -- including genetic susceptibility to disease -- creating new health risks that need to be regulated? On November 22 2013, the US Food and Drug Administration requested that the personalized DNA analysis company 23a
Medication is usually dosed equally high in men and women. Not only are there significant differences in height and weight, the entire biology of the sexes is fundamentally different. Author: ZDF/Terraxpress/Author Combination/Lara Franke/Tobias Lenz/Philipp Keller/Jochen Schmidt Translation and d
