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
How safe is graphene when it’s used in face masks and other consumer and professional products? In this episode of Risk Bites, nanotechnology expert Professor Andrew Maynard looks at what’s known about the potential health risks associated with the engineered nanomaterial graphene, and how consume
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Don't know exactly what to keep in mind when stocking your medicine cabinet? This simpleshow explains the most important basics. Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/mysimpleshow This video was created by one of our volunteer authors to support the campaign "Goal 3 - Good Health and W
How safe are self-driving cars? And how safe should they be before they're widely used? Risk Bites dives into the safety of autonomous vehicles, and looks at how we make sense of their risks and benefits. With scientist and emerging technologies expert Andrew Maynard. The video is part of Risk Bite
Today, medicine is seen as an authority and a sacred institution. But like any institution, it has a dark past. The story of Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis shows how medicine was terribly wrong and how the poor judgment of the doctors cost many women their lives. In 19th-century Vienna, the young doctor was r
Do advanced materials come with advanced health risks? In this fourth episode in the Risk Bites series on advanced materials, we look at why materials developers and researchers are interested in asking "are advanced materials safe?" Risk Bites was created by Andrew Maynard. This week's video w
Around one million people use tanning beds each year in the US. Yet the ultraviolet (UV) light they use causes skin cancer. The risk is so high that a recent article from researchers at the University of Michigan called for an immediate ban on the use of commercial indoor tanning by minors, and th
What is Autophagy and why was it awarded the 2016 Nobel Price in Physiology or Medicine? Recycling makes it possible to reuse many valuable substances such as old electronics, fruit and vegetable waste, plastic, and paper. But our own cells have waste of their own. How does our built-in waste dispos
Gaining relevant job experience, especially in the medical field, will help you stand out in your university Medicine application and throughout the interview process. However, gaining relevant job experience is a lengthy process. Richard Evans, founder of the Profs, shares his top tips based on hi
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