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Healthcare and Medicine

Videos about medicine and the healthcare system

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Find out what's inside of blood

Get a better understanding of how your lungs help you to sing and...

Get to know your heart and circulatory system!

Learn about blood pressure and how we measure it. Take a deeper ...

Fetal Circulation

Find out how the heart and circulatory system work in the fetus!

Lab Values and Concentrations

Ever wonder about your lab values a...

Learn all about hypertension: symptoms, diagnosis, and how lifest...

Arterial Stiffness

Find out why having "stiff arteries" can increase blood pressure ...

Blood Vessel Diseases

Learn about how arteries differ from veins and how arteries can g...

Blood Pressure Control

Find out how the body works to maintain a normal blood pressure b...

Healthy Lifestyle

Learn some of the fundamentals behind staying healthy: Reducing y...

Heart Disease and Stroke

Find out what can cause a heart disease and stroke, and how the t...

Heart Muscle Contraction

Find out more about heart muscles and what happens when they cont...

Heart Depolarization

Check out the flow of positive charge through the heart that happ...

Nerve Regulation of the Heart

Learn how the sympathetic and paras...

Pressure Volume Loops

Watch as the pressure and amount of blood inside the left ventric...

Changing the PV Loop

Find out how preload, afterload, and contractility work together ...

Preload and Afterload

Find out exactly what preload and afterload mean, and why most of...

Endocrinology and Diabetes

Learn about hormones and diabetes, as well as some important info...

Get a ring-side seat as a pathologist talks about colon cells und...

Learn about the cervical (neck) spine through an Xray!

Health Care System

Learn some basics about the Health Care system in the US

Enjoy this mix of videos on health care topics!