Managing Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Multiple Myeloma
MEDICAL ANIMATION TRANSCRIPT: You or someone you care about may have been diagnosed with a blood cancer. This video will help you understand how it can be managed. Blood cancer, also known as hematologic cancer begins in blood-forming tissues such a…
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How Your Body Gets Rid of Medications
MEDICAL ANIMATION TRANSCRIPT: The body filters drugs from the bloodstream and eliminates them in a multi-step process called medication excretion. The kidneys are the major route for drug elimination. Most drugs exit the body either unchanged or as…
- 11 days ago 23 Nov 23, 8:23pm -
Leukemia Treatments
MEDICAL ANIMATION TRANSCRIPT: You or someone you care about may have been diagnosed with leukemia. This video will help you understand some of the available treatment options. Leukemia is a cancer that originates from blood cells while they are form…
- 18 days ago 16 Nov 23, 3:00pm -
Liver Failure
MEDICAL ANIMATION TRANSCRIPT: The liver is the second-largest organ in the body. It consists of four lobes, comprised of hundreds of lobules. Each lobule, the basic structural element of the liver, metabolizes carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins. Lob…
- 25 days ago 9 Nov 23, 3:00pm -
STDs: Chlamydia
MEDICAL ANIMATION TRANSCRIPT: Chlamydia is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted disease or infection worldwide. It's more common in women than men. The germs that cause the infection are tiny bacteria called Chlamydia trachomatis. You can c…
- 32 days ago 2 Nov 23, 2:00pm -
Kidney Failure
MEDICAL ANIMATION TRANSCRIPT: The kidneys are located on either side of the spinal column in the posterior abdominal cavity behind the peritoneum in the retroperitoneal space. The functions of each kidney include: filtration of metabolic wastes, fl…
- 39 days ago 26 Oct 23, 2:00pm -
Understanding Your Heart Beat
MEDICAL ANIMATION TRANSCRIPT: The cardiac cycle is the sequence of contraction and relaxation of the heart chambers during a single heartbeat. The contraction of the heart chambers is called systole. And relaxation of the heart chambers is called d…
- 45 days ago 20 Oct 23, 2:00pm -
How to Manage Heart Failure
MEDICAL ANIMATION TRANSCRIPT: If you've been diagnosed with heart failure, it's important to control your symptoms. Heart failure, also called congestive heart failure, or CHF, is a lifelong condition in which your heart continues to work but not as…
- 53 days ago 12 Oct 23, 2:00pm -
Lactose Intolerance
Lactose Intolerance. The digestive system consists of specialized organs and glands that process food and supply nutrients to body cells. The digestive organs form a continuous tube called the gastrointestinal tract. In normal digestion, swallowed f…
- 60 days ago 5 Oct 23, 2:00pm -
Treating Fentanyl Addiction and Stopping an Overdose
MEDICAL ANIMATION TRANSCRIPT: Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid drug. The pharmaceutical form is prescribed to treat severe pain, usually from cancer or after surgery. There’s also an illicit form that’s made and sold illegally on the drug market. P…
- 67 days ago 28 Sep 23, 2:00pm -
How Concussion Affects the Brain
MEDICAL ANIMATION TRANSCRIPT: A concussion is a brain injury resulting from a violent head impact or rapid head acceleration deceleration. The brain is a soft and pliable organ, and requires physical protection from the environment. The walls of th…
- 76 days ago 19 Sep 23, 5:11pm -
Fentanyl Used to Treat Pain
MEDICAL ANIMATION TRANSCRIPT: Opioids are drugs that are prescribed to treat moderately severe or severe pain. Fentanyl is a strong synthetic opioid. It may be prescribed to treat severe pain from cancer or after surgery. Its potency, or strength, is…
- 81 days ago 14 Sep 23, 7:37pm -