Through a Blue Lens: A New Take on Drug Abuse Prevention
it as well, creating a powerful educational tool to help prevent drug use among teenagers. This gritty program gives people with addictions a voice as
Transcript: ARE YOU DOING? NOTHING. SORRY I'LL PEE SOMEWHERE ELSE. OKAY. AND YOU GET, IT'S NO MYSTERY THAT YOU HAVE A LOT OF DISEASE BEING SPREAD AROUND, WHEN
The Nine Months That Made You: Pregnancy and Human Development
’s disease risks, behavioral traits, and other characteristics derive from gestational causes. Featuring pioneering researcher Dr. David Barker, who decades
Subject: Heart -- Diseases
Transcript: TO INTERVENE AND PREVENT ALL THESE DISEASES OF LATER LIFE. IT WAS BECOMING CLEAR TO HIM THAT IF YOU WANTED A HEALTHY, HAPPY OLD AGE, THE NINE MONTHS
Risky Business: Worldwide Effort to Educate People about Their Contraceptive Options
overpopulation. Social and cultural barriers against such educational programs are difficult to overcome, but perseverance pays dividends in terms of preventing
Subject: preventing unwanted pregnancy
Transcript: to the women of these villages, and to the teenagers at project cradle, goes beyond preventing unwanted pregnancies. it also includes precautions
Ebola: The Search for a Cure
’s actually like to catch—and survive—this terrible disease.
Subject: Ebola virus disease
Transcript: [MUSIC PLAYING] It's 10 A.M. at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia. It has, again, been a busy week. And there's going to be a lot
A parasite primer
Lethal parasites kill one human every ten seconds. Others prefer to keep people alive, for food and shelter. In this program, patients discuss their encounters with botfly maggots, leeches, candiru fish, elephantiasis, tapeworms and cerebral tapewor...
Subject: Parasitic diseases
Transcript: FIRST, TANYA THOUGHT SHE HAD AN ABSCESS, BUT THEN IT WIGGLED. HERE AT THE HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES IN LONDON, THEY RECOGNIZED IT STRAIGHT AWAY. IT
Alzheimer's Disease: Reducing the Risk and Caring for Caregivers
There is no known way to prevent Alzheimer's disease, but mental, physical, and social activity all seem to contribute to delaying its onset