Hypertension: Overview (in English)
If left untreated, hypertension can lead to the thickening of arterial walls causing its lumen, or blood passageway, to narrow in diameter. As a result, the heart must work harder to pump blood through the narrowed arterial openings. In addition, pe...
Heart: Don't Die Young, Series 1
The heart is a hardworking organ that makes sure every muscle, tissue, and cell in the body gets just what it needs. In this episode, Dr. Alice Roberts puts her own heart to the test when she rides in a stunt plane performing acrobatics. She discove...
Basic Cardiac Monitoring: Setting Up Cardiac Monitors
Filmed in a clinical setting, this program demonstrates how to operate a bedside cardiac monitor, a central station monitor, and a portable heart monitor. The video begins with a step-by-step walk-through of bedside monitor setup and troubleshooting...
Time to Shape Up
Picking up on the scenario begun in Living Through the Heart Attack, this video follows Jim Alexander as he learns how to reduce the risk of another heart attack by lowering his cholesterol and triglyceride levels through diet and exercise. Topics o...
The Nine Months That Made You: Pregnancy and Human Development
Who and what we become depends on many factors, from the food we eat to the way our parents discipline us. Increasingly, however, it seems that our most important developmental influences begin before birth, in the mysterious world of the womb. This...
Life After Heart Attack
Each year, more than one million men and women suffer a heart attack. This event suddenly and dramatically alters a person’s life forever, but studies show that if sufferers can get to a hospital quickly, more than 90 percent will survive. This pr...