Prince Philip – a biography in film of His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. […]
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‘What is autism?’
Only 16% of autistic people and their families think the public understand autism in a meaningful way. We want to change this and create a society that works for autistic people, and with your help, we can. The National Autistic Society ‘What is autism?’ this #AutismAwarenessWeek, narrated by our ambassador, Alan Gardner. Visit www.autism/org.uk to learn more […]
March is Ovarian Cancer awareness month
Only 3 per cent of women in the UK are very confident at spotting a symptom of ovarian cancer. Help us raise awareness of the symptoms of ovarian cancer this Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: www.targetovariancancer.org.uk/startmakingnoise What are the symptoms? – Persistent pelvic or abdominal pain – Increased abdominal size/persistent bloating – Difficulty eating or feeling […]
Monday 22 February is World Encephalitis Day
World Encephalitis Day is the global awareness day for people who have been directly or indirectly affected by encephalitis. Founded by The Encephalitis Society in 2014, it is held on February 22 each year and has reached over 186 million people through media features, events and social media. It is our hope that it will play […]
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Multiple sclerosis – causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, pathology
What is multiple sclerosis? Multiple sclerosis is a chronic and progressive neurological disease that results in neuronal cell death, which can lead to a variety of symptoms. Find more videos at https://www.osmosis.org/product/library. Transcript Multiple sclerosis is a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system, which includes the brain and the spinal cord. Myelin is the […]
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Sleep disorders: Patients often underestimate their total sleep time
People with sleep disorders commonly have a misperception about their actual sleep behaviour. A research group led by Karin Trimmel and Stefan Seidel from MedUni Vienna’s Department of Neurology (Outpatient Clinic for Sleep Disorders and Sleep-Related Disorders) analysed polysomnography results to identify the types of sleep disorder that are associated with a discrepancy between self-reported […]
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Cerebrovascular disease: Neural network enables assessment of sleep apnoea severity
A new neural network developed by researchers at the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital enables an easy and accurate assessment of sleep apnoea severity in patients with cerebrovascular disease. The assessment is automated and based on a simple nocturnal pulse oximetry, making it possible to easily screen for sleep apnoea in stroke […]
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How pandemics end?
You are probably sick of quarantine and wish life would go back to the way it was before the Covid-19 Pandemic spread across the globe. Now all you can do is hope that this Pandemic ends soon, but how could that happen? In today’s video we’re going to look back at previous pandemics in history […]
First Aid for Children ft First Aid For Life
First Aid for Children video featuring Emma Hammett of First Aid For Life Transcript News presenter: A hard-hitting campaign’s been launched, urging parents to learn basic first aid. Now, please be warned that Mike McCarthy’s report contains video of the new advert, which does contain pictures of a child falling from a tree. – Advert […]
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Epidemic preparedness – a wise investment: the Uganda story
With an Ebola outbreak ongoing in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2019, authorities in Uganda stepped up their health and response systems in readiness of possible important of the deadly virus. This investment in epidemic preparedness paid dividends, protecting Uganda citizens from an outbreak of Ebola. Transcript In 2019 the DRC (Democratic […]
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