Hot Medical Diagnosis & Procedures Posts
How To: Treat skin cancer BCC & SCC
Basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma are the two types of non-melanoma skin cancers. Luckily, there are many options for treating them.
How To: Identify Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a chronic condition of frightening hallucinations and paranoid episodes. In this video, we'll look at the personality disorder of a schizophrenic, and discuss ways in which this mental illness can manifest itself.
How To: Identify common sleep disorders
Twenty-five percent of Americans suffer from a sleep disorder that keeps them tossing and turning on a regular basis. Learn more about common sleep disorders like narcolepsy, sleepwalking, and sleep apnea in this video.
How To: Diagnose and grasp generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
GAD, or generalized anxiety disorder, is a panic disorder that can create intense stress on a day-to-day basis. In this mental health video, we'll look at understanding and living with this mental illness.
How To: Identify the symptoms of diabetes
One-third of diabetics don't know that they have the condition. How can you avoid being one of them? Check out this video!
How To: Figure out what that pain in your chest is
Are those uncomfortable pangs you're feeling in your chest just your standard after-dinner heartburn? Or is something more serious at work?
How To: Identify different types of seizures
Seizures can take a variety of forms. Learn more in this video.
How To: Grasp and understand partial seizures
Partial seizures begin in a limited area of the brain, but each is profoundly different.
How To: Identify cough-variant asthma
Did you know that some asthma-sufferers have no trouble breathing? A different variety of the disease, cough-variant asthma, is just as serious as the more common version.
How To: Interact with the elderly and disabled
Follow these top seven tips to effectively engage the elderly or disabled!
How To: Communicate with the elderly and disabled
Discover the top ten tips for communicating effectively with the elderly and disabled.
How To: Operate a wheelchair
This video will help you learn the basics of safe and considerate wheelchair operation.
How To: Understand menopause
Every woman goes through menopause, yet many don't discuss this natural time of life. Learn more in this video.
How To: Understand symptoms of menopause
Hot flashes and vaginal dryness are just the start of the symptoms you may experience as you enter menopause! What else can you expect?
How To: Identify menopause
Some women enter menopause quietly, while others want to know when it's happening. Here's how doctors may identify the change.
How To: Understand menopause and hysterectomies
When you go through menopause, you stop menstruating. And when you undergo a hysterectomy, the effect is the same. Yet menopause and hysterectomy are distinctly different.
How To: Grasp and understand restless leg syndrome (RLS)
Restless legs syndrome was first described in seventeenth century medical writings and it's been plaguing people ever since! So what is restless legs syndrome anyway?
How To: See the causes of restless leg syndrome (RLS)
Over twelve million restless legs sufferers want to know what causes the symptoms of restless leg syndrome, the sleep-depriving condition.
How To: Grasp and understand cancer
Each year, one and half million Americans will be diagnosed with some form of cancer. If you or a loved one are among them, understanding the basics of the disease can help.
How To: Find out the risk factors for cancer
Cancer doesn't discriminate, and anyone can get this disease. However, some factors can increase your likelihood of developing cancer.
How To: Test for HIV
Over 300,000 Americans who are infected with HIV don't even know it! Learn how to avoid being among them.
How To: Treat and avoid pink eye
Pink eye, or conjunctivitis as your doctor may call it, is a contagious disease that affects many college students. Blame close quarters and bad hygiene for this itchy ailment that affects the eyes. Here's how to treat and even avoid this condition.
How To: Identify a heart attack
You know you're in pain, but are you just feeling the aftershocks of that spaghetti dinner, or is it a heart attack?
How To: Identify the skin disease squamous cell carcinoma
Every year, 250,000 Americans are diagnosed with a form of skin cancer called squamous cell carcinoma. What exactly is SCC?
How To: Identify triggers of migraine headaches
If you know the triggers that bring on a migraine you can more easily sidestep experiencing one.
How To: Identify different types of heart disease
Heart disease affects more than 20 million Americans. Let's explore the various forms that heart disease can take.
How To: Deal with Lactose Intolerance
Lactose intolerance used to mean a diminished diet. Fortunately, now there are plenty of alternatives, as well as ways to help you tolerate lactose, or milk sugar. Learn how to deal with lactose intolerance with this how to video.
How To: Recognize the early signs of autism
Early intervention is important for children with autism, a developmental disorder that inhibits socialization. So be on the lookout for warning signs.
How To: Photograph the iris of an eye
Photographing an eye is now easy with digital cameras. Dr. Roberto Kaplan leads you through the simple steps of using a digital still camera or video. Then cropping and scaling the size in a photo program. Learn how to photograph the iris for medical purposes (records for examinations, or identification records for children).
How To: Deal with getting your period for the first time
Getting your period is an exciting milestone, but it can also be kind of scary. Don’t freak out—here’s what you need to know. Learn how to deal with getting your period for the first time. You will need basic knowledge of the female body, some thin maxi pads, pantiliners, or tampons, and an extra pair of underwear.
News: Feel your boobies
We encourage everyone (especially breast owners) to please watch. Intently. The UK's Channel 4's fantastic program Embarrassing Bodies is serving up lifesaving health advice. This segment does not sacrifice any details (nipple shots, etc.) to accommodate conventional prudes or censorship. We do not intend to either.
How To: Change hook bands for prosthetic maintenance
A below elbow arm amputee demonstrates how to change the hook tension bands on a Hosmer 555 hook. This is a prosthetic maintenance video for disabled, handicapped or individuals that have lost limbs to amputation. It's an adaptive equipment video that ensures proper care of one's prosthetic hook.
How To: Use myoelectric hook and hand prosthetic for amputees
A below elbow arm amputee demonstrates how to don and operate his myoelectric prosthetic hook and hand. This is a first hand account of what goes into using prosthetic hands and hooks for individuals with arm amputations. This video is an overview of adaptive equipment for handicapped or disabled persons to assist them. The myoelectric hook and hand are very helpful in assisting persons with arm amputations or otherwise missing limbs.
How To: Explore prosthetic options for the gym as an amputee
A below elbow arm amputee demonstrates the device he uses in the gym. He shows you how to use a prosthetic for working out at the gym when you've suffer a limb amputation. This video is very helpful in describing utilities available for enabling individuals with amputations to workout or get around and function in a gymnasium setting. This is a video that addresses adaptive equipment for handicapped or disabled people.
How To: Find out your blood type
Everybody has a blood type. There are four types of blood in the ABO system: A, B, AB, and O. In this medical how-to video, learn how easy and important it is to find out what your blood type is. The procedure is very watch and find out.
How To: Tie a two handed surgical square knot
Are you in medical school an planning to be a surgeon? Then here is a how-to video with various different surgical knot tips. The UT Huston Student Surgical Association (SSA) has put together this surgical knot tying online tutorial. Watch as Dr. John R. Potts, MD. demonstrates the two handed square knot. Practice the two handed square knot surgical suture before going into your surgical rotation.
How To: Tie a surgical square knot
This how-to video goes over basic surgery techniques for third year medical students. The knot tying demonstrated in this video are vital to any surgical rotation. Follow along and learn how to tie square knots. This square knot presentation is demonstrated by the UMD School of Medicine.
How To: Tie a one handed surgical knot with the right hand
This how-to video goes over basic surgery techniques for third year medical students. The knot tying demonstrated in this video are vital to any surgical rotation. Follow along and learn how to do a one handed surgical knot knot with your right hand. This one handed tie is used to close lacerations in the the surgical room. The one handed knot is presented by the UMD School of Medicine.
How To: Do hemodynamic monitoring in nursing
Going to be a nurse? Then one of the many things you'll learn to do is hemodynamic monitoring. Follow along with this nursing how-to video to learn the proper way to carry out hemodynamic monitoring on your patients. Watch and learn the basics of detailed wedge procedures with Swan-Ganz catheter monitoring.
How To: Apply a ring block of local anesthesia to a digit
This medical how-to video demonstrates how to anesthetize with the digital block technique. The digital block is a simple anesthesia procedure used to numb the fingers or toes. Watch as they show how to apply a ring block of local anesthesia to a digit.