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23andMe, FDA and DNA health profiling

Are companies that provide direct-to-consumer information on their personal genome -- including genetic susceptibility to disease -- creating new health risks that need to be regulated? On November 22 2013, the US Food and Drug Administration requested that the personalized DNA analysis company 23a

This is how a heart attack happens

The origin may be coronary heart disease. In this case, circulatory disorders occur due to calcium deposits in the coronary vessels. In the worst case, this "arteriosclerosis" can lead to a heart attack. Author: ZDF/3sat/nano/Südkino F i l m p r o d u c t i o n GmbH/Berndt Welz/Hannah Dewies/Tim Sp

Vaping safety and health risks - the basics

What are the potential health risks of vaping? Please check the Further Information below for links to more information and resources on vaping and e-cigs. And don't forget to join the conversation in the comments. The Risk Bites Team: Andrew Maynard David Faulkner Alyssa Berry Risk Bites is sup

What is Epidemiology?

What epidemiology is, and why it's important? Risk Bites provides a simple introduction to what epidemiology is, and how to make sense of epidemiology studies when people's health is on the line. With Mariya Voytyuk. Written, illustrated, narrated and filmed by Dr. Mariya Voytyuk RISK BITES Risk

Positive and negative freedom – who is freer

We often think that freedom means acting without restrictions. But since one person's freedom can influence another's, unrestricted action usually creates problems. To prevent this, we create rules. Philosopher Isaiah Berlin went a step further and distinguished two types of freedom: negative freedo

Draw boundaries: Who sets limit values

Limit values are there to protect us – but who actually sets them? And who can change it again? Politics and science work hand in hand here. We show how it works in the video. Original: "Federal Office for Radiation Protection" Original: German. All translations in this video have been done by the

Q11 The Fischer Projection

The rules of the Fischer projections are explained. Furthermore, the stereochemical statements are discussed. Original: "Wolfgang Dukorn" Original: German. All translations in this video have been done by the alugha AI.