Sunday, June 14th, 2009

Millions of people die each year from smoking. This 3D medical animation is part of an anti-smoking campaign ad, showing how smoking causes normal alveolar sacs to become enlarged and thinned over time from emphysema. Because the alveoli cannot contract, air is trapped in the lungs and the smoker cannot breathe out effectively. Nucleus Medical Art is a leading creator and licens…
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Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Symptoms of lung cancer and emphysema include increased breathlessness, wheezing, coughing and increase mucus production. Find out why vital signs may be normal in a patient with lung cancer with help from a nurse and respiratory care practitioner in this free video on respiratory therapy and healthy breathing….
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Oxygen therapy is a treatment to relieve the shortness of breath that can be caused by lung cancer. Find out how oxygen tanks can be portable for patients with lung cancer with help from a nurse and respiratory care practitioner in this free video on respiratory therapy and healthy breathing….
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Friday, February 27th, 2009

Does secondhand smoke increase the risk of breast cancer? UCSF Professor of Medicine Robert Glantz explores the link between the chemicals in tobacco smoke which is involuntarily inhaled by nonsmokers and breast cancer. Series: UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public [1/2009] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 15570]…
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Thursday, December 4th, 2008

Join Nydia as she answers this week’s question: Does marijuana cause cancer? Please subscribe to our videos!…
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Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

(Documentary) A son and daughter talk about what it is like to have a mom battle lung cancer, in effort to prevent/stop others from smoking….
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

This is a video of my Dad in the hospital with lung cancer after smoking for 63 years….
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Saturday, November 8th, 2008

Just a small health scare gang……..
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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

By combining Randy Stonehills song, Lung Cancer (a satire on cigarette smoking) with images of the Topps Wacky Packages tobacco product parodies, this video packs a humorous one-two punch against the absurdity of smoking. Though it is intended to be both funny and entertaining (and a wee bit nostalgic for us Wacky fans), my goal was to get smokers to think about what it is they are actually doing…
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

More than 85 percent of lung cancer cases are smoking-related. In this interview, we hear from a chest surgeon who specializes in treating lung and esophageal cancer about the trends in smoking in the United States. The interview also covers lung cancer, including how it develops and how it is treated. - Dr. Richard Battafarano, head of thoracic surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center…
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