London's 1818 public health crisis
200 years ago today, the Morning Post shared a report into a health crisis gripping London - and how public health...
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24 Jul 2018
What is Alzheimer's disease?
It looms over many of our lives, but what is Alzheimer's disease? Here's a guide:
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21 Sep 2017
Why is scientific research part of emergency response?
By Anita Makri
You might assume that, when dealing with a public health emergency, taking a researcher along might be a waste of...
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06 Jun 2017
Yellow Fever: An OpenLearn reading list
The World Health Organisation warns that an outbreak of Yellow Fever in DRC and Angola could, unchecked, become...
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16 Aug 2016
Ratting out disease: How animals are detecting disease - and other threats to life
By Emma Young
Rats can smell tuberculosis. Dogs can smell cancer. Now they’re being trained to save your life. Emma Young reports.
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25 Feb 2016
World Toilet Day
Toilets save lives. We've compiled some resources to help raise awareness for the 2.5 billion people who do not have...
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17 Nov 2014
Is the UK in a moral panic about obesity?
By Steve Woods
Three quarters of British men are predicted to be obese by 2030. Have we become greedier and less active or are more...
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23 May 2014
Humans are the deadliest creature – but one
Count the numbers of humans whose death is attributed to an animal, and there are some surprises, writes Dick...
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16 May 2014
OU on the BBC: BBC Inside Science - Breath-detecting disease
Tis the week to talk about: Bacteriophages, breath-detecting disease, our bees electric and DNA barcoding.
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24 Dec 2013
Sniffing out disease
Waving a tricorder in the air to tell what was wrong with a patient might be science fiction, but Dr Claire Turner...
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12 Dec 2013
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Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease
This free course, Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease, will help you understand the basic principles of light microscopy, before introducing...
Level: 1 Introductory
Updated on:
07 Jun 2018
Vaccination
Vaccinations are now considered a part of everyday life, but how do they work? Vaccination is a free course that will help those with a background...
Level: 2 Intermediate
Updated on:
29 Jan 2018
Water and human health
Water is a natural resource that is vital for human survival and health, although only a tiny fraction of the Earth's supply is available to humans...
Level: 1 Introductory
Updated on:
29 Jan 2018
Introduction to histology
This free course provides an introduction to histology, the study of tissues. It also describes how histology can aid in the diagnosis of disease...
Level: 1 Introductory
Updated on:
02 Aug 2017
Influenza: A case study
This free course, Influenza: A case study, explores the biology of influenza, covering a range of topics including: the virus, infection,...
Level: 3 Advanced
Updated on:
26 Jul 2017
Introduction to histopathology
This free course provides an introduction to histopathology and outlines how the appearance of different tissues changes due to damage,...
Level: 1 Introductory
Updated on:
14 Jun 2016
The history of medicine: A Scottish perspective
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the approach to medicine was vastly different from today. Health is now recognised, at least in most...
Level: 2 Intermediate
Updated on:
14 Apr 2016
Introduction to microscopy
This free course provides an introduction to microscopy and the operation of a simple light microscope, of the type found in histology courses and...
Level: 1 Introductory
Updated on:
22 Mar 2016
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