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Number of DVDs: 60
Duration: 60 mins
Doctors and other health care professionals generally poorly understand alcoholism, and this film aims to correct that deficiency. It opens with a moving and informative discussion between four members of the Alcohol Recovery Group at King's College Hospital, London, who are at different stages of recovery. There follows a discussion with Mick McDaid of the 12 steps to recovery practiced by Alcoholics Anonymous. Finally there are two discussions with experts on alcoholism and its management-...
Individual: 25 US$ / Institution: 79 US$
Duration: 46 mins
The Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2005 has been awarded to Warren and Mitchell for the discovery of Helicobacter pylori and its central role in gastro-duodenal disease. On this film we consider all relevant aspects of Helicobacter pylori with the help of authorities in this field. We first look at four representative cases undergoing upper GI endoscopy followed by an informative clinical discussion. The second part of the film is a detailed discussion with Professor...
Individual: 25 US$ / Institution: 79 US$
Duration: 48 mins
Most people consider rabies to be a disease of importance solely in the developing world, but it is in fact ubiquitous and remains a perpetual threat even in developed countries. In India alone 30,000 people die from the disease each year, half of them children. Once symptoms (hydrophobia aerophobia or paralysis) have developed death is inevitable. On this film we see graphic cases of rabies and talk to experts from India and the United States...
Individual: 25 US$ / Institution: 79 US$
Duration: 20 mins
This supplementary DVD was made in response to the WHO endorsing the use of intradermal vaccination as a way of rabies prevention. We interview experts at the Thai Red Cross in Bangkok, and the WHO, RITM and San Lazaro Hospital in Manila as well as explore the technique of intradermal vaccination itself.
Individual: 25 US$ / Institution: 79 US$
Duration: 52 mins
Leprosy is caused by an acid-fast bacillus, and among the communicable diseases is traditionally associated with the greatest fear and social stigma. It affects mainly the skin, and peripheral nerves, and carries the greatest potential for permanent, progressive and obvious disfiguration and disability. In the early stages it is now curable, and on this film we learn about all aspects of the disease through presentation and discussion of 14 patients filmed with experts in China...
Individual: 25 US$ / Institution: 79 US$
Duration: 45 mins
Dengue is caused by four strains of a RNA flavivirus, transmitted by the daytime biting Aedes mosquito, and is primarily a disease of the tropics and subtropics. Thought for long to be a benign infection, the past 50 years has seen a global explosion in Dengue and its complications. Increasing urbanization, crowding and travel mean that we now have a pandemic; furthermore dengue is now considered by WHO to be a serious disease of global...
Individual: 25 US$ / Institution: 79 US$
Duration: 58 mins
Hepatitis B is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in many parts of the world, with its vertical transmission from mother to child, and its capacity to cause cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Immune tolerance, especially in the young plays a major role in chronicity, and ultimately fatal complications. The cases and discussion cover many of the important advances in its understanding and treatment including the use of antiviral drugs, and immunisation. Hepatitis E on...
Individual: 25 US$ / Institution: 79 US$
Duration: 66 mins
The film first shows a typical case of hepatitis A, illustrating the importance of active immunisation. Hepatitis C, also due to an RNA virus, is quite different in its pathophysiology, being mainly blood-born, and susceptible to chronicity and ultimately leading to hepatocellular carcinoma. The cases shown and the expert discussions illustrate most of the important aspects of this disease and its (still unsatisfactory) treatment with pegylated interferon and antiviral drugs. Finally, we see and discuss...
Individual: 25 US$ / Institution: 79 US$
Duration: 67 mins
Tuberculosis is one of the opportunistic infections to which AIDS patients are especially vulnerable, because they fail to mount an adequate immune response. Their concomitant spread has been associated with the widespread development of multi-drug resistance of tuberculosis. On this film we examine their prevention and management both separately and together, concentrating on the plight of children in the developing world, and also hear of the programme in Thailand for the prevention of mother to...
Individual: 25 US$ / Institution: 79 US$
Duration: 53 mins
This film features 3 patients with meningitis, shot in Manila, Philipines. Includes an example of meningococcaemia with its non-blanching rash.
Individual: 25 US$ / Institution: 79 US$
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