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Secondary Science : Bio: Health and Disease

Clip description		Keywords
	3D printing a new jaw bone Duration: 04:19 Pioneering surgery to replace a patient's jaw bone with one created by a 3D printer.	DaraOBriainsScienceClub, Dara O'Briain, Science Club, titanium, transplants, prosthesis, 3D printing

	A balanced diet Duration: 02:01 An explanation of a balanced diet and the appropriate amounts of the food groups that make it up.	balanced, diet, carbohydrate, protein, fat, vitamin, mineral, water, fibre, health, food packaging

	A well-balanced diet Duration: 00:50 The presenter stocks a larder to provide for a well-balanced diet and discusses how it is harder to detect the vitamins and minerals in a diet. subtitled	nutrition, diet, nourishment, food type, food, balanced diet, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, iron, health, subtitled

	Alcohol and binge drinking - the harmful effects Duration: 01:47 A news report about the harmful effects of alcohol abuse and the increased need for liver transplants in younger people. Methods for tackling the culture of binge drinking are discussed.	organ transplants, liver disease, alchohol abuse, alcohol units, citizenship, policing, alcohol poisoning, chemistry

	Alcohol awareness courses Duration: 02:30 Police will give more lenient punishments to people caught and fined for being drunk if they agree to go on an alcohol awareness course.	drunk, anti-social behaviour, alcohol units, unconscious, risk, biology, drugs, health

	Alzheimer's breakthrough hope Duration: 02:32 UK scientists have developed a drug which may halt the progression of Alzheimer's disease.	biology, dementia, cost, placebo, treatment, terminal stages, nerve cells, memory, potential, Phase 2 trial, degenerative, biology

	Alzheimer's drug 'halts' decline Duration: 01:25 UK scientists have developed a drug which may halt the progression of Alzheimer's disease.	result, data, optimum, average, effect of drug, mental health, dementia, biology

	Animal diet Duration: 03:46 An investigation into what you can learn about an animal from its diet - footage from Whipsnade Zoo. subtitled	animal nutrition, nourishment, food type, food, digestion, carbohydrates, nutrients, minerals, salts, earth, energy, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, subtitled

	Aspirin may not prevent heart attacks Duration: 02:00 Preventative benefits of taking aspirin by people who have never had a heart attack or stroke are in doubt.	pain killers, drugs, analgesics, side effects, analysis, probability, heart disease, chemistry

	Carbohydrate and fibre Duration: 02:11 An explanation of the differences between carbohydrates and the need for fibre in a balanced diet.	carbohydrate, fibre, starch, sugar, fat, balanced diet, health

	Chemists to provide obesity pill Duration: 02:41 A professor discusses his concerns about anti-obesity drugs.	advice, responsibility, pharmacist, BMI, side effects, opinions, biology, diet, obesity, health

	Children 'risking liver disease' Duration: 03:21 Excessive alcohol consumption by children and teenagers is creating a time bomb of health problems, including liver cirrhosis and cancer, a charity has warned.	addiction, alcoholism, liver disease, cancer, cirrhosis, biology, drugs, alcohol

	Clinical trials - regulation and ethics Duration: 04:31 A description of the clinical trial process including the risks and ethics involved. The role of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority (MHRA) is discussed.	ethics, drugs, drug trials, clinical trials, ethics committee, side effects, osteoporosis, pharmacology, health

	Do artificial colourings affect children's behaviour? Duration: 02:04 Food manufacturers have been urged to remove six artificial colourings after the Food Standards Agency raised concerns about the effects on children.	E-numbers, preservatives, antioxidants, emulsifiers, flavourings, mental health, behaviour, chemistry, artificial, health

	Ethics of using foetal stem cells for stroke treatment Duration: 00:40 A news report featuring Dr John Sinden, Chief Scientific Officer of ReNeuron, a clincal-stage stem cell business. Dr Sinden explains the ethics of using stem cells from an aborted foetus for stroke therapy treatment.	opinions, medical ethics, stroke, stem cells

	Expert opinion on ecstasy and alcohol Duration: 1:52 University experts and a drug help organisation answer the question "What is worst, ecstasy or alcohol?"	drugs, alcohol, ecstasy, expert opinion, risk.

	Fats in our diet Duration: 01:13 A detailed description of fat in a human diet, including sources and its role.	fat, diet, obesity, health

	Fleming and the discovery of penicillin Duration: 01:39 Sir Alexander Fleming discussing how he discovered the world's first antibiotic, penicillin - archive footage.	Fleming, antibiotic, bacteria, staphylococci, penicillin, fungus, mould, medicine

	Genetic engineering and insulin production Duration: 02:29 An introduction to genetic engineering and its use in the production of insulin to treat diabetes.	genetic engineering, insulin, diabetes, yeast, plasmids, bacteria, biology, biotechnology, bitesize

	How tasty are insects? Duration: 03:26 A meal of insects and scorpions is prepared and tasted.	protein, food groups, insects, biology, BangGoesTheTheory

	Human drug trials Duration: 05:54 A report about human drug trials, including interviews with a doctor discussing placebo effect and fair testing.	drug trial, placebo effect, fair test, Science career, scientific data, pharmacology

	Human immunity and defence Duration: 04:00 How the body fights off infection, using the animated CGI example of viruses from the series Inside the Human Body.	antibodies, disease, health, immunity, defense, blood, insidethehumanbody, Michael Mosley

	Microorganisms Personal possessions are swabbed for bacteria which are then cultured on agar plates.	microorganism, agar, bacteria, culture, binary fission, BitesizeScience

	Native medicine made from a caterpillar Duration: 01:45 Steve Backshall describes and then tries a local Bhutan medicine. A fungus protrudes from the head of a moth caterpillar which is placed into a cup of wheat liquor.	lostlandofthetiger, Bhutan, Steve Backshall, caterpillar, medicine, remedy, fungus, parasite

	New system cuts skin cancer waiting time Duration: 01:39 A report about a new system for detecting skin cancer, which has cut waiting times in the NHS Forth Valley area to days rather than months.	pilot project, skin cancer, pigmentation, malignant melanoma, diagnosis, biology

	Nutrient groups and digestion Duration: 03:08 Digestion is defined and described.	digestion, protein, carbohydrate, fat, vitamins, minerals, fibre, roughage, enzyme, amylase, nutrients

	Prisoners given dietary supplements to improve behaviour Duration: 01:33 Inmates at a young offenders' institute in Scotland are to be given food supplements with the aim of improving their behaviour.	protein, nutrients, violence, mental health, youth justice, criminal justice, punishment, rehabilitation, health

	Problems of using chemical fertilisers Duration: 01:34 A news report explaining the environmental and health impacts of using chemical fertilisers.	fertilisers, nitrogen, water, nitrates, farming, food supply, chemistry, cancer, health, bitesize

	Public opinion on ecstasy and alcohol Duration: 01:38 Members of the public answer the question "What is worst, ecstasy or alcohol?"	drugs, alcohol, ecstasy, public opinion, risk.

	Skin - defend and protect Duration: 03:08 How your skin acts to keep invaders out and water in, taken from the series Inside the Human Body.	defense, barrier, immunity, bacteria, immune system, skin, insidethehumanbody, Michael Mosley

	Sterilisation in the operating theatre - historical (pt 1/2) Duration: 03:22 An historical role play showing what an operating theatre was like 150 years ago, with no cleanliness or sterilisation.	microbes, cells, bacteria, medicine, surgery, sterilisation, infection, disease

	Sterilisation in the operating theatre - modern (pt 2/2) Duration: 01:57 An investigation into the sterilisation procedures used in a modern operating theatre.	microbes, cell, bacteria, sterile, agar culture, antiseptic scrub, cleanliness, disease

	Teenage alcoholism Duration: 01:24 After noticing her daughter's rapid decline into alcoholism, a mother has put up posters of her 16-year-old daughter in off-licences asking people not to buy alcohol for her.	citizenship, alcohol abuse, risk, underage drinking, law, chemistry, health

	The role of protein Duration: 01:52 An explanation of the role of protein in a balanced diet, explaining which food contain it and what it is used for.	protein, growth, repair, digestion, balanced diet, health

	What are vaccines and how quickly can they be made? Duration: 01:04 What are vaccines? A scientist discusses how they work and explains how long they take to make.	vaccine, virus, infection, H5N1, bird flu, white blood cell, antibody, immunisation, pandemic

	What is a healthy diet? Duration: 02:34 What constitutes a healthy, balanced diet? How an active crew on a round-the-world yacht race manage to eat a healthy, balanced diet.	food type, nutrition, balanced diet, vitamins, minerals, protein, fats, carbohydrates, calories, health

	White blood cells Duration: 01:09 Our white blood cells help our immune system by engulfing foreign cells.	immune system, pathogen, micro-organism, white blood cell, engulf, disease, Robert Winston

	Windpipe transplant breakthrough Duration: 01:28 Surgeons in Spain have carried out the world's first tissue-engineered whole organ transplant - using a windpipe made with the patient's own stem cells.	pioneering, TB, immuno-suppressive drugs, collagen, adult stem cells, bone marrow, tissue, tissue-engineered, seeded, biology

	Woman gets windpipe transplant Duration: 02:23 Scientists have carried out the world's first tissue-engineered whole organ transplant made with a patient's own stem cells.	transplant, trachea, organ donor, collagen, adult stem cells, bone marrow, cartilage, tissue, team work, tissue, biology

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