Medical School from the Streetâ„¢
Learn how your body works, how it REALLY works! Taught by Dr.Brent Kay, double board certified in Internal Medicine and Sports Medicine, a true expert when it comes to the deepest understanding of the human body, particularly when applied to health, fitness and athletic performance.
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Ear, Nose and Throat part 1 of 4
Topics include ear anatomy, hearing, vestibular system, nose anatomy, nasal mucosa and paranasal sinuses.
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Ear, Nose and Throat part 2 of 4
Topics include tonsils, pharynx anatomy, epiglottis, larynx, vocal cords, swallowing, thyroid, lymph nodes, immune system and otitis externa.
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Ear, Nose and Throat part 3 of 4
Topics include ear wax blockage, otitis media, inner ear infections, vertigo, ruptured ear drum, hearing loss, tinnitus and deviated septum.
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Ear, Nose and Throat part 4 of 4
Topics include epistaxis, rhinitis, allergies, sinusitis, tonsillitis, canker sores, dysphagia, obstructive sleep apnea and goiter.
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Infectious Disease Part 1 of 5
Topics include training contraindications, myocarditis, pathogens and flu.
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Infectious Disease Part 2 of 5
Topics include mononucleosis, molluscum contagiosum, staph infection, impetigo, abscess and necrotizing fasciitis (flesh eating bacteria).
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Infectious Disease Part 3 of 5
Topics include folliculitis, acne, hot tub folliculitis, swimmer's ear (otitis externa), fungi, ringworm, athlete's foot, microbiome bacteria and traveler's diarrhea.
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Infectious Disease Part 4 of 5
Topics include venereal diseases, prevention strategies, return to play guidelines, face touching, pink eye, aerosol exposure and masks.
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Infectious Disease Part 5 of 5
Topics include wound care, solution to pollution is dilution, return to play guidelines and hygiene.
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Gastroenterolgy Part 1 of 6
Topics include oral anatomy and common problems.
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Gastroenterolgy Part 2 of 6
Topics include gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), stomach anatomy and common problems, gastritis and ulcers.
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Gastroenterolgy part 3 of 6
Topics include anatomy, inflammation, microvilli, gastroenteritis and food poisoning.
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Gastroenterolgy part 4 of 6
Topics include leaky gut syndrome, large intestine anatomy and physiology, bristol stool chart and microbiome.
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Gastroenterolgy part 5 of 6
Topics include microbiome, peristalsis, mucous layer, hemorrhoids, rectal bleeding and colon polyps.
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Gastroenterolgy part 6 of 6
Topics include liver function, hepatitis, fatty liver, cirrhosis, pancreas function, diabetes mellitus and pancreatitis.
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Cardiology Part 1 of 6
Topics include anatomy, blood flow, valves, coronary arteries, electrical system, electrocardiogram (ekg), heart rate variability and ekg abnormalities.
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Cardiology Part 2 of 6
Topics include circulatory system, anatomy of blood vessels, vasoconstriction, vasodilation, endothelium, blood pressure, blood flow, blood pressure ranges, types of heart disease, heart attack risk factors, heart valve disease and transcatheter valve replacement.
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Cardiology Part 3 of 6
Topics include atherosclerosis, heart attack, angioplasty, food for your heart, blood vessel types and capillaries.
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Cardiology Part 4 of 6
Topics include capillaries and blood components.
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Cardiology Part 5 of 6
Topics include endothelium toxins, polyflouroalkyls (forever chemicals), endothelium as an organ, cell death (necrosis) and nutrition.
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Cardiology Part 6 of 6
Topics include toxic insults, oxidative stress, free radicals, cellular senescence, mitochondria and endothelium.
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Pulmonology Part 1 of 4
Topics include anatomy, imaging, pulmonary function tests, respiratory flow curve and flow/volume curve.
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Pulmonology Part 2 of 4
Topics include oxygen physiology, hyperventilation and pre-competition anxiety.
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Pulmonology Part 3 of 4
Topics include exercise induced asthma, bronchitis, and relation to training.
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Pulmonology Part 4 of 4
Topics include pneumonia, altitude sickness including high altitude pulmonary edema, decompression sickness and chronic obstructive disease (COPD).
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Nephrology Part 1 of 4
Topics include kidney anatomy and physiology.
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Nephrology Part 2 of 4
Topics include,testing, hydration, urine culture, crystals, blood pressure testing, ultrasound, kidney failure, diabetic nephropathy and protein in the urine and glomerulonephritis.
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Nephrology Part 4 of 4
Topics include creatine, creatinine, hyponatremia and kidney stones.
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Nephrology Part 3 of 4
Topics include blood pressure, hypertension, rhabdomyolysis, urinary tract infection and pyelonephritis.
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Hematology part 1 of 5
Topics include vasovagal syncope, composition of blood, bone marrow, red blood cells and lab results.
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Hematology part 3 of 5
Topics include athletic pseudoanemia, erythropoetin (epo), blood clot and pulmonary embolism.
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Hematology part 4 of 5
Topics include iron deficiency anemia, iron homeostasis, hemochromatosis, hemoglobin, oxygen hemoglobin dissociation curve and acid base balance.
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Hematology part 2 of 5
Topics include polycythemia, white blood cells, leukemia, platelets, thrombocytopenia, thrombocytosis, hemostasis, plasma, chemistry panel test results, clotting cascade, hemophilia and anemia.
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Hematology part 5 of 5
Topics include acid base balance, sickle cell disease, blood types and malaria.
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Neurology Part 1 of 5
Topics include anatomy.
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Neurology Part 2 of 5
Topics include peripheral nervous system, brain stem, cranial nerves, dermatomes, autonomic nervous system and neurons.
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Neurology Part 3 of 5
Topics include stroke and Alzheimer's disease.
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Neurology Part 4 of 5
Topics include exposome, concussion and traumatic brain injury.
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Neurology Part 5 of 5
Topics include neural pruning and neurogenesis.
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Critical Decision Making Part 1 of 6
Topics include an overview, outline, foundations of reasoning, system 1 vs. system 2 (conscious vs. subconscious brain) and brain's response to stress.
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Critical Decision Making Part 2 of 6
Topics include Principles of Philosophy, statistics, bell shape curve and standard deviation.
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Critical Decision Making Part 3 of 6
Topics include statistics, p value, cognitive bias and confirmation bias.
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Critical Decision Making Part 5 of 6
Topics include meta-analysis, systematic review, randomized controlled trials, and observational studies, tools, metacognition cycle, negative times a negative equals a positive.
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Critical Decision Making Part 6 of 6
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Critical Decision Making part 4 of 6
Topics include the bandwagon effect, gambler's fallacy, Dunning Kruger effect, framing effect, loss aversion, availability bias and scientific research methods.
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Endocrinology Part 1 of 3
Topics include anatomy and physiology of endocrine glands and hormones. Also included are hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism and Grave's disease
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Endocrinology Part 2 of 3
Topics include parathyroid, adrenal glands, fight or flight stress response, Cushing's disease, Addison's disease, a discussion of adrenaline and review of the pancreas.
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Endocrinology Part 3 of 3
Topics include testosterone and growth hormone physiology.
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Ophthalmology Part 1 of 2
Topics include cornea, lens, retina, nerves, visual pathways, eye testing and pink eye.
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Ophthalmology Part 2 of 2
Topics include corneal abrasions, keratitis, viral infections, uveitis, hyphema, blepharitis, stye, retinal detachment, diabetic retinopathy, cataract, lasik surgery and eye protection.
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Immunology and Inflammation Part 1 of 4
Topics include Immunology, inflammation, Athletic Disease State (ADS) and immune system components.
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Immunology and Inflammation Part 2 of 4
Topics include bone marrow, lymphatic system, antibodies, cytokines, time course of inflammatory mediators and inflammation blood tests.
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Immunology and Inflammation Part 3 of 4
Topics include inflammation, sore muscles, inflammaging and Alzheimer's disease.
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Immunology and Inflammation Part 4 of 4
Topics include evaluating state of training, subjective self reported questionnaires, nutrition and phytochemicals.
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Neck and Back Part 3 of 6
Degenerative disc disease involves wear and tear of the spine and disc resulting in bone spurs, thinning of the disc and pinching of the nerves.
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Neck and Back part 6 of 6
Although the pain can be severe initially, most back injuries are benign and act a lot like a hang nail-keep irritating it and it hurts, leave it alone and it heals. MRIs and surgeries are most often unnecessary. Many times patients involved in litigation will not get completely better until thei...
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Neck and Back Part 1 of 6
The posterior chain of muscles is all the muscles in the neck and back and is critical to our health and fitness. In addition to other problems, strain of the neck muscles can cause headaches.
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Neck and Back Part 2 of 6
The intervertebral disc is made up of a tough out fibrous band and an inner jelly like substance-the nucleus pulposus. The brachial plexus is a constellation of the nerves of the neck and injuries to this are referred to as a burner or stinger.
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Neck and Back Part 4 of 6
Your neck experiences up to 60 pounds of stress when looking down over your cell phone. MRIs will frequently show "abnormalites" in healthy people who have no symptoms. Sacroiliac joint is where the "top" of you connects to the "bottom" of you.
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Neck and Back Part 5 of 6
The most common back injury is muscle strain.
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Shoulder part 2 of 8
Overview of the shoulder and anatomy.
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Shoulder part 1 of 8
Dr. Kay's shoulder story.
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Shoulder part 3 of 8
Topics include shoulder joints, capsule, ligaments, muscles and rotator cuff.
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Shoulder part 4 of 8
Topics include bursa, bursitis, biomechanics, common problems and impingement syndrome.
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Shoulder part 5 of 8
Topics include shoulder impingement, treatment and acromioclavicular sprains.
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Shoulder part 6 of 8
Topics include clavicle fracture, instability, shoulder dislocation, subluxation, labrum tears and osteoarthritis.
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Shoulder part 7 of 8
Topics include rotator cuff exercises, shoulder push and pull exercises.
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Shoulder part 8 of 8
Topics include strengthening exercises, pearls and pitfalls.
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Elbow, Hand and Wrist Part 1 of 4
Topics include anatomy and common finger injuries.
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Elbow, Hand and Wrist Part 2 of 4
Topics includes jersey finger, trigger finger, ganglion cyst, skier's thumb, carpal tunnel syndrome, De Quervain's syndrome, triangular fibrocartilage complex and bite wounds.
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Elbow, Hand and Wrist Part 3 of 4
Topics include osteoarthritis, boxer's fracture, scaphoid fracture and distal radius fractures.
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Elbow, Hand and Wrist Part 4 of 4
Topics include tennis elbow, golfer's elbow, olecranon bursitis, little leaguer's elbow, osteoarthritis, bicep's tendon rupture, ulnar collateral ligament tear, radial head fracture and elbow dislocation.
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Knee and Hip Part 1 of 6
The knee "joint" is comprised of 3 joints. Cartilage is a thick dense structure that lines and cushions your joint, much like the tread on the tire of your car. Cartilage has limited blood supply and very little to no capacity to heal once torn.
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Knee and Hip Part 2 of 6
Iliotibial band runs down to outside of the thigh. The meniscus is like an extra rubber bumper pad in the knee. Persistent knee problems require medical evaluation.
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Knee and Hip Part 3 of 6
Focusing on iliotibial band syndrome.
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Knee and Hip Part 4 of 6
Discussion of patellofemoral pain syndrome, anterior knee pain, chondromalacia and jumper's knee.
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Knee and Hip Part 5 of 6
Discussion of medial stress syndrome, stress fractures, osteoarthritis, hamstring strain along with pearls and pitfalls.
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Knee and Hip Part 6 of 6
Discussion of meniscus tear, ligaments sprains and tears, patella tendon rupture and bone bruises. Hip osteoarthritis and bursitis included as well.
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Foot and Ankle Part 1 of 5
Discussion of bones, ligaments, muscles, tendons and arteries. Review of foot types included.
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Foot and Ankle Part 2 of 5
Topics include medial tibial stress syndrome and ankle sprains.
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Foot and Ankle Part 3 of 5
Topics include ankle sprains and fractures, tarsal tunnel syndrome, calf strain, achilles tendonitis and rupture.
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Foot and Ankle Part 4 of 5
Topics include plantar fasciitis, metatarsalgia and stress fractures.
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Foot and Ankle Part 5 of 5
Topics include turf toe, Morton's neuroma, ingrown toenail, calcaneus fractures and Lisfranc injuries.