Medical emergencies can happen anywhere and anytime, but what do you do when you are in the wilderness far from an emergency room? Dr. Judith Klein explores how to stay safe in the wilderness, when you should stay in and when you need to get out.
Surgeon Anthony Atala demonstrates an early-stage experiment that could someday solve the organ-donor problem: a 3D printer that uses living cells to output a transplantable kidney. Using similar technology, Dr. Atala’s young patient Luke Massella received an engineered bladder 10 years ago..
As part of the “M.I.N.D. Institute Lecture Series on Neurodevelopmental Disorders” series at UC Davis, Professor of Applied Behavioral Science and Director of the Life Span Institute, Steven F. Warren, gives a lecture entitled, “Language Learning Environment of Young Children with Autism.”
Americans are estimated to spend $15 billion annually on alternative therapies. But remember, herbal remedies are drugs, and we need to respect their ability to do harm as well as their potential to do good.
What makes addictive drugs so irresistible to users? The answer, Harvard Provost Steven Hyman says, is that drugs mimic brain chemicals such as dopamine that evolved to keep us alive in an uncertain and primitive world.
Can certain foods trigger an addictive process? This is the topic that Ashley Gearhardt is exploring. She is a clinical psychology doctoral student at Yale University, and examines cognitive and neural processes associated with symptoms of food addiction.
UCSF Professor of Psychology, Lynn Ponton, looks at the history of adolescent sexuality and addresses the changes. She also discusses how to have conversations with adolescents about sexual matters.
Dr. Robert Henry is a leading expert on diabetes. In this video, Dr. Henry discusses the results of his latest study on type 2 diabetes prevention in high-risk individuals and how exercise and weight loss compare to medical interventions.
In this video, Neuropsychologist Kim Gorgens describes how much G force it takes to receive a concussion, what describes a concussion, and describes how injuries early in life increase risk down the road.
Bustling city streets and noisy neighborhoods have caused loss of sleep and a decay in our mental health. Here’s an 8-step plan on how we can regain our mental health and restore our relationship with sound.
