Health and Medicine (Audio)

Michael Green, neuroscientist and professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at UCLA, has been fascinated with the human brain, behavior and mental illness since his undergraduate days. In particular, his research focuses on schizophrenia, a chronic brain disorder that affects about 1 percent of the population. In this UCLA Faculty Research Lecture, he describes how his lab uses discoveries in psychology and social neuroscience about normal brain functioning to inform his schizophrenia research. And now, Green and his colleagues are moving into new territory, studying the causes of social isolation among people who do not have schizophrenia. You’ll learn about the tools they use such as functional MRI, that measures and maps brain activity, and EEG, that detects electrical activity in the brain, and how they do research to answer questions about social isolation in the general public. Series: "UCLA Faculty Research Lectures" [Show ID: 32573]

9 out of 10 people with substance abuse problems started using by age 18. What puts someone at risk for early onset drug or alcohol use? is is heritable? How are brain circuits involved? UCSF doctors answer these questions and discuss detection, diagnoses and treatment. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Show ID: 32939]

Learn the signs of sciatica. Lower back pain (LBP) remains the most common cause of disability and lost work time among working-age adults in industrialized countries. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Show ID: 33152]

Drs. Francis Yao and Nathan Bass open the 2017 UCSF Liver Transplant Conference 2017. Series: "UCSF Transplant Update" [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33242]

Chris Freise, MD, UCSF. Transplant surgeon. Series: "UCSF Transplant Update" [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33243]

Francis Yao, MD, UCSF. Medical Director of the Liver Transplant Program at UCSF Medical Center. Series: "UCSF Transplant Update" [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33244]

Garrett Roll, MD. UCSF. Transplant Surgeon. Series: "UCSF Transplant Update" [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33245]

Robert Kerlan, MD, UCSF. Chief of interventional radiology. Series: "UCSF Transplant Update" [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33246]

Hepatologists Bilal Hameed, MD, UCSF and Norah Terrault, MD, UCSF. Series: "UCSF Transplant Update" [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33247]

Danielle Brandman, MD, UCSF. Hepatologist. Series: "UCSF Transplant Update" [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33248]

Marion Peters, MD, UCSF. Hepatologist. Series: "UCSF Transplant Update" [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33249]

The US leads the world in per capita health care spending but outcomes lag behind many countries that spend less. Dr. Andy Bindman looks at the ACA, its impact and the republican criticism of it. He explores what he thinks ought to happen to both reduce health care need and costs. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Show ID: 32937]

Dr. Neal Baer is a pediatrician, researcher and director at UCLA’s Global Media Center for Social Impact. He explores what scientists, public health advocates, and policy makers must continue to do today to address obesity, food insecurity, and other public health challenges of our time. He also talks about the role big corporations have in the global obesity problem, and their economic benefit from creating goods that perpetuate the obesity problem. Series: "UCSF Center for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33234]

Kelly Brownell explores why research doesn’t get turned into policy and why perfect research may not create systemic change. He also explains why it is imperative for the growing population and for the environment that our research is effectively implemented to create change. Brownell is the Duke University Dean of the School of Public Policy. Series: "UCSF Center for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33235]

Cindy Leung explains the novel mechanism of stress in the relation between food insecurity and health. Food insecurity has direct negative effects on health from infancy into adulthood, most in importantly on cardiovascular health. Food insecurity is a also form of toxic stress that has negative psychological effects. Series: "UCSF Center for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33236]