UCTV Presents: Health and Medicine

Harold Luft, Director, Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute; Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Health Economics explores ways to pay for healthcare.

Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology explores the damage caused by sugary foods.

What makes us who we are? What makes us fall in love, become addicted to chocolate, or become a musician? Renowned neuroscientist Terry Sejnowski, whose cutting edge research has unlocked many of the mysteries of the brain, joins our host, David Granet, ...

Health policy professor Laura Schmidt discusses the relationship between health reform and health in America.

Darrah Westrup, Ph.D., a recognized authority on the treatment of PTSD and other trauma-related problems discusses the mental health needs of women who have served in the military, with emphasis on the emergent needs of OIF/OEF women. This lecture ...

Ever wonder why children can watch the same movie over and over and never tire of it? Learn more about a child’s thought processes with UCSF pediatrician Dr. Andrea Marmor.

The 2009 UCSF Kidney Transplant Update includes information on the state of transplantation, new drugs and clinical trials. The controversies in transplantation examined include the compensation of organ donors and the allocation of organs to older ...

The 2009 UCSF Kidney Transplant Update includes information on the state of transplantation, new drugs and clinical trials. The controversies in transplantation examined include the compensation of organ donors and the allocation of organs to older ...

How do lifestyle and stress affect health and aging? UCSF researchers Elizabeth Blackburn and Elissa Epel explore the effects of stress on our cells and how to manage the stressful elements in life.

How do lifestyle and stress affect health and aging? UCSF researchers Elizabeth Blackburn and Elissa Epel explore the effects of stress on our cells and how to manage the stressful elements in life.

This Spring 2009 Kidney Transplant Update from UCSF offers a look at the developments of the past year provided by Drs. Stephen Tomlanovich and Sandy Feng of UCSF.

This Spring 2009 Kidney Transplant Update from UCSF offers a look at the developments of the past year provided by Drs. Stephen Tomlanovich and Sandy Feng of UCSF.

Dan Mungas, Associate Director of the UC Davis Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, explores healthy brain aging. He addresses the diversity in cognitive aging, describes how the brain changes with aging and gives some strategies for healthy brain ...

Dan Mungas, Associate Director of the UC Davis Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, explores healthy brain aging. He addresses the diversity in cognitive aging, describes how the brain changes with aging and gives some strategies for healthy brain ...

Dr. F.A. Al-Alusi, Chair of Internal Medicine at Baghdad University, and Dr. Eric Stover, Director of the Human Rights Center at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, examine the health consequences of the Iraq War on combatants and civilians.

Dr. F.A. Al-Alusi, Chair of Internal Medicine at Baghdad University, and Dr. Eric Stover, Director of the Human Rights Center at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, examine the health consequences of the Iraq War on combatants and civilians.

Dr. Peter Heeger of the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine takes a look at the system whereby complement regulates alloreactive T Cells and transplant rejection.

Dr. Peter Heeger of the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine takes a look at the system whereby complement regulates alloreactive T Cells and transplant rejection.

Dr. Hagerman, one of the world's leaders on fragile X syndrome research, provides a brief overview of the syndrome as well as discussing promising studies looking at new medications and new pharmacologic uses of existing ones that may help to alleviate ...