Med-School Lectures I
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Mind-Body Interactions
Added 72 Views / 0 Likes(March 16, 2010) David Spiegel, Stanford Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, discusses hypnosis, the mind, and its therapeutic interaction with the body from helping patients stop smoking to prolonging the lives of cancer pa
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Learning and Memory: How it Works and When it Fails
Added 57 Views / 0 Likes(March 9, 2010) Frank Longo, MD, PhD, George and Lucy Becker Professor, discusses the intricacy human mind and how different types of memory and memory loss function.Stanford Mini Med School is a series arranged and directed by Stanford's School of Medici
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The "Brilliant" Kidney
Added 59 Views / 0 Likes(March 2, 2010) Dr. Glenn Chertow, Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Nephrology at Stanford, discusses the functions of the kidney in organizing the body's systems.Stanford Mini Med School is a series arranged and directed by Stanford's S
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How the Gastrointestinal System Works and Goes Awry
Added 56 Views / 0 Likes(February 23, 2010) Jay Pasricha, Stanford Professor of Medicine in Gastroenterology&Hepatology, discusses the human gastrointestinal system and the treatment and research on common diseases of this complicated organ.Stanford Mini Med School is a series a
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Breathing, Wheezing and Gasping for Air: Our Respiratory System
Added 52 Views / 0 Likes(February 16, 2010) Norman Rizk, Stanford Senior Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs in the School of Medicine, discusses the structure and transport system of the lungs before explaining how medicine is advancing to research and cure common lung disease.Sta
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Sounds and Senses: How We Hear and When We Don't
Added 59 Views / 0 Likes(February 9, 2010) Robert Jackler, Stanford Professor of Otorhinoclaryngology, and Eric Knudsen, Stanford Professor of Neurobiology, explain how the ear works, discuss how new technology is innovating hearing medicine, and explore the principles of functi
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Seeing Is Believing
Added 50 Views / 0 Likes(February 2, 2010) Carla Shatz, professor of biology and neurobiology at the Stanford School of Medicine, discusses the visual processes of the brain, while Mark Blumenkranz, professor of opthalmology at Stanford Medical Center, focuses on developments in
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Vascular Disorders of the Central Nervous System
Added 62 Views / 0 Likes(January 26, 2010) Michael Marks, Stanford Professor of Radiology, and Robert Dodd, Stanford Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery and Radiology, discuss three pathologies: strokes, aneurisms, arteriovenous malformations.Stanford Mini Med School is a series
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The Developing Heart in Health and Disease
Added 60 Views / 0 Likes(January 19, 2010) Daniel Bernstein, Stanford Director of Cardiology, discusses the evolution of technology and cardiology.Stanford Mini Med School is a series arranged and directed by Stanford's School of Medicine, and presented by the Stanford Continuin
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How Technology Gives Insight into Human Anatomy and Disease
Added 58 Views / 0 Likes(January 12, 2010) Geoffrey D. Rubin, M.D., Stanford Professor of Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology, discusses the various radiology technologies, their uses, and the positive changes they are making in medical diagnosis.Stanford Mini Med School is a ser
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Global Health Challenges in the 21st Century
Added 61 Views / 0 Likes(December 1, 2009) Sherry Wren, course co-director and Professor of Surgery at Stanford, and Michele Barry, Professor of Medicine at Stanford, discuss challenges in global health. Dr. Wren recounts her personal experience working in the Democratic Republi
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Healthcare and Health Reform (November 17, 2009)
Added 58 Views / 0 Likes(November 17, 2009) Alan Garber, Professor of Medicine, of Economic, and of Health Research and Policy at Stanford, discusses many of the important policy questions relevant to the health care reform debate in the United States.Stanford Mini Med School is
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The World Outside: A Changing Environment and How It Affects Us
Added 59 Views / 0 LikesDr. Gary Schoolnik discusses cholera from medical, epidemiological, ecological, and economic perspectives, focusing on the links between agricultural practices, particularly the advent of chemical fertilizers, and climate change on cholera epidemics in So
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Influenza Viruses and Pandemics
Added 64 Views / 0 Likes(November 2, 2009) Lucy S. Tompkins, Professor of Medicine and of Microbiology and Immunology at Stanford, discusses pandemic influenza in the last century, today, and in the future.Stanford Mini Med School is a series arranged and directed by Stanford's
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The World Within Us: Microbes That Help and Harm
Added 60 Views / 0 Likes(October 27, 2009) Julie Theriot, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and of Microbiology and Immunology at Stanford, discusses the different types of microorganisms present in the human body and their functions, the distinction between disease-causing an
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Genomics and Personalized Medicine
Added 74 Views / 0 Likes(October 20, 2009) Michael Snyder, Professor of Genetics and Chair of the Department of Genetics at Stanford, discusses advances in gene sequencing, the impact of genomics on medicine, the potential for personalized medicine. and efforts at Stanford to fu
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Insights Into the Brain of an Autistic Child
Added 58 Views / 0 Likes(October 13, 2009) Richard Dolmetsch, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology at Stanford, discusses the functions of the brain and the nervous system as they relate to autistic disorders.Stanford University:http://www.stanford.edu/Stanford Continuing Studies
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Stem Cells&Tissue Regeneration
Added 76 Views / 0 Likes(October 6, 2009) Dr. Jill Helms, Associate Professor of Surgery at the Stanford School of Medicine, discusses developments in stem cell research and the future of regenerative medicine.Stanford Mini Med School is a series arranged and directed by Stanfor
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The 3 Rs of DNA: Molecules to Medicine
Added 48 Views / 0 Likes(September 25, 2009) Gilbert Chu, Stanford School of Medicine Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry, discusses how DNA works and recombination works, and how these great discoveries are both advantageous and problematic for medicinal treatment.Stanford M
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The Physician in Modern Society
Added 67 Views / 0 Likes(September 22, 2009) Abraham C. Verghese MC, MACP, Professor of Medicine and the Stanford University School of Medicine discusses the human side of practicing medicine.Stanford Mini Med School is a series arranged and directed by Stanford's School of Medi