Bug Attack: Dr. Malini Singh

Check out this video! Dr. Malini Singh on germs and infections. Series: UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 16453]

Health Disparities and Human Rights

Check out this video! Dr. Alicia Fernandez explores health disparities and their affects on human rights. Series: UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public [3/2009] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 15579]

How the Body Fights Infection

Check out this video! Miniaturized battles are waged continuously by heroic micro-warriors that protect us from viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites. Join Dr. Richard Locksley for a look at how these unseen victories (and occasional defeats) are played out, and how vaccination stacks the deck in our favor. Series: “UCSF Mini Medical School for the [...]

Epilepsy

Check out this video! Take a look into our current understanding of the function of the human brain and some of the important diseases that cause nervous system dysfunction. On this edition, Dr. Daniel Lowenstein, director of the UCSF Epilepsy Center, explores care and treatment of epilepsy. Series: “UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public” [...]

Shoulder Problems: Reach for the Top

Check out this video! Brian Feeley, MD, examines common shoulder pathologies and how they can be treated. Series: UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public [7/2010] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 18536]

Mind-Body-Spirit Medicine

Check out this video! Nearly half the US populations turns to complementary, alternative and integrative practices to maintain or improve their health. UCSF’s Dr. Kevin Barrows explores the concept of mindfulness in healing. Series: “UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public” [11/2007] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 13032]

UCSF’s Extreme Makeover – Curriculum Edition – Part 1 of 4

Check out this video! Skit from Class of 2008′s medical school class play. Part 1 of 4

Embryonic Stem Cells for Treating Diabetes

Check out this video! UC San Francisco presents Mini Medical School. In this edition, join Dr. Michael German, the clinical director of UC San Francisco’s Diabetes Center, as he explores the steps human embryonic stem cells take to become insulin producing pancreatic islet cells, and the goal of clinicians to transplant these cells to treat [...]

Coping With Stress: Cognitive-Behavioral Stress Reduction

Check out this video! Stress is ubiquitous and on the rise. How we learn to manage it can have profound effects on our health and well being. This series explains how our bodies experience stress and demonstrates effective strategies to help you thrive in a fast-paced world. On this edition, Jason Satterfield, Director of Behavioral [...]

Brain Mind and Behavior: Defining the Mind

Check out this video! Take a look into our current understanding of the function of the human brain and some of the important diseases that cause nervous system dysfunction. On this edition, Dr. Sophia Vinogradov of the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center explores the mixing of visual perception, emotion, and memory and the interplay [...]