Growing Older
Ellen Hughes, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine; Former Director of Education, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine discusses healthy living and aging. Series: UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public [2/2010] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 17630]
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Ellen Hughes, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine; Former Director of Education, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine discusses healthy living and aging. Series: UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public [2/2010] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 17630]
Video Rating: 5 / 5
Type 2 diabetes is on the rise and earlier intervention may play a key role in keeping these numbers down. Dr. Robert Henry, a leading expert in diabetes, talks about the results of his latest study that looks at preventing type 2 diabetes in individuals identified as high-risk for the disease. Learn how lifestyle interventions such as exercise and weight loss compare with medical interventions in this revealing study. Series: Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging [11/2010] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 19515]
read moreUCSF Professor Elizabeth Blackburn explores the effects of aging on a cellular level. Series: Osher Lifelong Learning Presents [7/2008] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 14535]
read moreElissa Epel, UCSF Department of Psychiatry explores the connection between stress, eating and cellular aging. She and her colleagues have found that the cells of high stress individuals appeared older than the cells of those with low stress. These findings have implications for understanding how, at the cellular level, stress may promote earlier onset of age-related diseases. Series: “UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public” [2/2008] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 13721]
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