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- 18th Annual GHEC Conference and 7th Annual Western Regional International Health Conference - Transcending Global Health Barriers: Education and Action
Conference hosted at the University of Washington focused on transcending global health barriers. - 2005 John R. Hogness Symposium on Health Care
Hogness Symposium on Health Care presents Harold P. Freeman, M.D.
- 2009 Pediatric Bioethics Conference - Live Webcast
- 23rd Annual Alzheimer's Disease Public Forum: Alzheimer's Care in the 21st Century
Explore advancements in Alzheimer’s Care in the 21st Century. - 25th Annual Minority Health Conference
Camara Jones delivers Keynote Lecture.
- A Few Drops in Cambodia: Stories From a Relief Effort
The USC Annenberg School for Communication presents a documentary which follows three children searching for treatment in Cambodia's care health system. - A Healthy Nervous System: A Delicate Balance
Studying a rare ataxia can help us understand other neurodegenerative diseases.
- A Novel Therapeutic Approach for Treating Alzheimer's Disease
The role of neuropeptidases in Alzheimer's Disease. - A Pain in the Knee
Minimally invasive partial knee replacement surgery.
- A Paradigm for Cancer Selective Apoptosis
Vivek Rangnekar explains more about suppression, and the role of pro-apoptotic tumor suppressors in the inhibition of tumor growth. - ABCD: Access to Baby & Child Dentistry
Early dental education, intervention and care makes for lifelong oral health and decreased tooth decay and disease in children.
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Disease: Silent Killer
Ronald L. Dalman, MD looks at Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), often referred to as the "silent killer". - Abducted: How People Come to Believe They Were Kidnapped By Aliens
Susan Clancy, postdoctoral fellow, Psychology, Harvard University
November 17, 2005
- ACE Inhibitors: How Snake Venom Saves Lives
Dr. Nancy Brown, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, discusses the role of translational research in impacting human health. - Acute Spinal Cord Injury
Consider new techniques for recognizing and treating acute spinal trauma. - Acute Spinal Cord Injury: A Devastating but Treatable Disorder
Dr. Edward Hall outlines the pathophysiology of spinal cord injury and discusses promising single and multi-drug therapeutic approaches for improving neurological outcomes. - Addiction and the Mind #1
Dr. Alan Marlatt discusses treatment and relapse prevention techniques. - Addiction and the Mind #2
Dr. Judson Brewer discusses treatment and relapse prevention techniques. - Addressing Childhood Obesity
One in five children is overweight, and obesity in children is now an epidemic in the United States. Stanford’s assistant professor of Pediatrics and Medicine Dr. Thomas Robinson examines the health and societal problems children face, as well as possible solutions for keeping kids fit and happy. - Addressing Medical Errors: Shifting the Professional Paradigm to Promote Patient Safety
Bryan A. Liang, MD, PhD, and JD, addresses the system-oriented paradigm to govern medical errors at Loma Linda University's Bioethics Grand Rounds. - Adolescent Brain Development
Research on adolescent brain development. - Adolescent Consent and Confidentiality: A Legal Overview
- Adolescent Decision Making: Should Minors Be Allowed to Refuse Life-saving Medical Treatment?
- Adolescents and Performance-Enhancing Drugs for Athletics and Appearance
- Adult Perspectives on Childhood Experience with Domestic Violence
Issues that children who experience uxoricide face in the future.
- Adult Stem Cells and Regeneration
The role of stem cells in regeneration. - Advanced Medical Treatments
New advances help fight human disease.
- Advances in Cervical Cancer - Laura Koutsky, Ph.D., MSPH
Dr. Laura Koutsky discusses the advances in cervical cancer care. - Advances in Facial Plastic Surgery: It's Not Your Mother's Facelift Anymore
Dr. Sam Most discusses recent advances in facial plastic surgery. - Advances in Infectious Disease Vaccines
Find out the latest on who should receive new vaccines for shingles and human papillomavirus. And see why smallpox vaccination continues to remain a top public-health priority to this day. - Advances in Joint Replacement: Total Hip Resurfacing and Quadriceps-Sparing Knee Replacement
A look at total hip resurfacing and minimally-invasive, quadriceps-sparing knee replacement. - Advances in Pediatric Cardiology
Advances in diagnosis and treatment of children with heart disease.
- Advances in Understanding Susceptibility to Infectious Diseases - Thomas Hawn, MD, Ph.D.
Recent advances in innate immunity, genetics, and infectious diseases. - Advances in Weight Loss Surgery
Assistant Professor and surgeon, Dr. John Morton explains current surgical options for
morbid obesity. Health Hour, which presents the latest in medical research, is produced
by the Stanford University Medical Center.
- Advancing the Health of the World's Children
Discussion about the impact of health issues on children.
- Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist
Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses astrophysics and a scientific career. - Afternoon Breakout Session
- Aging & Cancer: The Double Edged Sword of Cellular Scenesence
- Aging Well Into the 21st Century
Dr. Mark E. Williams explores society’s often unrealistic views on the aging process and offers insights on a healthful approach to aging. - AIDS and the HIV Life Cycle
Learn how researchers are using the HIV life cycle to develop more targeted drug therapies. - AIDS Doctors: Looking Backward, Confronting the Future
- AIDS-associated Opportunitistic Infections and AIDS-associated Malignancies
- AIDS: Government Intervention vs. The Market
- Aiming Higher: An Ethical Framework for Delivery of Care to Homeless and Orphaned Adolescents
- Alcohol: A Women's Health Issue
Narratives from real women who are recovering from alcoholism.
- Alzheimer's Disease - Part 1
Evolving approaches to Alzheimer’s disease.
- Alzheimer's Disease - Part 2
Evolvong approaches to Alzheimer’s disease.
- An Unquiet Mind: Personal Reflections on Manic-Depressive Illness
Personal perspective on mental illness.
- An Update on Fibromyalgia
Learn about the mysterious disorder fibromyalgia. Dr. Sean Mackey, assistant professor of anesthesia at the Stanford University Medical Center, unpacks our current understanding of the pathology, diagnosis and treatment of this disorder. - And the Beat Goes On - Advances in Cardiac Care, Part 1
The latest advancements in heart care. - And the Beat Goes On - Advances in Cardiac Care, Part 2
The latest advancements in heart care. - Angioplasty and Stenting
Angioplasty and stenting for acute myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death.
- Angiotensin AT2 Receptors
The emerging role of angiotensin AT2 receptors in cardiovascular and kidney function. - Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery
Advancing techniques of anterior neck surgery shows improving patient outcomes.
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament Surgery
New treatment options and surgical techniques available for ACL knee injuries.
- Antiretroviral Therapy: Principles and Practice and Common Toxicities and Drug-Drug Interactions Associated with the use of Antiretroviral Toxicities
- Aortic Surgical Treatment: Marfan Syndrome
Unique heart defect is discussed.
- Appropriate Technology in Health
Engineering new technologies for delivering health care.
- Are Children Overmedicated?
- Army Nurses in Combat Boots: The Evolution of the Deployment Experience
Renowned nurse historian and retired Army Colonel Mary T. Sarnecky describes the evolvement of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps.
- Arthroscopic Shoulder Stabilization
Surgeon and patient discuss arthroscopic shoulder stabilization procedure and outcome.
- Asking the Right Questions: Implications for Adolescent Autonomy in Healthcare Decision Making
- Assessing Competency in Health Care Workers: Can We Assess Ourselves? How Can We Assess Others? - Dave Davis, MD
Assessment of health professional competence and performance. - Assessing Prenatal Risk: Current State of the Art - Dr. Edith Chang
This presentation summarizes the history and evolution of prenatal diagnosis. - Atrial Fibrillation: A Surgical Perspective
Dr. Gabriel Aldea outlines the latest in surgical techniques to repair the irregular rhythms, rapid heart beats, blood clots and ineffective heart muscle contractions.
- Autism: New Advances in Understanding and Treatment
Geraldine Dawson discusses autism.
- Avoiding the Elephant on Your Chest: Cardiac Risk and How to Avoid It
Heart attacks are serious yet hard to predict. Dr. Euan Ashley, assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine at the Stanford University Medical Center, discusses heart attacks and how to avoid them. - Back in Action
Non-surgical treatment for back pain. - Back Pain
UW Medicine partners up with back pain sufferers to help them get on the road to recovery. - Balancing the Fat Equation
Ronald M. Evans describes the relationship between 'marathon mice' and proteins called PPARs.
- Basic End of Life Support
A workshop on end-of-life care.
- Battling Superbugs: The Challenge of Resistance - Part 1
Many bacterial infections are developing resistance to the most commonly prescribed antibiotic treatments. - Battling Superbugs: The Challenge of Resistance - Part 2
Many bacterial infections are developing resistance to the most commonly prescribed antibiotic treatments. - Be Active - It’s Never Too Late, Part 1
The essentials to a healthy and active lifestyle. - Be Active - It’s Never Too Late, Part 2
The essentials to a healthy and active lifestyle. - Beating Cancer At Its Own Game
Targeting blood vessel growth in preventing and treating cancer.
- Better Hearing Through Advanced Technology
An in-depth look at cochlear implants and who is eligible for receiving them.
- Beyond Medicine: Meeting the Challenge of Alzheimer's Disease
Community conversation about Alzheimer's Disease beyond the medical approach. - Beyond ROC Curves: Recent Statistical Advances in the Evaluation of Diagnostic and Prognostic Tests - Dr. Amalia Magaret
Learn about adaptations to standard ROC curves with consideration to cost, predictors of disease, and comparison and combination of predictive markers. - Beyond the Genome: Deciphering What All the Proteins Do to Make a Living
Using DNA to predict protein sets.
- Biology in Four Dimensions
The clock in your brain.
- Biomarkers and Early Cancer Detection - Peter Nelson, MD
Scientific advances producing potential new biomarkers for the early detection of cancer and improved disease management. - Biomedical Research - The Daunert Group
Join Dr. Sylvia Daunert, professor of analytical and biological chemistry at the University of Kentucky, in an examination of bioanalytical chemistry and research on biomedical sensors. - Biomedical Research in Space
Improving human health through space travel.
- Biomimetic MicroElectric Systems for Restoring Sight to the Blind
Mark Humayun discusses advances in restoring sight to the blind. - Bioterrorism
Dr. Pierre Noel presents a lecture on bioterrorism.
- Blending Biology and Robotics
Johns Hopkins partners in spinal cord research which may someday restore the ability to walk.
- Bloodless Surgery, Part 1
The modern advancements in non-evasive surgery. - Bloodless Surgery, Part 2
The modern advancements in non-evasive surgery. - Blues Biology
Musician Corey Harris performs and discusses music and its role as a healing tool.
- Body for Life for Women
Pamela M. Peeke, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P, nutritionist; author
October 13, 2005
- Brain Aneurysm
Surgery to treat Brain Aneurysm. - Brain Aneurysm Coiling
Coiling procedure to treat brain aneurysms. - Brain Aneurysms
Surgeons treat patients at the UW Medicine Brain Aneurysm Center at Harborview.
- Brain Science as a Means of Understanding Delinquency and Substance Abuse in Youth
Exploration of delinquency and substance abuse in youth.
- Brain Tumor
Surgery to remove a brain tumor. - Brain Tumor Surgery
This University of Washington program profiles an innovative surgical technique for maintaining the speech and language skills of a brain tumor patient. - Breakthroughs in Sinus Care
Physicians at the University of Washington Medical Center treat patients for sinus conditions. - Breast Cancer Care at Stanford
Specialized patient treatment and new studies on breast cancer care are the focus of Stanford's Cancer Center.
- Breast Cancer Screening: Prevention is More Complicated Than We Thought
Suzanne Fletcher, M.D., discusses the complications surrounding breast cancer screening, including how risk is defined, screening techniques and the social context of breast cancer. - Breast Cancer: Risks & Prevention, Diagnosis & Treatments
Stanford University's Dr. Robert Carlson discusses the risk factors and treatment options of abnormal mammograms and breast cancer. - Breast Reconstruction
Double breast mastectomy and double breast reconstruction surgery. - Breathtaking Advances: A Better Life for Those with Lung Injury and Lung Cancer, Part 1
Learn how physicians at UW Medicine have made great strides in managing ARDS and lung cancer. - Breathtaking Advances: A Better Life for Those with Lung Injury and Lung Cancer, Part 2
Learn how physicians at UW Medicine have made great strides in managing ARDS and lung cancer. - BufferGel
A new approach to preventing disease and pregnancy.
- Building a Community-based Health Care Movement
Dr. Paul Farmer visits the University of Washington. - Building Brains: The Molecular Logic of Neural Circuits
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Thomas M. Jessell, explores the brain. - By The Book Science Edition – Poly-Aspirin: A New Form of Drug Delivery
Paul L. Leath interviews Kathryn Uhrich.
- Can Dietary Change Prevent Colorectal Cancer - Or Not?
Arthur Schatzkin.
- Can We Cure the Common Leukemias?
Dr. Steven Coutre describes modern therapies used for curing more people with leukemias. - Cancer Screening
Barnett Kramer, director of the Office of Medical Applications of Research at the National Institutes of Health, focuses on cancer-screening procedures and why our current understanding of these tests may differ from how effective they truly are. - Cancer Stem Cells: The Origin of Cancer
Irving Weissman, professor of developmental biology at the Stanford University Medical Center, addresses what cancer stem cells are, their role in the development of cancer and how they react to treatment. - Cardiac Defect Closure as Treatment for Stroke
Surgical procedures to treat strokes.
- Cardiac Transplantation
- Cardiovascular Disease, Part 1
Office Management of Supraventricular Arrhythmias. - Cardiovascular Disease, Part 2
Dr. Wayne Levy discusses congestive heart failure and coronary CT angiography. - Cardiovascular Disease, Part 3
Dr. Larry Dean explains the history and management of coronary artery disease. - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Surgery to treat Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Advances in Treatment
- Cataract Surgery
In this video from the University of Washington, Dr. Thellea Leveque at the UW Medicine Eye Institute treats a patient with cataracts. - Causation of Scoliosis and Natural Course History
A brief introduction to the history of scoliosis. - Cell Studies Suggest Cause of Alzheimer’s Disease
- Center for Endovascular Therapy
Multidisciplinary vascular treatment, including carotid stenting, vein ablation, and thoracic aortic stent grafts. - Center for Reconstructive Surgery
Physicians at the Center for Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Washington Medical Center restore both functionality and aesthetic conditions following treatment for cancer and other diseases. - Ceremony Medicine: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times
- Cervical Spine Trauma
Explore diagnosis and treatment techniques for cervical spine injuries. - Challenges in Understanding and Preventing HIV Transmission
Research in Kenya may reveal important information about HIV. - Changes in Muscle Stem Cell Function With Age: Implications for Muscle Wasting, Adiposity and Fibrosis
Discover the amazing science behind how stem cells alter muscle as we age, and what it means for those suffering from muscle-wasting diseases. - Chaos to Cure: Bringing Basic Research to Patients
Basic research informs and improves cancer diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.
- Chemical Genomics: New Tools for Medicine
ChemBank accelerates biomedical research.
- Childhood Obesity: Our Newest Global Epidemic?
GMU Professor Lisa Pawloski discusses findings from her study of global childhood obesity. - Children and Grief: Coping, Creating, and Being Comforted
- Chronic Illness & Palliative Care, Part 1
Coping and living with chronic illness.
- Chronic Illness & Palliative Care, Part 2
Coping and living with chronic illness.
- Chronic Sinusitis
Physicians at the University of Washington Medical Center treat patients for sinus conditions. - Chronic Spinal Cord Impairment: Stenosis and Syrinx Formation
Improving identification methods for spinal stenosis can improve care delivery. - Civil Commitment System
Civil Commitment System’s impact on mentally ill, families, and society.
- Clearing Your Throat: Common Causes and Treatments for Hoarseness
Stanford's Dr. Edward Damrose explains the causes and treatments of hoarseness of the throat.
- Clinical Applications of Angiogenesis Research
Learn about the new drugs developed to inhibit angiogenesis, a condition marked by the growth of new blood vessels that can also signify cancerous tumors. - Closing Plenary - Fall 2004
Enhancing Access to Tissue for Genomics Research over Advanced Networks.
- Coaxing Embryonic Stem Cells
Coaxing stem cells to become specific cell types. - Cochlear Implants for Hearing Loss
A physician and patient discuss cochlear implant surgery and rehabilitation.
- Cognitive Aging & Alzheimer's Disease: Gender Matters
The differences of Alzheimer's between men and women. - Cognitive Changes with Aging: What Can You Expect?
Stanford Neurologist Michael Greicius examines memory problems and testing. - Collarbone
Innovative surgeries for collarbone injuries at University of Washington Medical Center. - Combing the Evidence for Support of Lab-based Screening Tests: An Update From the US Preventive Services Task Force - David Grossman, MD, MPH
US Preventive Services Task force use of evidence-based approaches. - Common Running Injuries
Prevention of running injuries and treatment options.
- Communicating Prevention Research I
Public opinion poll on prevention research in Washington state.
- Communicating Prevention Research II
A media-scientist roundtable about prevention research.
- Community-Based Research/Health Inequities
From the University of Kentucky, a look into health promotion and disease prevention in traditionally underserved rural regions. - Complex Cervical Conditions
Discussion of risks for surgical patients and the causes of loss of physiologic lordosis.
- Complex Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Examine coronary angioplasty, also known as Complex Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, or PCI, in this video from the University of Washington. - Complications of Low Back Pain Surgery
Complications of spine surgery and address difficulties in diagnosis and management.
- Complications, Outcome Measures and Litigation
- Computationally-Intensive Biomedical Research Projects Supported by the National Institutes of Health
- Comtemporary Surgical Treatment of Facial Nerve Paralysis
A review of the causes of facial nerve paralysis and surgical methods for treatment. - Concepts of Pain
Three world-renowned spine physicians provide their observations on causation and symptomatic treatment of pain and provide fascinating insights into the differences of pain manifestations and perception between human beings. - Congenital Heart Disease in Adults
Surgical treatments and drug therapy for congenital heart disease in adults.
- Conquering Low Back Pain: A Rehabilitation Approach
Discover how exercise and preventive strategies can reduce low back pain.
- Conservative Management of Low Back Pain
Low back pain affects two out of every three Americans at some point in their life and is the second most common reason for a visit to the primary care physician. This informative talk describes why low back pain occurs, how it progresses, and summarizes the modern day diagnostic and treatment options available. - Constrictive Pericarditis
- Contaminants and Human Health in the Arctic
- Control of Resurgent Vector-Borne Diseases
Discussion of approaches for control of resurgent vector-borne diseases. - Controversies in Cardiology
- Controversies in Spine Trauma: Injury Prevention and Treatment
Prevention is the best tactic for avoiding spinal cord injury. - Coping with Anxiety and Depression in Uncertain Times
Dr. Dennis Charney discusses coping with anxiety.
- Corneal Transplant Surgery: The Gift of Sight
Experts discuss how corneal transplant surgery is performed, its benefits and risks, and how the Lions’ Eye Bank is involved.
- Cosmetic Surgery: A Multidisciplinary Approach
- Cranio-Cervical Surgery
- Creating Health #101 - Osteoporosis
Explore the risks and prevention of osteoporosis.
- Creating Health #102 - Diabetes
Follow the stories of four people who are at risk for, or have already developed, diabetes. Learn how simple changes in diet and exercise can affect the disease. - Creating Health #103 - Childhood Obesity
Penn State examines the growing concern of obesity in America's youth.
- CrisisGrid: Critical Infrastructure and Informatics for Disaster Response
CrisisGrid: Critical Infrastructure and Informatics for Disaster Response.
- CU@USC: LA Marathon Special
A special CU@USC program about the 2007 Los Angeles Marathon. - Culturally Competent Care for Diverse Populations of Women
- Current Status of Ventricular Assist Devices for Chronic Heart Failure
Examine mechanical devices used to keep patients’ hearts pumping at the University of Washington Medical Center. - CyberKnife: New and Emerging Treatments
Learn about Stanford's world-leading CyberKnife program with Iris Gibbs. - DAISY Graft
University of Washington Medicine physician's surgical technique for dislocated shoulder. - Dangerous Business: Workplace Hazards, Part 1
Learn how workplace hazards are identified and what solutions are available to prevent them. - Dangerous Business: Workplace Hazards, Part 2
Learn how workplace hazards are identified and what solutions are available to prevent them. - Daniel's Story: Craniofacial and Neurosurgery
Seattle Children's Hospital give young Daniel the
face he should have been born with. - Dax’s Story: A Severely Burned Man’s Thirty-Year Odyssey
Burn victim talks about his life.
- Day 1: Welcome
- Day 2: Advocacy: Summary of Advocacy Research
- Day 2: Delivery: Strategies for Delivering Interventions
- Day 2: Development: Interventions for Preterm Births, Stillbirths and Preterm Management
- Day 2: Discovery: Applied Epidemiology
- Day 2: Discovery: Basic Science
- Day 2: Ethics and Social Justice: Summary of Landscape Review
- Day 2: Welcome and Overview
- Day 3: Challenges in Identifying and Developing Interventions for Impact
- Day 3: Death Before Birth, Death After Birth: How to Manage the Challenge of Stillbirths and Preterm Births in the Community
- Day 3: High-Dimensional Biology to Address Preterm Birth
- Day 3: Plenary Session
- Day 3: Visual Ink Recap of Day 1 Workgroup Progress
- Death, Drugs, Driving, and DNA: A Forensic Potpourri, Part 1
The medical science behind forensic investigation. - Death, Drugs, Driving, and DNA: A Forensic Potpourri, Part 2
The medical science behind forensic investigation. - Deciphering the Language of Sex
Gender differences and why sex exists.
- Deconstructing Obesity
Various methods of measuring obesity and its relation to genetics are explored by HHMI Investigator, Dr Jeffrey M. Friedman.
- Deformity Reduction with Pedicle Screws
Realignment of spinal deformities has been greatly enhanced. - Degenerative Conditions of the Spine
Understand degenerative spine conditions with Dr. Michael Lee of the University of Washington Medical Center. - Dementia: Myths versus Realities
Learn the truth behind common myths related to the prevalence, causes and symptoms of dementia in the United States. - Depression, Delirium and Dementia: What Should We Be Doing?
Stanford Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Dr. Barbara Sommer, talks about the diagnosis and preservation of mental health. - Descending Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
- Desert Storm or Thyroid Storm? An Inquiry
- Desperately Seeking Sleep: Understanding and Treating Insomnia
Dr. Rachel Manber addresses the types of insomnia and the ways to cope with it.
- Detecting Circulating Tumor Cells - Dr. Daniel Sabath
Explores detecting minimal residual disease in cancer therapy. - Developing Vaccines for Emerging and Global Infectious Diseases
Developing vaccines for emerging and global infectious diseases. - Difficult Dilemmas: Depression and Suicide Among University Students
Depression and suicide among university students.
- Disclosing Harmful Medical Errors to Patients: What Is the Data Telling Us? - Thomas Gallagher, MD
Recent developments related to the disclosure of harmful medical errors to patients. - Disorders of Newborn Infants, Bedside to Bench and Back
Disorders of newborn infants, bedside to bench and back. - Distinguished Faculty Lecture with Christopher Murray
- Divided Minds: Twin Sisters' Journey Through Schizophrenia
Twin sisters Pamela Spiro Wagner and Carolyn Spiro recall their shared experiences with schizophrenia.
- Do No Harm: Teaching Safe Practices & Communicating Medical Error, Part 1
Teaching safe practices and communicating medical errors.
- Do No Harm: Teaching Safe Practices & Communicating Medical Error, Part 2
Dr. Mika Sinanan highlights simulation training in the teaching of safe practices and communicating medical error.
- Does Sex Have a Future? (114)
The panelists discuss what happens when technology multiplies sexual options.
- Donor Nephrectomy / Kidney Transplant
Dr. Christian Kuhr discusses laparoscopic donor nephrectomy and kidney transplantation.
- Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center
Han Sheldon Handleman, director of Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center at Rutgers University, speaks about how the program assists people with autism spectrum disorder and its efforts to increase knowledge throughout the community. - Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison on "Exuberance, The Passion for Life"
Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison speaks about "Exuberance," Teachers & Wellness. - Drug-eluting Stents: Are They Safe?
Join Dr. Alan Yeung and colleagues as they discuss the safety of drug-eluting stents. - Drugs and HIV Evolution
Find out why HIV responds best to treatment with multiple drugs rather than one drug alone. - Dying in the City of the Blues: Sickle Cell Disease and the Politics of Health Care in the South
- Early Childhood Development: Early Learning, the Brain and Society
Dr. Patricia Kuhl talks about children’s ability to learn effortlessly and the importance of social interaction in the learning process. - Early Detection and Prognosis for Ovarian Cancer - Elizabeth Swisher, MD
Current and future technologies for ovarian cancer screening are discussed. - Early Learning and the Brain
A focus on the research being doing in cognitive development and social understanding in infants, children, and adults. - Eastside Specialty Center: Coordination of Care
Features a patient and his heart valve repair procedure.
- Eat to Impact Performance
The Washington Interscholastic Nutrition Forum is an organization dedicated to promoting better nutrition education for young athletes. - Eating Disorders: Patient and Physician Perspectives
- Embracing Fitness: Training for a Half Marathon
Exercise strategies for successfully completing a half or full marathon.
- Emerging Infections: How Epidemics Arise
Culture, weather and migration affect epidemics.
- Emerging Treatments for Cancer Using CyberKnife Technology
The emerging uses of 'Cyberknife' for cancer treatment are examined by Dr. Iris Gibbs.
- Endometriosis: Scrambled Eggs and Killer Cramps
Dr. Stratton discusses endometriosis, a common gynecologic disease.
- Engraftment Monitoring Following Human Stem Cell Transplantation - Shalini Pereira, Ph.D.
New testing technology identifies genetic profiles after stem cell transplants. - Enhancing Coping in Youth With Diabetes / Spanish Self-Management Programs: Randomized Trials, Dissemination, and Lessons Learned
- Epigenetic Regulation of Genomic Imprinting
Epigenetic regulation of genomic imprinting. - Epilepsy: Out of the Shadows
See how modern medical advances are helping to manage and even cure epilepsy, an often-stigmatized neurological disorder. - Ethics of Genetic Testing
- Expedition Inspiration: A Journey to the Summit and Survival Sightings
- Experience and Problems in Laboratory Medicine in Developing Countries - Jack H. Ladenson, Ph.D.
This lecture discusses upgrading clinical laboratories and training in developing countries. - Exploring Obesity: From the Depths of the Brain to the Far Pacific
Dr. Jeffery M. Friedman shares his research regarding obesity and the involvement of the brain and genetics.
- Facial Reconstructive Surgery
Innovative surgical procedures help woman with facial paralysis blink, smile and enjoy food again. - Fairness and Factions in Health
Issues of access, culture, trade, finance and regulation affect health care to world citizens. - Familial Mood Disorders
Find out the latest intervention strategies for mood disorders such as depression and bipolar conditions, which often run in families. - Family Caregiving: Strengthening the Care-Net / Advancing the Science of End-of-Life Care
- Female Urinary Incontinence
University of Washington School of Medicine presents a medical grand rounds discussion of innovations in the treatment of urinary incontinence in women.
- Fighting the War on Breast Cancer in the 20th Century: From the Radical Mastectomy to Genetic Testing
- Foiling Fatigue: Can We Do It?
Lynn Gerber, professor and director for the center for Center for Study of Chronic Illness and Disability at George Mason University, discusses fatigue and what we can do to reduce its effects. - Fractures in Patients with Ankylosing Spinal Conditions
- Frances Conley - Author
- From Bench to Bedside: Biomedical Research and Patient Care
This video recognizes the vital role of humane animal use in biomedical research, higher education and product safety testing.
- From Dust to Doctors: Wireless Sensor Networks for Medical Applications
- From Lab Medicine Resident to Pharmaceutical CEO: The Story of Syntrix Biosystems - John Zebala, MD, Ph.D.
- From Moles to Melanoma: Advances In Screening & Staging
- From Outbreak to Epidemic
Trace the path of AIDS from its early beginnings in 1981 to the modern global epidemic and current death toll of more than 25 million worldwide. - Fusion: Indications and Utilization Rate
- Future Plagues: Evaluating and Responding to Natural and Man-Made Epidemics
This speech by Paul Ewald, Ph.D. brings an evolutionary perspective, integrating evolutionary explanations for disease with traditional mechanistic understandings of pathogens and human susceptibilities. - Future Trends in Spinal Deformity Surgery
Non-surgical treatment is weighted against conventional fusion techniques. - Genetics and the Effect of Aging on Stem Cell Regulation
"The most exciting thing to me about being a scientist is the anticipation of what discovery lies around the bend just ahead on the path. What is especially rewarding is when the discovery has the potential to advance the treatment of patients." Gary Van Zant - Genetics, Genomics, Education of Medical Students
Change in medical education given the changes in biomedical research.
- Genomic Health Care
A discussion of the role of genetic research in health care.
- Genomic Study of Human Biology & Disease
How are genomic techniques being applied towards identifying cis-acting transcriptional regulatory elements? Rick Myers, professor and chair of the Department of Genetics and Director of the Stanford Human Genome Center, offers insight into this area of study. Genomic Medicine is a production of the University of Michigan.
- Genomics and the Future of Medicine - Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
NIH's Dr. Francis Collins discusses the promise and concerns of human genetic medicine. 'Genomic Medicine' is a production of the University of Michigan.
- Geriatric Cervical Spine Trauma
University of Washington doctors discuss the increasing prevalence of elderly patients who sustain complex fractures to their upper cervical spine from falls. - Give Me Strength: Spirituality in the Medical Encounter
Ways spirituality are introduced into the medical encounter.
- Glaucoma
- Global Aging: A World-Wide Concern
The implications of an increasingly older population.
- Global Health Discovery Through the Lens
Photographer and author Phil Borges records the lives of indigenous peoples while truly making a difference. - Globalization and the Politics of Public Health
The relationship between globalization and public health.
- Go Red: Women's Heart Health
Go Red with Stanford University Medical Center. Find out information regarding women and the prevention of heart disease.
- Got a Grudge? The Art and Science of Forgiveness
- Grand Challenges in Globalizing Healthcare
Discussion on the challenges of globalizing healthcare.
- Grand Rounds: Lyme Disease and Its Treatment
History and Treatment of Lyme Disease
- Grand Rounds: The Senior Health Enhancement Program
- Grief, Fear, and Healing: How Does America Move On?
- Gynecologic Cancers: What’s New/What We Need
- Hand and Microsurgery Team
This University of Washington program features UW Medicine's Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine surgeons who specialize in treatments for a wide variety of hand, wrist and arm problems. - Hand and Wrist Arthritis
Surgical procedures and therapy to repair arthritis of the hand and wrist.
- Hand Arthritis - When Do I Need Surgery?
Amy Ladd, professor of orthopaedic surgery at the Stanford University Medical Center, discusses arthritis and tips for living with this disorder. - Harnessing the Power of Next-Generation DNA Sequencing - Jay Shendure, MD, PhD
University of Washington researcher Jay Shendure discusses next-generation DNA sequencing. - Hazel Markus - Professor of Psychology
- HDL: When Good Cholesterol Goes Bad
Dr. Jay Heinecke reveals how new research suggests HDL, the "good" cholesterol, may also have a harmful side. - Healing Young Bones and Joints: Orthopedics & Sports Medicine at Seattle Children's
Orthopedic surgery and sports medicine at Seattle Children's. - Health and Wellness Among Older Adults: Challenges and Strategies
Peter Pompei, MD of Stanford University covers the assessment and prevention of functional weaknesses for an easier old age. - Health Care and a Healthy Society - Part 1
This lectures debates the role of health care in our nation. - Health Care and a Healthy Society - Part 2
This lectures debates the role of health care in our nation. - Health Care Forecasts for 21st Century
- Health Concerns of Lesbians, Bisexuals, Transgendered and Intersexual People
- Health Consequences of War
Discussion of war conflicts, such as in Iraq.
- Healthcare: Finding, Managing and Using Quality Medical Information
- Healthy Cities, Healthy Lives: The Built Environment and Public Health
Community planning for public health.
- Hearing Loss: Molecular Therapy
Research focusing on hearing loss.
- Heart Arrhythmia
Reversing heart arrhythmia. - Heart Failure
Congestive Heart Failure: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments and research findings from Stanford. - Helping Young Aggressive Children Beat the Odds: Parents, Children, Teachers and Dinosaurs
The University of Washington’s Carolyn Webster-Stratton talks about why some children are aggressive and how effective prevention and intervention can help these kids. - Hemochromatosis and Hepatitis C
Physicians discuss Hereditary Hemochromatosis and Hepatitis C.
- Hepatitis C and HIV Co-infection
- Hermaphrodites: The Safer Sex
Genetic difference between males and hermaphrodites.
- Herniated Disc Repair
Physician removes herniated disc to provide patient with instant relief. - HIV Drug Resistance: Mechanisms and Methods for Detection and Monitoring and Clinical Relevance of HIV Resistance
- HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis and Primary HIV Infection and HIV during Pregnancy and Vertical Transmission
- HIV Therapy in 2001 Issues at the Start of the Third Decade
- HIV-1 Infection: Laboratory Diagnosis and Utility of Rapid Testing - A Tiresian Odyssey - Robert Coombs, MD, PhD
Learn about HIV diagnostic algorithms from the University of Washington. - HIV/AIDS Research 2005: From Innovation to Intervention, Part 1
'HIV/AIDS Research 2005: From Innovation to Intervention'
- HIV/AIDS Research 2005: From Innovation to Intervention, Part 2
This symposium addresses themes in HIV/AIDS research. - HIV/AIDS: Discrimination, Stigma and Shame
- HIV: In your Global Neighborhood
Dr. King Holmes and William Gates Sr. discuss better health conditions for humanity across the globe. - Homeless and Poor in America: Implications for Health and Health Care
With millions of Americans living in poverty, Dr. Kim Hopper and author Barbara Ehrenreich broach the subject of homelessness and health care.
- How Physicians View the Issue: Parents Who Refuse to Vaccinate a Child
Why parents hesitate to have their child vaccinated and how physicians respond. - How Political Correctness is Corrupting Medicine
- How Should Resources Be Allocated in Markets for Health Care?
- How the Immune System Is Being Used to Fight Cancer
- How to mend a broken heart: "The Promissory Note of Cardiac Cell Replacement Therapy."
Learn about the latest in cardiac cell replacement therapy from Dr. C. William Balke of the Institute of Molecular Medicine at the University of Kentucky. - HPV and Cervical Cancer: 25 Years from Discovery to Vaccine
Dr. Denise Galloway talks about “HPV and Cervical Cancer: 25 Years from Discovery to Vaccine.” - HSV As A Successful Pathogen: The Quest for Developing A Vaccine - Dr. Lawrence Corey
- Human Experimentation: From Tuskegee 1932 to Today
Dr. Mary Starke Harper, once a student nurse during the famous Tuskegee Syphilis Study, discusses her experiences in the healthcare system. UVA Newsmakers is a production of the University of Virginia.
- Human Genomics: A New Guide for Medicine
Understanding human genetic variation.
- Humane Use of Animals in Research
A panel discusses the use of animals in medical research.
- Hunger in Our World
Dr. Paul Farmer discusses the challenges that research universities face in addressing issues of global health. - Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: general information, emerging research, and available treatment options. - I Want To Be
- I'm Sorry, Can You Repeat That? Understanding Hearing Loss
Common hearing loss conditions and revolutionary treatments are addressed by Robert Jackler, M.D., Stanford Otolaryngology.
- Identifying and Classifying Spinal Injury
Ensuring timely identification of spine injuries through a risk-adjusted approach. - Identifying Medications for the Treatment of Stimulant Dependence
Understand the magnitude of amphetamine abuse and dependence. - Imagery and Interpretation in International Medicine - Part 1
This lecture discusses international medicine issues. - Imagery and Interpretation in International Medicine - Part 2
This lecture discusses international medicine issues. - Imitating the Immune System
Claus Lundegaard, associated professor, Immunological Bioinformatics, CBS, Technical University of Denmark
March 23, 2007 - Immunopathogenesis and Epidemiology of Malaria - Patrick Duffy, MD
- Improving Human Health
Research on disease at major universities without medical schools.
- Improving Lab Utilization in Ambulatory Care: The Role of Physician - Kim Riddell, MD
Choosing appropriate tests.
- Improving Regional Smiles
UW School of Dentistry’s 4-year curriculum and its outreach to underserved communities.
- Improving Young Lives
University of Pennsylvania schools partner in their goal of creating a bond with the community while improving children's lives.
- Indications for Lumbar Fusions
Lumbar fusions are discussed.
- Individualized Medicine: Creating Tailor-Made Therapies, Part 1
Creating individualized patient therapies.
- Individualized Medicine: Creating Tailor-Made Therapies, Part 2
Creating individualized patient therapies.
- Infection Control in Healthcare Settings for Viral Respiratory Pathogens
Infection control issues for hospitals related to viral infections.
- Infections: Fighting Back - Part 1
The dangers of sexually transmitted diseases and new diseases like severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
- Infections: Fighting Back - Part 2
The dangers of sexually transmitted diseases and new diseases like severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
- Inflammation: The Difference Between Medicine and Poison is the Dose
Understand the relationship between cell death and inflammation in this University of Washington video. - Influenza Pandemics: Past and Future
Reverse genetics techniques reconstruct 1918 virus for influenza pandemic study. - Innovations and Discoveries in Medicine, Part 1
The latest advancements in medical innovations. - Innovations and Discoveries in Medicine, Part 2
The latest advancements in medical innovations. - Innovations in Shoulder Surgery
Physicians at the University of Washington Medical Center’s Bone and Joint Surgery Center treat patients with shoulder injuries. - Innovations in Spine Care
Physicians at the University of Washington Medical Center’s Bone and Joint Surgery Center treat patients for various spine conditions. - Innovative Science
Patricia S. Simmons and Doris A. Taylor of the University of Minnesota discuss breakthrough therapies in biomedical research. - Innovative Surgical Strategies
- Interdisciplinary Geriatric Research Forum: Closing Address by Dr. Eric B. Larson
Research with older adults illustrates key themes and issues in doing interdisciplinary research. - International Medicine: What Do Developing Countries Need? - King Holmes, MD, Ph.D.
Learn how clinical and public health laboratories play a central role in preserving global health. - Introduction and Immune Response against Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
- Invisible Toxicity: Pesticide Threats to Women
- Is Consciousness Definable? (312)
Leading brain scientists join host Robert Kuhn in an attempt to define human consciousness. - Is It a Reportable Parental Disability?
Douglas J. Besharov, professor at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, examines the importance of recognizing a reportable parental disability. - Is It Physical Abuse?
Douglas J. Besharov, professor at the University of Maryland, defines physical abuse and explains how to identify it. Learn how to distinguish “reasonable” corporal punishment from abuse. - Is It Physical Neglect?
One of the most important steps in addressing child abuse is recognizing and reporting the abuse. Douglas J. Besharov of the University of Maryland outlines methods of identifying physical neglect and how to react to such abuse. - Is It Psychological Maltreatment?
Douglas J. Besharov, professor of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, defines psychological maltreatment, how to report such maltreatment and presents the diagnostic significance of failing to address emotional abuse and neglect. - Is It Sexual Abuse?
Douglas J. Besharov, professor at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, provides guidelines for recognizing and reporting the sexual abuse of children, including how to assess statements of children and observe physical and behavioral indicators. - Is siRNA RISCy Business?
Discussion on the mechanism of siRNA. - Is There a Pink Slip in Your Genes: Genetic Discrimination in the Workplace
Discussion of how advances in genetics has an impact on employment discrimination.
- Is There a Role for Laboratory Testing in Pain Medicine? or How to Objectify the Subjective? - Alex Cahana, MD
Is there a way to explore the subjectivity of pain? - Is There an Ethicist in the House? On the Cutting Edge of Bioethics
Jonathan Moreno, Ph.D. discusses some of his experiences as a hospital ethicist. Dr. Moreno has published many books and papers on the subject, including his latest entitled 'Is There an Ethicist in the House?' UVA Newsmakers is produced by the University of Virginia.
- It's Never Too Late! The Surprising Benefits of Exercise as We Age
- It's About Life: Issues of Health Access for Young Women of Color
- It's Not All In Your Head: Understanding Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Join Pankaj Parischa, M.D. and professor at the Stanford University Medical Center, as she discusses emerging science and how it influences our understanding of Irritable Bowel Syndrome and developing treatment. - It's Not Just About Tuskegee: The History of African Americans and Medicine
Dr. Gamble discusses this historic medical event.
- Kidney Living Donor
A living donor gives the gift of life to a kidney transplant patient. - Laboratory Diagnosis and Quantitation of HIV Infection and AIDS and the HIV Pandemic
- Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial and Fungal Diseases - Brad Cookson, MD, Ph.D.
Molecular biology in medicine. - Laboratory Medicine: Back to the Future - James Fine, MD
Laboratory medicine plays an increasingly major role in clinical care. - Laboratory Testing Needs in Developing Countries - Matthew Steele, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Efforts by Seattle-based PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health) to develop diagnostic tests targeted for use in third-world countries with limited resources. - Language and the Brain #1
Dr. Lee Osterhout explores the inner-workings of the human brain. - Language and the Brain #2
Dr. Karen Emmorey explores the inner-workings of the human brain. - Laryngeal Laser Surgery
When diagnosed with laryngeal cancer, a country music crooner turns to physicians at the University of Washington Medical Center. - Laser Treatment of Varicose Veins
Endovascular therapy for the treatment of varicose veins.
- Latest Innovation in Laser Vision Correction
Update on the latest technology for surgical vision correction.
- Lead, Children and Drinking Water, Part 1
- Lead, Children and Drinking Water, Part 2
Dr. Richard Maas discusses the harmful effects of lead exposure on the health of children and adults.
- Life Changing LASEK Procedure
Vision correction via LASEK. - Life Goes On...Breast Cancer Survivors Speak Out
- Like New: Dental Implants
Dr. Sabine Girod explains what's new in today's dental implants. Health Hour, which
presents the latest in medical research, is produced by the Stanford University Medical
Center.
- Live Long and Prosper! Exercise, Nutrition and Supplements for Optimal Energy and Productivity
- Liver Transplant / NA Steatohepatitis
Physicians discuss liver transplantation and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.
- Liver Transplantation, Part 1
A discussion about the team approach to transplantation.
- Liver Transplantation, Part 2
A discussion about the team approach to transplantation.
- Living Well With Stroke
Stroke prevention and care.
- Living With Traumatic Brain Injury
Hear stories of people who are rebuilding their lives and readjusting to family, careers and everyday life after a traumatic brain injury. - Lower C-spine Deformity Correction
- Lumbar Interbody Fusion Techniques
Interbody fusion techniques are discussed.
- Lung Transplant
Inside look at lung transplant surgery. - Lung Transplant / LVRS and PVD
A discussion of lung transplant, lung volume reduction surgery, and pulmonary vascular disease.
- Lymphedema: New and Emerging Treatments
Explore new and emerging treatments for lymphedema with Stanley Rockson, professor of medicine at the Stanford University Medical Center. - Lymphoproliferative Disorders Following Solid Organ Transplant - Virginia Broudy, MD
Risk of lymphoma in patients who received an organ transplant. - Macular Degeneration
In this video from the University of Washington, Dr. Atma Vemulakonda at the UW Medicine Eye Institute treats a patient with macular degeneration. - Making It New Again: Laser Scar Revision and Facial Rejuvenation
Discover the innovative new laser technology that can reduce or eliminate acne scars and other skin imperfections. - Malaria: Hot Times for a Bad Disease
Learn about the ongoing battle against malaria — one of the world’s most common infectious diseases. - Management of Common Low Back Disorders
- Management of HIV: An Update from Stanford - Part 1
- Management of HIV: An Update from Stanford - Part 2
- Managing Complications in Complex Spine Surgery
- Mapping Memory in the Brain
Eric R. Kandel, Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, examines the localization of function in the brain. - Mary Starke Harper: In Her Own Words
Dr. Mary Starke Harper shares stories from her inspiring life as a prominent health care advocate. Unknowingly involved as a nurse in a syphilis experiment on black men in 1940s Alabama, Dr. Harper became an agent of change in the federal government. - Matters of Life and Death: A Jewish Approach to Modern Medical Ethics
- MEDEX Northwest: Physician Assistants with a Mission
University of Washington School of Medicine's Physician Assistant Program.
- Medical Applications of Array CGH and the Transformation of Clinical Cytogenetics - Bassem Bejjani, MD
This talk will describe the methodology of array CGH. - Medical Errors and Patient Safety in the Clinical Lab - Kaveh Shojania, MD
A discussion of the international patient safety movement.
- Medical Imaging: Innovation, Integration and Improvement
Dr. Elias Zerhouni, director of the National Institutes of Health, talks about his leading research in medical imaging.
- Medical Research: The Agony and The Ecstasy
Lee Hartwell gives the 28th annual faculty lecture on basic scientific research.
- Memories are Made of This
Eric R. Kandel, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, delves into the cellular and molecular nature of learning and memory. - Mental Disorder Prevention Research
Issues that make adolescents more vulnerable.
- Metabolic and Fat Distribution Abnormalities Associated with Antiretroviral Therapy and What Does it Mean to Live with HIV Infection?
- Microarrays for the Detection of Chromosomal Anomalies - Dr. Karen Tsuchiya
The introduction of array-based comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) is revolutionizing the field of cytogenetics. - Microbe Hunters: Tracking Infectious Agents
Scientists study viruses and identify causes of disease.
- Minimally Invasive Approaches to Cardiac Surgery
This talk reviews advances in cardiac surgical procedures. - Minimally Invasive Joint Replacement
A profile of minimally-invasive partial knee replacement surgery.
- Minimally Invasive Liver and Pancreas Surgery
Brendan C. Visser, assistant professor of surgery at the Stanford University School of Medicine, discusses innovations in liver and pancreatic surgery. - Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery
Learn when minimally invasive spine surgery is appropriate and who the best candidates are for the surgery. - Minimally Invasive Total Hip Replacement
Footage of surgery, which uses minimally invasive techniques to avoid cutting muscle tissue and promote rapid recovery, is featured. - Minimally Invasive Total Knee Replacement Surgery
Discussion of surgery benefits and demonstration of procedure.
- Minimally Invasive Treatment for Spinal Stenosis
Spine models, MRI and CT images, surgical video, and discussions with patients explaining diagnostic and treatment options. - Minimally-Invasive Treatment of Spinal Stenosis
This program discusses the role of nonoperative care and interventional management for Lumbar spinal stenosis.
- Mirror, Mirror: Women and Body Image
- Mitral Valve Repair
- Modulating Spine Deformity with Non-Fusion
Detecting patients with potentially serious deformity early may allow for life-changing deformity correction. - Molecular Assays for Colorectal Cancer Care - William Grady, MD
Molecular assays for colorectal cancer will be reviewed. - Molecular Biology and Viral Dynamics of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus
- Molecular Testing in Breast Cancer: Will it Become Standard Practice? - Kimberly Allison, MD
Research using gene expression signatures to identify subtypes of breast cancer. - Mood and Menopause
- Motion-preserving Surgery of the Spine
Discussion and surgical demonstrations of reconstructive techniques that avoid fusion.
- Motion-Preserving Treatment of Spinal Deformity
Some patients may be treated with motion-preserving surgery. - MRSA - The Bug Stops Here - Ferric Fang, MD
This lecture reviews detection, prevention and treatment of MRSA infections. - Muscle Weakness and Fatigue: Redox Mechanisms and New Treatment Strategies
UKY Professor and Chair of the Dept of Physiology, Dr. Michael Reid discusses redox mechanisms and new treatment for muscle fatigue and weakness. - Musculoskeletal and Spine Conditions, Part 1
The basic approach to diagnosing low back pain. - Musculoskeletal and Spine Conditions, Part 2
Doctors examine non-surgical treatments for low back pain. - National Priorities for Transforming Health Care Quality
Applications for patient safety, biomedical ethics.
- Neonatal Immunity to Pulmonary Pathogens
Discover the differences in neonatal and adult immune function as Beth A. Garvy, associate professor in the department of internal medicine at the University of Kentucky, presents the major differences and how they affect neonatal immunity to pulmonary pathogens. - Neurodegeneration and Regeneration in the Spinal Cord
Understand the basic molecular and cellular mechanisms of paralysis. - Neurogenetics of Huntington’s Disease - Albert La Spada, MD Ph.D.
How and why neurons die in Huntington's disease and spinocerebellar ataxia type 7. - Neuromuscular Scoliosis and Neural Element Lesions
A variety of congenital, developmental and neoplastic conditions can lead to a disruption of the spine. - New Approaches to Pain Management
Physicians at the Center for Pain Relief at the University of Washington Medical Center believe in taking a new and more comprehensive approach to treating patients with pain. - New Developments in Syphilis and HIV Testing - Matthew Golden, MD
- New Frontiers in Interventional Cardiology
- New Generation NNRTI’s and Fusion Inhibitors, Integrase Inhibitors and Novel Vaccines
- New Heart, New Life
Heart transplants at UW Medicine Regional Heart Center. - New Heart, New Life
Follow a teenager through his heart transplant and recovery. - New Horizons in Venous Insufficiency
Diagnosis and treatment of varicose veins.
- New Lungs: A Gift of Life
Doctors work against the clock to procure and transplant a set of lungs in this complicated, multiple surgery procedure. - New Tests, New Treatments, Better Outcomes for Patients with Colorectal Cancer
The second leading cause of death from cancer in the United States, colorectal cancer is a serious health concern. Dr. George Fisher explains how significant gains are being made in the ability to prevent, diagnose and treat colorectal cancer.
- New Treatments for Breast Cancer: From Bench to Bedside
A focus on the newest treatments emerging from research and for which patients they will be most appropriate.
- New Treatments for Chronic Sinusitis
Current concepts in the diagnosis and treatment of sinusitis.
- Next Generation Scientists: Minority Outreach in Genome Sciences
UW Medicine and the College of Engineering have collaborated to fuse biomedicine and engineering for the advancement of health care.
- No Heart of Darkness: Uganda and Response to AIDS
Uganda's response to the AIDS crisis in Africa.
- Non-Fusion Spinal Reconstruction
Spinal surgical treatments including laminaplasty, disc arthroplasty, and cartilage regeneration.
- Non-Invasive Assisted Breathing
Patient, father, therapist and doctor discuss non-invasive breathing assistance.
- Non-pharmacologic Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation
Non-pharmacologic therapy for atrial fibrillation.
- Non-surgical Sports Medicine
Learn how Dr. Nelson Hager and patient Erin Aas worked together to put Erin back on track for an Ironman in 2010. - Nonfusion Lumbar Spine Reconstruction Surgery
- Noninvasive Techniques of Pain Management
Treatment discussions, including intradiscal electrothermal therapy and lumbar facet blocks.
- Not a Cough in a Carload: The Tobacco Industry's Campaign to Hide the Hazards of Smoking
This lecture looks at the highly successful campaign of deception the tobacco industry undertook to counter the growing evidence that smoking kills. - Novel Digital Technologies and Women
- Novel Ways to Construct and Use Nanoscale Devices for Biochemical Analysis - Babak Parviz, Ph.D.
Direct nano-scale electronic detection of biomarkers and construction of low-cost disposable biosensors. - Nutrition and Metabolomics: Bringing Personalized Diet and Health to Practice
This University of Kentucky video features J. Bruce German, professor of Food Science and Technology at UC Davis, as he discusses the varied human responses to food. - Nutritional Therapies for Age-related Eye Diseases
A lecture on nutritional therapies for age-related eye diseases.
- Obesity, Diabetes and Energy Metabolism: Why Fat Is Good and Bad
Dr. Marc Reitman of the National Institutes of Health presents the latest information on the obesity epidemic, which affects more than half of Americans. He goes on to explain why a certain level of fat is actually good for you. - Obesity: The Plague of the 21st Century
Dr. D. Scott Weigle of the University of Washington School of Medicine calls obesity the plague of the 21st Century. - On Any Given Day
Introducing Penn's School of Veterinary Medicine New Bolton Center.
- Oral Cancer: Treatment and Reconstruction
Surgeon and patient discuss reconstruction of cancerous jaw. - Oral Disease in Nonhuman Primates
University of Kentucky's Director of Oral Health Research, Jeff Ebersole, talks about translational research models of oral-systemic diseases. - Organizing Asian and Pacific Islander Girls: An Intervention for Reproductive Health
- Origins of HIV
- Osteoporosis & Arthritis: Physical Activity and a Healthy Skeleton
- Osteoporosis of the Spine
A discussion of osteoporosis awareness, prevention and treatment approaches.
- Outcomes of Fusions for Low Back Pain: General Results
A review of the world literature on techniques and results of fusion surgery performed primarily for low back pain.
- Outwitting Bacteria’s Wily Ways
What makes bacteria infectious?
- Overcoming Shoulder Injuries
A discussion about the chronic conditions and treatments for shoulder injuries.
- Pancreas Transplantation
Pancreas transplantation is performed in individuals with type I diabetes to achieve long-term glucose control without exogenous insulin administration. The pancreas transplant replaces the function of the native pancreas that has been destroyed by the patient’s immune system. Dr. Ramasamy Bakthavatsalam discusses the procedure and how it can significantly improve the quality of life in people with diabetes. - Pandemic Influenza Preparedness & Response Information Sharing Through a Virtual Symposium
A virtual symposium on pandemic preparedness planning among Asian Pacific economies.
- Pandemic Preparedness for Health Care Facilities
A discussion of health care planning issues and local planning issues.
- Panel and Questions: John J. Medina, Douglas Diekema, Lainie Friedman Ross, Ellen Clayton, Mark Mercurio
- Panel and Questions: Norman Fost, Mark Mercurio, Lainie Friedman Ross, Ellen Clayton
- Panel Discussion: Local Pandemic Flu Planning
A panel of experts discuss local planning and preparedness in the event of a pandemic flu.
- Paramyxovirus Membrane Fusion: A Nanomachine at Work
In this University of Kentucky program, Robert A. Lamb, professor of molecular and cellular biology at Northwestern University, reviews processes by which enveloped viruses enter cells. - Part 01 - Navigating Conflicts When Parents and Providers Disagree about Medical Care
Controversies of "Parental Requests for Futile Treatment," and funding extraordinary medical treatments. - Part 01: Basic Concepts of Multilevel Data
Discussion of the features that distinguish multilevel data from other data, as well as design features.
- Part 01: Course Overview and Introduction to Commingling Analysis
Genetic epidemiology software resources available on the Web - Part 01: Diseases and Populations
A discussion of disease and population as they apply to epidemiologic research.
- Part 01: Economic Assessment in Medicine
This program explores Cost-Effective Analysis (CEA).
- Part 01: Introduction to Clinical Trials
State-of-the-art epidemiology research methods.
- Part 01: Introduction to Costs and Outcomes Research
Principles of economic evaluation in health care.
- Part 01: Overview of General Biostatistics
State-of-the-art epidemiology research methods.
- Part 01: Postwar Syndromes and 1991 Gulf Experience
Introduces Gulf War veteran syndromes and provides overview of popular theories regarding them. - Part 01: Regression Setting
The scientific setting for regression as it relates to the effects of smoking.
- Part 01: Trial Design
Learn the basics in designing a large-scale prevention trial.
- Part 02 - Navigating Conflicts When Parents and Providers Disagree about Medical Care
Controversial issues that arise when parents resist medical care their children's physicians recommend. - Part 02: Commingling Analysis: Applications, Challenges and Software
A demonstration NOCOM commingling analysis software. - Part 02: Designs for Clinical Trials
State-of-the-art epidemiology research methods.
- Part 02: Economic Assessment in Medicine
Cost effective analysis examples.
- Part 02: Gulf War Veterans: Symptom Studies
Introduces Gulf War veteran symptom studies --design, strength, and problem issues. - Part 02: Measures of Disease Frequency I
A discussion of incidence and prevalence as they apply to epidemiologic research.
- Part 02: Probability, Probability Distributions
State-of-the-art epidemiology research methods.
- Part 02: Research Methods and Designs
Practical economic approaches in health care.
- Part 02: Response Correlation and Its Impact
Correlations within data and its impact on estimation are explored.
- Part 02: Scientific Setting
Discussion of the general scientific setting for regression.
- Part 02: Trial Implementation I
Issues of recruitment, retention, and adherence in large-scale clinical trials.
- Part 03: Choosing Study Subjects, Interventions and Endpoints
State-of-the-art epidemiology research methods.
- Part 03: Cost Estimation
Introduction of cost estimation concepts with examples.
- Part 03: Descriptive Analysis
Descriptive analysis of multilevel data is explained.
- Part 03: Gulf War Veterans: Healthcare Utilization
Introduces Gulf War veterans’ healthcare utilization studies and data. - Part 03: Measurement and Valuation of Treatment Effectiveness
Measuring the effects of treatment on patients.
- Part 03: Measures of Disease Frequency II
A discussion of incidence and prevalence as they apply to epidemiologic research.
- Part 03: Sampling Distributions, Estimation
State-of-the-art epidemiology research methods.
- Part 03: Simple Linear Regression
Discussion of simple linear regression concepts.
- Part 03: Trial Implementation II
Randomization and blinding issues in large-scale clinical trials.
- Part 03: Twin Studies and Familial Correlations
A discussion of study designs and their limitations. - Part 04: Correlation and Regression
Demonstration of how to interpret Stata output.
- Part 04: Estimating Labor Costs
Labor cost estimate recommendations.
- Part 04: General Anslysis Approaches
This program demonstrates the different approaches to multilevel data analysis.
- Part 04: Gulf War Veterans: Mortality and Reproduction
Introduces Gulf War veteran mortality and reproduction studies; and their respective data. - Part 04: Hypothesis Testing
State-of-the-art epidemiology research methods.
- Part 04: Measuring and Valuation of Treatment Cost
Various forms of cost analysis are covered.
- Part 04: Segregation Analysis
Concepts, value, limitations and data interpretation. - Part 04: Sources of Data on Disease Frequency
How to identify the best sources of available public data on health, disease and death.
- Part 04: Statistical Inference, Sample Size, Power
State-of-the-art epidemiology research methods.
- Part 04: Trial Monitoring
Statistical challenges and issues in clinical trial outcomes assessment.
- Part 05: Comparing Means of Two Groups
State-of-the-art epidemiology research methods.
- Part 05: Data Analysis I
Data analysis concepts for large-scale clinical trials.
- Part 05: Framing Economic Evaluation & Decision Analysis I
State-of-the-art epidemiology research methods.
- Part 05: Inference for Marginal Models
This program introduces inference for marginal models.
- Part 05: Issues in Data Analysis
State-of-the-art epidemiology research methods.
- Part 05: Linear Regression and t Tests
The relationship between linear regression and t tests.
- Part 05: Linkage Analysis and Pedigree Checking
Relevant statistical approaches. - Part 05: Person, Place, Time
The importance of study characteristics such as person, place and time in descriptive epidemiology.
- Part 05: VA Decision Support System (DSS)
Description of VA Decision Support System.
- Part 05: Why Study Natural Disasters and Terrorism?
Defines disasters, introduces population-based epidemiological approach, and outlines consequences of natural disasters and terrorism. - Part 06: Comparing Proportions
State-of-the-art epidemiology research methods.
- Part 06: Data Analysis II
Data analysis concepts for large-scale clinical trials.
- Part 06: Decision Analysis II
State-of-the-art epidemiology research methods.
- Part 06: Generalized Estimating Equations
Introduction to the concept of Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE).
- Part 06: Natural Disasters and Terrorism Consequences: Theories and Study Sampling
Provides theories explaining consequences of natural disasters and terrorism and introduce study sampling design and issues. - Part 06: Non-Parametric Linkage Analysis
Emphasizes the big picture behind genetic epidemiology. - Part 06: Overview of Study Designs
An overview of common epidemiologic study designs.
- Part 06: Pharmacy Data
VA pharmacy data is used as an example using VA Decision Support System.
- Part 06: Planning Measurements & Monitoring the Study
State-of-the-art epidemiology research methods.
- Part 07: Causal Inference
The principles underlying causal inference in epidemiologic studies.
- Part 07: Comparing More Than Two Groups
State-of-the-art epidemiology research methods.
- Part 07: Data Analysis III
Clinical-trial subgroup analysis.
- Part 07: Decision Analysis: Markov Models
State-of-the-art epidemiology research methods.
- Part 07: Financial & Clinical Data - Fee Basis Files
Financial and Clinical Data Mart exploration.
- Part 07: Genetic Association Studies: Pitfalls and Challenges
Genetic association studies are compared to family based tests of association. - Part 07: Natural Disasters and Terrorism: Telephone Surveys and Study Examples and Issues
Introduces effective telephone survey method designs for studying natural disasters and terrorism and to evaluate relevant example studies. - Part 07: Publishing the Trial
State-of-the-art epidemiology research methods.
- Part 07: Random Effects Models
This program continues with a further exploration of constructing models using multilevel data.
- Part 08: Communications
Strategies for communicating clinical trial results.
- Part 08: Factors to Consider in Natural Disasters and Terrorism Studies
Introduces “A Gene x Environment Epidemiology Study” of natural disasters and factors that influence natural disasters and terrorism studies. - Part 08: Genetic Association Study Types and Family-Based Tests of Association
Learn about genetic association study types and family based tests of association. - Part 08: Markov Models, Monte Carlo & SW Demo
State-of-the-art epidemiology research methods.
- Part 08: Measures of Excess Risk
Interpreting relative risk and attributable risk data in epidemiologic studies.
- Part 08: National Prosthetic Data - Program Cost Reports & Datasets
Multiple VA reports are examined.
- Part 08: Protocol & CONSORT Statement
State-of-the-art epidemiology research methods.
- Part 08: Sample Size Calculations
In this program, Brian Leroux explains sample size calculations for multilevel data.
- Part 08: Sample Size, Power
State-of-the-art epidemiology research methods.
- Part 09: A Hospital's Immediate Response to Mass Casualties Due to a Terrorist Attack
Narrates a hospital’s immediate response to mass casualties due to a terrorist attack in Tokyo, Japan. - Part 09: Critical Assessment of Economic Evaluations and Cost Effectiveness Models
State-of-the-art epidemiology research methods.
- Part 09: Linkage Disequilibrium
Examination of linkage disequilibrium and its value and measures. - Part 09: Managing the Aftermath
The potential impact of large-scale clinical trials.
- Part 09: Measures of Excess Risk Continued
Interpreting relative risk and attributable risk data in epidemiologic studies.
- Part 09: Model Misspecifications
Learn about model misspecification.
- Part 09: Simple Linear Regression
State-of-the-art epidemiology research methods.
- Part 09: Utilities
Utilites and economic analysis.
- Part 1: Overview: Epidemiology Grants
The basic organization of scientific research proposals.
- Part 1: The Chronic Care Model
Introducing the Chronic Care Model, a new paradigm for healthcare.
- Part 10: Analysis of Incomplete Data
Learn about the analysis of incomplete or missing data.
- Part 10: Evaluating Cost Effectiveness Models
- Part 10: Lessons from a Hospital's Response to Mass Casualties Due to a Terrorist Attack
Learn about a hospital’s management of Sarin Nerve Gas (SNG) victims in Tokyo, Japan and lessons learned. - Part 10: Measurement Error
Measurement error in epidemiologic studies, such as reliability and validity.
- Part 10: Role of Clinical Trials
The role of large-scale clinical trials in disease population research.
- Part 10: SNP Selection and Haplotype Analysis
Approaches to single nucleotide oolymorphisms (SNPs) selection approaches and haplotype map (HapMap) project. - Part 10: Summary & Review
State-of-the-art epidemiology research methods.
- Part 11: Screening
Interpreting sensitivity and specificity predictive value positive with screening data.
- Part 12: Confounding
Defining confounding and identifying strategies to control for its presence.
- Part 13: Confounding Continued
Defining confounding and identifying strategies to control for its presence.
- Part 14: Ecological Studies, Randomized Trials
Ecological studies: definitions and levels of measurement.
- Part 15: Randomized Trials, Cohort Studies
The strengths and weaknesses of cohort studies and randomized trials.
- Part 16: Cohort Studies
Cohort studies: comparison subjects, follow-up and outcome definition and assessment.
- Part 17: Case-Control Studies
Choosing the appropriate study design: case-control, cohort or clinical trial.
- Part 18: Case-Control Studies Continued
Choosing the appropriate study design: case-control, cohort or clinical trial.
- Part 19: Improving the Sensitivity of Studies
Strategies to improve accuracy measuring associations between exposure and disease.
- Part 2: Improving Care for People with Diabetes
Strategies providers can use to improve diabetes care.
- Part 2: Research Hypothesis
Writing the specific aims section of a scientific research proposal.
- Part 20: Limitations of Epidemiologic Studies
Circumstances under which epidemiologic studies cannot identify an etiologic factor.
- Part 3: Background and Significance
The components needed to develop the sections of a scientific research proposal.
- Part 3: Patient-centered Care
How patient self-management support can improve chronic illness care.
- Part 4: Methods by Study Type
Outlines specific features unique to different study designs.
- Part 4: Self-management Support: Application to Depression Care
Improving depression care using patient self-management support.
- Part 5: Methods Continued
Covers issues of recruitment, data management, and quality control.
- Part 5: Team Care and Case Management
Using team care and case management to meet patients’ needs.
- Part 6: Planned Care
Using a planned care approach to better meet patients’ needs.
- Part 6: Statistical Analysis
The components needed for the statistical analysis section of a scientific research proposal.
- Part 7: Making Change Happen at the Practice Level
Strategies for change at the practice and population level.
- Part 7: Statistical Power
Components of power calculations used in developing a scientific research proposal.
- Part 8: Abstract, Budget and Peer Review
Components needed for the abstract and budget sections of a scientific research proposal.
- Part 8: Improving the Care of the Chronically Ill
How the 'Chronic Care Model' can improve chronic illness care.
- Partnerships for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness: The APEC EINet
A Virtual Symposium on how APEC economies are preparing for a pandemic influenza. - Patents, Profits, and Public Health
The ethics of war against terror.
- Pathology of the Breast
- Pathophysiology of COPD and LVRS.
Doctors discuss pathophysiology of COPD and LVRS.
- Patient Care During a Catastrophic Event & The Role of Palliative Care
The practice of medicine in patient and palliative care during pandemic times.
- Patients as Teachers
Doctor shares what is learned from patients.
- Patients’ Bill of Rights
- Pediatric AIDS and HIV in Women
- Pelvic Floor Disorders
Stanford University Medical Center professors discuss pelvic floor disorders from differing viewpoints. - PERfect TIMing
Body clocks depend on negative feedback.
- Pharmaceutical Informatics and the Pathway to Personalized Medicines
How close are we to being able to personalize medicines to meet the unique health needs of individuals? - Pharmacogenomic Testing and Breast Cancer: The Example of Cyp2D6 and Tamoxifen - Dr. Hannah Linden
Recent laboratory and clinical trial evidence regarding tamoxifen metabolism and the impact of CYP2D6 pharacogenomic profiling. - Physician Emotional Reaction to Patient Death: Impact on Patient Care
- Physician-Assisted Suicide: An Analysis of U.S. Supreme Court Precedent
Issues involving physician-assisted suicide and the U.S. Supreme Court are discussed by Loma Linda University Public Health Professor, Stewart Albertson. - Pills, Politics and Public Trust
What are the consequences when there is an erosion of public confidence in the ethical practices of drug companies? - Plan of Action: How the Spinal Cord Controls Movement
Thomas M. Jessell, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, examines the neural circuits that control our movements. - Plans to Prosper: A Patient Guide to Faith and Health
A patient guide to the role of spirituality in health and healing.
- Plastic Surgery: Reconstructive Success Stories
Hear about life-altering innovations and techniques.
- Platform Presentations
- Point of Care Diagnostics for the Developing World - Paul Yager, Ph.D.
Learn about a project is to develop an inexpensive system that can bring sophisticated modern medical diagnostic lab techniques to those in need. - Point-of-Care Diagnostics for the Developing World
Dr. Paul Yager, explains microfluidics, a new technology that enables the development of a small portable and inexpensive system for detecting pathogens. - Politics, Social Justice and Global Health
A discussion about the crucial role of health systems for equity and justice.
- Post Cancer Breast Reconstruction
Physicians at the Center for Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Washington Medical Center treat patients to restore both functionality and aesthetic conditions following treatment for trauma, cancer, and other diseases. - Post-Stroke Patient Care
How to deal with life after a stroke.
- Postanalytic Error: Cases, Concepts and Interventions - Michael Astion, MD, Ph.D.
Reducing laboratory errors.
- Predicting and Preventing Autoimmune Diabetes
- Predicting Our Future: Genetic Testing in Children and Their Families, Part 1 of 2
Nationally known bioethicists discuss the controversial and ethical questions surrounding mandatory newborn screening. - Predicting Our Future: Genetic Testing in Children and Their Families, Part 2 of 2
Bioethicists explore the challenges and ethical implications of genetic testing of children for adult-onset diseases. - Premenstrual Syndrome: Diagnosis, Pathophysiology, and Treatment
- Prepared Pregnancy Loss - A Call for New Standard of Care
A personal account of pregnancy loss and care during pregnancy.
- Prescription Drugs: Cost on the Elderly - CC #79
Discussion of prescription drug costs.
- Prescription for Change at the FDA: A View from the Other Washington, Part 1
Learn about the political and scientific forces that shape the context for FDA decision-making. - Prescription for Change at the FDA: A View from the Other Washington, Part 2
Learn about the political and scientific forces that shape the context for FDA decision-making. - Preserving Fertility in Cancer Patients
The Stanford IVF program shares exciting advances for cancer patients at risk of losing their fertility.
- Preserving Limbs and Surviving Limb Loss: Resuming an Active and Productive Life, Part 1
- Preserving Limbs and Surviving Limb Loss: Resuming an Active and Productive Life, Part 2
- Preventing Skiing & Snowboarding Injuries
Dr. Allan Mishra prepares you for the slopes with strategies and exercises to prevent skiing and snowboarding injuries.
- Prevention and Care of High Blood Pressure in Young Urban African American Males / Community Driven Research: Lead Awareness North Philly Style
- Primer on Arthritic Disorders
- Prioritizing Vaccines for Disease-Endemic Countries
Administration of vaccine policy in developing countries. - Probing Genes and Genomes
Chemical genetics creates small molecules.
- Problems of the Esophagus: GERD and Barrett's Esophagus
Dr. Gerson discusses causes and solutions for heartburn and problems of the esophagus, such as Barrett's Esophagus. - Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
Neurology Professor Joseph Berger, M.D. discusses what AIDS and natalizumab have taught us about the pathobiology of PML, a viral demyelinating brain disease. - Prostate Cancer: Advanced Disease
Innovations and treatments for patients with prostate cancer in its advanced stages.
- Prostate Cancer: Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment Options
Stanford's urology department zeros in on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment options for prostate cancer.
- Public Bioethics: The Case of Stem-Cell Research
- Public Forum: Northwest Regional Biocontainment Laboratory
Community forum to discuss the planning, design and operation of a proposed Regional Biocontainment Laboratory.
- Quadriceps-Sparing Knee Replacement
Minimally invasive quadriceps-sparing knee replacement surgery. - Quality and Efficiency Solutions for Anatomic Pathology - Rodney Schmidt, MD
The University of Washington is improving anatomic pathology lab work. - Querying Breast Cancer Image Databases
- Race and Privilege, and Consequences for Health
Discussion of efforts to eliminate health disparities in minorities.
- Rate Your Plate to Score
Healthy choices at meal time. - Reading Genes and Genomes
Clues revealed by the human genome.
- Real-Time Continuous Glucose Monitoring: Revolutionary or Another Fad? - Irl Hirsch, MD
University of Washington researcher Irl Hirsch asks: Is real-time continuous glucose monitoring a reliable solution for managing diabetes, or just another fad? - Rebuilding the Baby Boomer: Replacement Parts for the 21st Century
Learn about growing new human tissue, building organs and helpngi the brain control artificial limbs. - Recognizing Child Abuse: Identification and Reporting
In this program, Douglas J. Besharov, professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, presents an overview of recognizing and reporting child abuse. - Recovering from Spinal Cord Injury: Rehabilitation Efforts
Key developments in rehabilitation medicine for spinal injury patients. - Recovering from Spinal Cord Injury: What Prevents Recovery?
Examine obstacles to spinal cord injury recovery. - Recurrent Spinal Deformity Above Spinal Fusion
Current surgical techniques allow for virtually complete deformity correction. - Red Mondays and Gemstone Jalapeños: The Synesthetic World
In this Montana State University program, Dr. David Eagleman, neuroscientist at the Baylor College of Medicine, explores the bizarre perceptual condition of synesthesia, or the blending or mixing of senses. - Refractive Eye Surgery
The newest procedure for laser eye surgery. - Refractive Surgery: Patient Information
Dr. Tueng T. Shen educates patients in the many aspects of laser eye surgery. Produced by UW Medicine and the UW Refractive Surgery Center.
- Regaining an Active Life
Sports and Spine Physicians return patients to their active lives. - Regional Disaster Planning Efforts & The Biology of Pandemic Influenza
This program discusses an emergency health care coalition between Harborview and others.
- Regional Heart Center
The latest in surgical techniques for the heart. - Reinvigorating the Struggle: A Clinical and Social Justice Perspective on International Health
A look at global public health as a critical issue facing our world.
- Relieving Pain and Suffering: Real Problems, Real Solutions - Part 1
Understanding pain and its management.
- Relieving Pain and Suffering: Real Problems, Real Solutions - Part 2
Understanding pain and its management.
- Reporting Obligations
Who is legally required to report child abuse and neglect? Douglas J. Besharov, professor at the University of Maryland, examines the criminal and civil penalties for those who fail to make a report, as well as the legal protections provided to those who do. - Research Mechanics: Putting the Brakes on Cancer
The nature of cancer, malignancy, metastasis, and cancer-causing mutations.
- Restenosis
- Restoring the Human Voice
The University of Washington Medical Center’s laryngology team treats patients with voice, swallowing and airway disorders. - Restoring Vision: A Look Into UW Medicine Eye Institute
In this video from the University of Washington, the UW Medicine Eye Institute is known for multidisciplinary collaborative care of both common and complex eye conditions. - Results of Disc Replacement Surgery
Discussion of mechanical artificial lumbar disc replacements.
- Results of the Oxford Back Pain Study
Surgery versus nonsurgical cognitive behavioral therapy.
- Retinal Surgery
- Reverse (Delta) Shoulder Replacement
Surgeon and patient discuss innovative shoulder surgery procedure and outcome.
- Risk Analysis & Flying with Animals
Risk avoidance; How sensory information is processed to control behavior.
- Robotic Surgery
- SANGAM: A System for Integrating Web Services to Investigate Stimulus-Circuitry-Gene Coupling
- Saving Your Life: Medical Miracles and Heroes, Part 1
Technological breakthroughs and hybrid approaches to repairing abdominal aortic and brain aneurysms. - Saving Your Life: Medical Miracles and Heroes, Part 2
Technological breakthroughs and hybrid approaches to repairing abdominal aortic and brain aneurysms. - Say My Name: Black Women & Health
- SBRI's 5th Annual Passport to Global Health Celebration Featuring Dr. Paul Farmer
Paul Farmer discusses his pioneering endeavors in global health. - Schizophrenia
New research in the treatment of schizophrenia.
- Science & Technology in Global Health
Global health improvements in resource-poor countries.
- Science and Politics: The Discordant Couple in the Fight Against AIDS
Implications of the growing influence of politics on HIV.
- Scoliosis Assessment and Classification
Classification of scoliosis allows for some prediction of its risk. - Scoliosis Surgery
Surgical management of scoliosis has undergone dramatic changes. - Screening for Medical Diseases: The Good, the Bad and the Unexpected - Part 1
University of Washington School of Medicine doctors discuss screening. - Screening for Medical Diseases: The Good, the Bad and the Unexpected - Part 2
University of Washington School of Medicine doctors discuss screening. - Secrets, Lies and Testing Dilemmas: Parents' Requests for Adolescent Drug Testing, Sexual Behavior Information Sharing and Ownership of Diagnostic Results
- Selection of the Living Renal Donor
The discussion of kidney donor selection.
- Sex and Death: Too Much of a Good Thing
Controlling genetic imbalances.
- Sex Education
- Sexual Evolution: From X to Y
Secrets of the Y chromosome in making males.
- Shining Light on Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic cancer killed 33,000 Americans last year, many of them unaware of the disease until its later stages. See how scientists using light-scattering techniques have discovered a critical marker that could help detect this deadly disease sooner. - Should Clinicians Dabble in Patient Spiritual Angst?
Can the spiritual needs of a patient be addressed in today’s healthcare settings? LLU School of Nursing Professor Elizabeth Johnston Taylor talks about this additional part of medical care. - Shoulder Arthroscopy and Rotator Repair
Possibilities and limitations of arthroscopy.
- Shoulder Instability and The Stiff Shoulder
Dr. McAdams talks about the most common causes for shoulder instability as well as the treatments for it.
- Shoulder Replacement For Active People
Innovative shoulder replacement surgery designed for adults living an active life. - Shoulder Surgery: Ream and Run
Ream and run is an alternative to traditional shoulder replacement surgery. - Shoulder Surgery: Rotator Cuff
Rotator cuff shoulder surgery. - Sickle Cell Disease - Recent Advances
Research and treatment of sickle cell anemia.
- Skull Base Tumors
Surgery to remove tumors in the skull base. - Slaying the Disease Dragon
Aravinda Chakravarti, Ph.D. provides examples of successful, but partial, genetic dissection. Genomic Medicine is a production of the University of Michigan.
- Soil Quality, Conservation and Food Production
Preserving soil and its impact on feeding the world. - Song and Dance: Poems
English Professor Alan Shaprio shares poems inspired by experiences with his siblings' battles with cancer.
- Specific Indications for Spine Surgery
Those who suffer from back pain can often benefit from surgical intervention. Several University of Washington doctors discuss causes of back pain and their surgical treatments. - Spinal Column Failure Below Fusion
A number of factors contribute to premature recurrence of deformity. - Spinal Reconstruction of Kyphoscoliosis
- Spinal Stenosis: When to Fuse
- Spirituality & Aging: Spiritual & Ethical Concerns in the Care of Older Patients
- Sport Nutrition Game Plan
Healthy choices at meal time. - Sports and Spine Physicians
Sports and Spine Physicians return patients to their active lives. - Sports Injuries: Spine and Head, Part 1
Presentations and discussion of sports-related spine and head injuries.
- Sports Injuries: Spine and Head, Part 2
Presentations and discussion of sports-related spine and head injuries.
- Sports Medicine: ACL Repair
Surgery to repair a torn ACL. - Sports Medicine: Dislocated Shoulder
Surgery to repair a dislocated shoulder. - Stem Cell Therapy in Cardiac Disease - Charles Murry, MD, Ph.D.
Stem cells to repair the heart or other damaged organs. - Stem Cells and Cloning - #87
Discussion about cloning and stem cell research pros and cons.
- Stem Cells and the End of Aging
Finding factors is experimentally enhanced, muscle regeneration improves. - Stiff Elbow Trauma & Treatment
Surgery to remove scarred bone and scarred elbow capsule. - Storage Lesions in Cellular Blood Components - James AuBuchon, MD
Examine the effectiveness of old blood in this video from the University of Washington. - Strategies to Reduce Health Disparities of Older African American Women
- Substance Abuse Treatment for Child Welfare Families: Part 1
Overview of recent research in the area of substance abuse, in the context of the Child Welfare system. - Substance Abuse Treatment for Child Welfare Families: Part 2
Overview of recent research in the area of substance abuse, in the context of the Child Welfare system. - Suicidal Individuals: Evaluation, Therapies, and Ethics – Part 1
Hear about the development and evaluation of therapies used to treat individuals with suicidal behaviors. - Suicidal Individuals: Evaluation, Therapies, and Ethics – Part 2
Explore the history of excluding suicidal individuals from clinical treatment trials because including them was considered to be unethical, unsafe or too difficult to manage clinically. - Surgeon Views on Lumbar Disc Replacement Surgery
Using audience participation the presenters attempt to identify preferences of the spine surgeons participating in the Low Back Forum as to specific indications for lumbar disc replacement surgery. - Surgery for the Aging Spine
Orthopaedists and neurologists discuss spine surgery for older patients.
- Surgical Challenges in Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Surgical Robotics: Is R2D2 in Your Future?
Robots performing surgery? Dr. Thomas Krummel of Stanford University explains the current and future uses of surgical robots.
- Surgical Spine Repair
An anterior cervical discectomy and fusion procedure helps a hard-working rancher return to the active lifestyle she loves. - Surgical Treatment for Ankle Arthritis
Presentation on options for ankle arthritis treatment.
- Surgical Treatment of Emphysema
Joseph B. Shrager, professor of cardiothoracic surgery at the Stanford University Medical Center, shares new surgical treatments for emphysema. - Surgical Treatments for Stroke
How to deal with life after a stroke.
- Symbolic Understanding in Infants and Young Children: Challenges and Benefits – Part 1
Nothing is more important in early human development than learning to use the symbols through which we communicate with one another. - Symbolic Understanding in Infants and Young Children: Challenges and Benefits – Part 2
Nothing is more important in early human development than learning to use the symbols through which we communicate with one another. - Symptom Management and Quality-of-Life Improvement Following Transplantation / The Gender Biology of Pain
- Taking Sex Differences Seriously
UVA's Professor Steven Rhoads explores gender roles in his book, "Taking Sex Differences Seriously". - Talking About Death Will Not Kill You
Loma Linda University's Dr. Gina Mohr provides a frank discussion of palliative medicine at the medical center's Bioethics Grand Rounds. - Testing for Hereditary Cancer Risk
Dr. James Ford answers questions about genetic testing for hereditary cancer risks.
- Testing New Drugs: Are People Guinea Pigs? (315)
Closer to Truth brings together a panel of medical professionals to discuss clinical trials and testing new drugs on people. - The 2000 Biomedical & Health Informatics Symposium: A Vision for Informatics
Discussion of how information is used, organized and retrieved with emerging technology in health-care, research and education.
- The 2004 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
The 2004 Tyler Prize Awards are conferred.
- The Adolescent's Role in End-of-Life Decision Making: Ethics versus Policy
- The Aging Foot
Discover how our feet change as we age and the important steps we can take to prepare now. - The Alma Mater of Healing
- The Antiphospholipid Syndrome - Dr. Michael Linenberger
Dr. Linenberger discusses the effects of antiphospholipid syndrome, how the pathological antibodies might cause problems, and the various treatment approaches when vascular or pregnancy complications occur. - The Art of Aging
The latest research and strategies on aging, from the importance of maintaining strong bones to engaging in social interactions. - The Athlete's Shoulder: Leading Edge Surgical Repair
Innovative surgical techniques for athletic shoulder injuries. - The Bionic Human: Medical Devices and How They are Powered
Learn about recent advances in batteries that power pacemakers and other medical devices in humans. How safe and reliable are these tiny, life-saving cells? - The British National Health Service: Medicine with a Mission
- The Case of Vaccine Refusal: Parent Conviction, Child Best-Interests and Community Good
Health implications for children and communities when parents refuse to have their child vaccinated. - The Changing Human Genome: Implications for Disease and Evolution
What does current human genome research reveal about disease? - The Diagnosis Tipping Point: To Change or Not to Change? - Brian Budenholzer, MD
How doctors decide to embrace the new and abandon the old way. - The Eyes Have It: The Modern Medicine of Vision, Part 1
Doctors discuss the leading causes of blindness, their symptoms and the current and emerging treatments. - The Eyes Have It: The Modern Medicine of Vision, Part 2
Doctors discuss the leading causes of blindness, their symptoms and the current and emerging treatments. - The Faces of Medical School - Part 1
Dr. Terry Megert provides an introduction to medical school training and the teaching of medicine.
- The Faces of Medical School - Part 2
Learn what it takes to get Into medical school.
- The Fight Against Infectious Diseases: Partnerships in Health
Partnerships are being formed for better disease prevention/treatment access. - The First 15 Years at the National Institute of Nursing Research
- The Genetics of Speech and Communication Disorders
Dr. Dennis Drayna lectures on communication disorders.
- The Golden Age of Global Health: An Ethnology in Progress
Learn how conflict situations, refugees, health and the environment are connected. - The Hand That Built the Brain: Lucy Sends a Message to the Cognitive Scientists
- The Healing Power of Mindfulness: Living Your Life as if it Really Matters
- The Health and Well-Being of Pacific Islander Women
- The Impact of Informatics on the Understanding and Treatment of Human Disease: Visions of the Future - Part 1
- The Impact of Informatics on the Understanding and Treatment of Human Disease: Visions of the Future - Part 2
A lively discussion of current healthcare information management issues.
- The Importance of Body and Organ Donation, Part 1
The important role of organ donation. - The Importance of Body and Organ Donation, Part 2
The important role of organ donation. - The Jekyll and Hyde of Regulatory Issues: Effects on the Evidence-Based Medicine of Laboratory Tests - Larry Kessler, Sc.D.
Dr. Kessler describes the US Food and Drug Administration’s approach to classification of in vitro diagnostic devices. - The Legacy of Nancy Cruzan
Legal and bioethical issues surrounding the 'Right to Die' cases.
- The Mammalian Timekeeper
A healthy body clock may be key to good health.
- The Microbes Strike Back
Fighting back against bacteria.
- The Painful Adult Flat Foot
Dr. Bruce Sangeorzan discusses factors that contribute to painful flat feet.
- The Pathogenicity of Pandemic Influenza Viruses
Dr. Peter Palese of Mount Sinai School of Medicine discusses the influenza viruses. - The Personal Genome: Consequences for Society
The University of Washington Department of Genome Sciences presents a panel of genome experts and Bill Gates III to discuss topics on genome science. - The Promise and Perils of Herbal Remedies - Chihiro Morishima, MD
The University of Washington’s Dr. Chihiro Morishima discusses the promises and perils of herbal remedies. - The Promise of Health for All: Are U.S. Policies Making it Harder to Achieve?
Explore the forces that impact our ability to provide basic health care to citizens in a global society. - The Promise of Plasma Proteomics in the Clinical Laboratory: Fact and Fiction - N. Leigh Anderson, Ph.D.
Mass spectrometry could one day help measure proteins in the routine clinical laboratory. - The Psychology of Blink: Understanding How Our Minds Work Unconsciously - Part 1 of 2
From the University of Maryland, an interview with Walter Reich, former director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. - The Psychology of Blink: Understanding How Our Minds Work Unconsciously - Part 2 of 2
Recent psychological research has revealed widely held unconscious thought patterns that most people would rather not possess. - The Real Cost of Health Care
- The Regional Heart Center
Follow three doctors and their patients through a day at the University of Washington Medical Center.
- The Road to Becoming a Doctor, Part 1
Explore the process of becoming a doctor. - The Road to Becoming a Doctor, Part 2
Explore the process of becoming a doctor. - The Role of Government in Healthcare: A Societal Issue
Dr. Michael DeBakey lectures at Rice University on the role of government in health
care.
- The Role of Nanotechnology in the Clinical Laboratory - Steven C. Kazmierczak, Ph.D.
This lecture provides an understanding of the concepts underlying nanotechnology. - The Rotazyme Story: When Are Double Standards Justified?
Vaccine policies in the US and developing countries, focusing on the RotaShield vaccine. - The Runner's Foot
Dr. James Ratcliff discusses how to keep a runner’s foot healthy and free of injury.
- The Scalpel and the Silver Bear: A Navajo Woman Surgeon’s Story
- The Science of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- The Social and Environmental Context of Asian Women
- The Sojourn of the Inner City Child
- The Solution to the Omnivore's Dilemma
Deciding on what to eat can often be an overwhelming experience, both emotionally and mentally. Christopher Gardner, director of Nutrition Studies at the Stanford Prevention Research Center and an associate professor of medicine at Stanford University, discusses these choices and provides solutions and insights in a scientific and humorous way. - The Strength of Families: Solving Rett Syndrome
Working with patients and families to unravel Rett syndrome, a disease in young girls.
- The Team Physician and Controversies in Sports Medicine - Part 1
The duties and responsibilities of team physicians and how they balance player and team interests. - The Team Physician and Controversies in Sports Medicine - Part 2
The duties and responsibilities of team physicians and how they balance player and team interests. - The Teen Brain
Dr. Jay Giedd presents a lecture on the teen brain.
- The Threat of Pandemic Influenza: How Can We Stop the Spread?
Response to worldwide pandemics and health-related realities of living in the 21st century. - The Total Shoulder Replacement: Partnering with the Patient
Dr. Frederick A. Matsen III takes you through the entire process of shoulder reconstruction surgery.
- The Use and Misuse of Laboratory Tests for Nutritional Status - Edward Lipkin, MD, PhD
From the University of Washington, a look at the laboratory evaluation of nutritional status. - This is Our Work - Serving Those in Need, Part 1
Learn how UW Medicine balances its missions of patient care, teaching, and research while providing for those in need. - This is Our Work - Serving Those in Need, Part 2
Learn how UW Medicine balances its missions of patient care, teaching, and research while providing for those in need. - Thoraco-lumbar Spine Injury
Learn about an integrated approach in caring for patients with spine trauma. - Thumb Joint Replacement
Thumb joint replacement surgery. - Tissue Engineering & Life-On-A-Chip
Tissue engineering of the heart muscle.
- TLC2 - Fostering Advanced Research and Learning
- To Have and To Hit? Understanding and Preventing Domestic Violence
Understanding and preventing domestic violence.
- To Test or Not To Test
Virginia Tech’s Doris Zallen discusses her book “To Test or Not to Test,” a consumer guide to genetic testing. - Too Much of a Good Thing: Running Injuries, Their Prevention & Treatments
Running injuries, their prevention and treatment.
- Top 10 Tips For Peak Performance
Top 10 Tips For Peak Performance. - Total Elbow Replacement
Surgeon and patient discuss total elbow replacement surgery and outcome.
- Total Laboratory Automation - Michael Bissell, MD, Ph.D.
- Traditional vs. Western View of Female Circumcision
- Transitions in Health: Building Bridges Through Science
Research of transitional care and quality of life of vulnerable older adults.
- Translational Approaches to Drug Abuse Prevention
Which intervention methods appear to be most successful in helping drug abusers, based on the latest neurobehavioral research? - Treating Meniscus Tears
Physicians with the University of Washington Medical Center work to correctly diagnose and individually treat patients with a wide array of knee injuries. - Treating Meniscus Tears
Physicians with the University of Washington Medical Center work to correctly diagnose and individually treat patients with a wide array of knee injuries. - Treating Varicose Veins
Guided by ultrasound and through a tiny puncture near Alexis’ knee, Andrews performed laser ablation to seal shut the faulty vessels. - Trends in Autoantibody Testing - Mark H. Wener, MD
Testing for such conditions as Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and other autoimmune diseases. - Trends in Multiparameter Flow Cytometry in Hematology - Dr. Brent Wood
- Trends in Newborn Screening - Michael Glass, MS
The latest trends in what tests to give to newborns and outcome for them as children. - Trends in the Clinical Laboratory Industry - Dr. Thomas Tiffany
- Tribute to Donald S. Frederickson, M.D.
Video tribute to Donald S. Fredrickson, M.D.
- Tumor Vaccine Group 2008 Open House
The Tumor Vaccine Group is a multidisciplinary group of investigators focused on diagnosis, prevention and treatment of cancer with novel, immune-based therapies. - Tumors and Related Conditions
UW Medicine presents the latest techniques for the diagnosis and treatment for bone cancers.
- Twin Epidemics: Obesity and Diabetes - Part 1
The approaches to prevent and control obesity rates and diabetes prevalence. - Twin Epidemics: Obesity and Diabetes - Part 2
The approaches to prevent and control obesity rates and diabetes prevalence. - Twin Epidemics: Obesity and Diabetes - Part 3
The approaches to prevent and control obesity rates and diabetes prevalence. - Uncommon Sense & Innovation
Discovery and innovation in the real world and science. - Understanding a Chronic Killer: Kidney Disease, Part 1
Find out what causes kidney disease and how we can prevent it and treat it. - Understanding a Chronic Killer: Kidney Disease, Part 2
Find out what causes kidney disease and how we can prevent it and treat it. - Understanding and Treating Chronic Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Discussion of psychological turmoil following exposure to trauma.
- Understanding Cardiovascular Disease in Women
Robert Robbins, M.D. addresses efforts in prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease in women.
- Understanding Embryonic Stem Cells
An overview of embryonic development, and properties of stem cells. - Understanding Fat: Syndrome X and Beyond
Diet, exercise and the balance of fat storage are examined by Dr. Ronald M. Evans of the Salk Institute.
- Understanding Heredity: Chance in the House of Fate
- Understanding Human Movements to Enhance HCI Environments
- Understanding the Appropriate Use of Lipid Testing - John Brunzell, MD
Dr. John Brunzell discusses issues related to measurement of lipoprotein subfractions. - Understanding the Language of Silence/Hearing Research
- Unwinding Clock Genetics
Biological clocks are based on molecular machines.
- Unwired: When the Brain’s Circuits Fail, Part 1
The latest news in neurology. - Update on Antiviral Drugs & Strategies for Their Use
A look at antiviral influenza medications.
- Update on Markers for Cardiovascular Disease Risk - Kevin O'Brien, MD
Learn how to identify the risk of cardiovascular disease. - Update on Spinal Cord Injuries
Pathophysiology of cord injury and current and experimental treatment approaches.
- Upper C-spine Problems in Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Using the Immune System to Treat Cancer
Learn how Stanford doctors are using Immunotherapy as their newest tool in the treatment of cancer.
- UVa's 2005 Distinguished Alumna
UVA alum Denise Geolot broaches the current nursing shortage.
- UW Medicine Neighborhood Clinics "Health Checklist"
Physicians from UW Medicine Neighborhood Clinics share important tips for preventing illness. - UW Sports Medicine For Every Athlete
A profile of the team approach to sports medicine. - Vaccines and HIV Evolution
See how research on a vaccine for HIV continues, despite major hurdles such as the ability of the virus to evolve quickly. - Vaccines in the Era of Genomics
Vaccines in the era of genomics are explored. - Vaccines Targeting Breast and Ovarian Cancer
The development and testing of cancer vaccines may someday lead to using the immune system to prevent relapse in patients who have been previously treated for cancer or possibly even prevent the development of cancer in the first place. - Valve Replacement: Aortic Valve Disease
- Valve Surgery in the Young Adult
Alternatives to traditional cardiac surgical methods.
- Varicose Veins: New and Improved Treatments
Find out about new treatments for varicose veins, a painful condition that affects both women and men. - VATS Lobectomy for the Treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Dr. Mulligan details the thoracoscopic lobectomy procedure including technical and safety aspects. - Vertigo Management in Meniere's Disease
A physician and patient discuss Menieres Disease symptoms and treatment.
- Violence Against Children
Violence against children: from neuroscience to social practice. - Vision and the Brain: Unseen Complexities – Part 1
Explore the problems in the context of object size and brightness perception, and discuss computational challenges in sight that require extensive neural processing. - Vision and the Brain: Unseen Complexities – Part 2
Learn how separate but interacting visual systems have evolved for the perception of objects on the one hand, and the control of actions directed at those objects on the other. - Walking Water Home/Tiny Killers
Colorado State students help bring clean water and fight disease in developing countries. - Wally Smith, REI
- Water, Energy, and Life: Fresh Views From the Water's Edge
Dr. Gerald Pollack, UW professor of bioengineering, has developed a theory of water that has been called revolutionary. - What's New in Breast Reconstruction?
The latest techniques in breast reconstruction. - When It Comes to Cancer
- When the Parent Is an Adolescent: Implications for Decision Making in the Clinical and Research Contexts
- When the Slaughter Ceases: Understanding and Assisting Traumatized Societies
J. Anderson Thomson, Jr.
- Who Gets to Validate Alternative Medicine? (311)
A panel of health specialists joins Closer to Truth to discuss the implications of alternative medicine. - Who Needs a Coronary Artery Stent? How to Find Out and the Questions to Ask Your Doctor
Dr. William Fearon, professor of cardiovascular medicine at the Stanford University Medical Center, discusses the benefits of coronary artery stenting. - Who Needs Sex Therapy? (209)
Top scientists and social experts discuss sexuality.
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Why does cancer occur in some people, but not others?
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- Women's Health: How Do We Stack Up?
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