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Desperately Seeking Sleep: Understanding and Treating Insomnia Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3540 Date: February 12, 2009 Insomnia, defined as trouble falling asleep or staying asleep, is a common problem.  Occasional insomnia is experienced by more th...

Eastside Specialty Center: Coordination of Care Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1633 Date: February 12, 2009 Follow patient Neil Forney, of Sammamish, WA, as he and his University of Washington medical care team review the diagnosis, surgery and follow up...

Cochlear Implants for Hearing Loss Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1693 Date: February 12, 2009 The first thing Kenneth Rambow noticed after receiving his cochlear implant was birds chirping: “I haven’t heard that in 20 years,” said Rambow, a...

Alzheimer’s Disease - Part 2 Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 2707 Date: February 12, 2009 Can Alzheimer’s disease be prevented? This program addresses the evolving approaches to this disease, providing evidence that some common medicine...

Cognitive Aging & Alzheimer’s Disease: Gender Matters Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3540 Date: February 12, 2009 The Stanford University Medical Center presents a lecture from Victor W. Henderson, Professor of Medicine at the Dept. of Health Research & Po...

Bloodless Surgery, Part 1 Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 0 Date: February 12, 2009 Imagine cauterizing a lesion or blood vessel or destroying unwanted tissue and tumors without making an incision. This program demonstrates extendi...

Avoiding the Elephant on Your Chest: Cardiac Risk and How to Avoid It Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3936 Date: February 12, 2009 Heart attacks are often unpredictable. In this informative presentation, Dr. Euan Ashley, assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine at the St...

Alzheimer’s Disease - Part 1 Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3227 Date: February 12, 2009 Can Alzheimer’s disease be prevented? This program addresses the evolving approaches to this disease, providing evidence that some common medicine...

Alcohol: A Women’s Health Issue Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 745 Date: February 12, 2009 Alcohol abuse and alcoholism are often perceived as problems that only affect men, but alcoholism has been on the rise among women for the last 30...

Coaxing Embryonic Stem Cells Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3506 Date: February 12, 2009 Significant progress has been made in producing stem cell lines that, for example, participate in the regeneration of damaged nervous tissue. Many...

Autism: New Advances in Understanding and Treatment Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3599 Date: February 12, 2009 Professor Dawson discusses the latest research on the diagnosis and treatment of one of the most puzzling and challenging of childhood disorders—au...

Addressing Childhood Obesity Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 4560 Date: February 12, 2009 Obesity is no longer just an epidemic in the adult population.  The rising rate of childhood obesity has also become a major concer...

Blending Biology and Robotics Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 318 Date: February 12, 2009 In a collaboration that blends biology and robotics, researchers at Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland are unraveling the circuitry in a...

Bioterrorism Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3348 Date: February 12, 2009 In a world where politics and economic trends are dictated by the United States, biological weapons offer an asymmetric advantage to political or ...

AIDS: Government Intervention vs. The Market Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1617 Date: February 12, 2009 AIDS continues to be one of the most intractable diseases because a cure has been so elusive. Although it is just one of many health issues in the ...

Biomimetic MicroElectric Systems for Restoring Sight to the Blind Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 2632 Date: February 12, 2009 Research by engineering and medical teams holds tremendous promise for people who have lost their sight due to retinitis pigmentosa and other degen...

Clinical Applications of Angiogenesis Research Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3480 Date: February 12, 2009 See how today’s FDA-approved inhibitors are fighting angiogenesis, a condition in which rapid blood-vessel growth can indicate malignant tumors. W...

Assessing Prenatal Risk: Current State of the Art Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 0 Date: February 12, 2009 The term prenatal diagnosis has historically been synonymous with amniocentesis and the prenatal detection of Down Syndrome. In the 1970s, a woman...

ACE Inhibitors: How Snake Venom Saves Lives Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3510 Date: February 12, 2009 Can the dangerous venom stored in a snake’s fangs actually save your life someday? Learn how ACE inhibitors reduce cardiovascular mortality, and t...

Arthroscopic Shoulder Stabilization Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1646 Date: February 12, 2009 What happens when a shoulder dislocates? Dr. Chris Wahl, an orthopaedic surgeon, talks with University of Washington Huskies basketball player Mik...

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