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Breast Cancer: Risks & Prevention, Diagnosis & Treatments Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3540 Date: February 12, 2009 What are the risk factors for breast cancer and what decisions will a woman need to make on the basis of an abnormal mammogram result or a diagnosi...

Childhood Obesity: Our Newest Global Epidemic? Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3101 Date: February 12, 2009 Childhood obesity is recognized as an emerging threat to the health of America’s children. Children who are obese have a much greater risk of not o...

Aortic Surgical Treatment: Marfan Syndrome Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1768 Date: February 12, 2009 Chris King, M.D., Peter H. Byers, M.D., and Gabriel S. Aldea, M.D., physicians with the University of Washington Regional Heart Center, review the...

A Pain in the Knee Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3510 Date: February 12, 2009 Should you see the doctor for your knee pain? Trey Green, an orthopaedic surgeon from the University of Washington Department of Orthopaedics and...

Advancing the Health of the World&#39s Children Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 5289 Date: February 12, 2009 The Most Reverend Desmond Mpilo Tutu and a panel of international health leaders discuss the impact of health issues – such as AIDS treatment and p...

Voyagers and Voyeurs: Supporting Collaborative Information Visualization Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 0 Date: February 12, 2009 Interactive visualizations leverage human visual processing and cognition to increase the scale of information with which we can effectively work. ...

What Would Dr. King Do To Broaden Participation in Science and Computing? Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3470 Date: February 12, 2009 Computer science professor Andrew Williams of Spelman College explains his ideas to increase minority participation in science and engineering. Wil...

Appropriate Technology in Health Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3493 Date: February 12, 2009 A discussion about the institutional barriers to bringing lifesaving health technologies to developing countries.  Two innovations ...

Chemical Genomics: New Tools for Medicine Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3509 Date: February 12, 2009 Scientists can create and test millions of new molecules to identify those useful for studying biology and new medicines. Designing and screening n...

Antiretroviral Therapy: Principles and Practice and Common Toxicities and Drug-Drug Interactions Associated with the use of Antiretroviral Toxicities Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 5166 Date: February 12, 2009 Stanford School of Medicine presents a comprehensive guide to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection. In this series, medical experts from Sta...

Breast Cancer Screening: Prevention is More Complicated Than We Thought Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1710 Date: February 12, 2009 Suzanne Fletcher, M.D., discusses the complications surrounding breast cancer screening, including how risk is defined, screening techniques and t...

Advances in Weight Loss Surgery Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3240 Date: February 12, 2009 Obesity is a disease which has reached epidemic proportions in the US. After failed attempts at dieting, surgery may remain the only option for ...

Trends in Adaptive Computing Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3395 Date: February 12, 2009 The idea of changing the architecture of a processor at run-time to suit an application has been around for a long time.  However, ...

Towards Integrating the Sciences and Technologies of Learning for Education Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 5338 Date: February 12, 2009 Dr. Pea’s work involves trying to help create a seamless network between advances in technology, knowledge and learning.  One of h...

A Healthy Nervous System: A Delicate Balance Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3510 Date: February 12, 2009 Mutations in key genes can lay waste to the nervous system.  Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1), for example, can start with a s...

Women in Engineering, Human Embryo Project Pt. 2, Experimental Economics, P3 Conference Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1783 Date: February 12, 2009 This episode of Tech Horizons explores issues surrounding women in the field of engineering.  How do you form a collaborative netwo...

Visualmotor Tasks and Human Learning Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3592 Date: February 12, 2009 Submarine navigation and flight control tasks are difficult for humans to learn because they require the coordination of a task strategy (evasive m...

Changes in Muscle Stem Cell Function With Age: Implications for Muscle Wasting, Adiposity and Fibrosis Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 2931 Date: February 12, 2009 Learn how stem cells function and impact muscles in adults, including the molecular mechanisms that are at work. What role do stem cells play in a...

Complications, Outcome Measures and Litigation Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3487 Date: February 12, 2009 Patients with advanced age or significant health problems undergoing spine surgery pose a unique set of problems and challenges to their treatment ...

Brain Tumor Surgery Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1710 Date: February 12, 2009 This University of Washington program profiles an innovative surgical technique for maintaining the speech and language skills of a brain tumor pat...

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