UCTV: Women's Health Today

Explaining Health: Habits and Longevity

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 9:47:53 PDT

Marcia Degelman of UCSF takes a look at the potential effects of health habits upon longevity. Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 20044]

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Uterine Fibroids: Do You Know All Your Options for Treatment?

Mon, 7 Mar 2011 13:34:43 PDT

As many as 30% of women have fibroids, benign (non-cancerous) growths that develop within the uterus. Most women with fibroids have no symptoms and need no treatment. However, when fibroids, cause heavy menstrual bleeding, pelvic discomfort and frequent urination, women should seek medical attention. A variety of treatment options exist. Dr. Alison Jacoby reviews fibroids, their causes and how they are diagnosed. She also discusses fibroid treatment options, including laparoscopic myomectomy and hysterectomy, uterine artery embolization (UAE) and MR-guided focused ultrasound surgery. Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 20042]

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Sugar in our Drinks and Salt in our Food: Why You Should Care

Fri, 20 May 2011 12:04:34 PDT

Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo of UCSF details the many health consequences of hidden sugars and a high salt content in the modern American diet. She provides some basic guidelines for food choices to help us avoid these potentially devastating health conditions. Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 20043]

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Families: Critical Role in Wellness Prevention and Care for LGBT Children and Youth

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:54:26 PDT

Families and caregivers have a dramatic and compelling impact on their LGBT children’s health, mental health and well-being. Join Caitlin Ryan, Director of the the Family Acceptance Project at San Francisco State University, as she discusses the benefits to children of decreasing specific rejecting behaviors and increasing well-being by engaging in accepting behaviors. Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 20040]

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The Sexual Lives of Teenagers

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 9:56:45 PDT

Adolescent sexuality in the United States has experienced many changes in the last 30 years. Key changes include an increased political focus on the topic, which affected the sexual education of all youth, and an explosion of sexual opportunities in the media, especially the Internet, resulting in growing confusions with the teenagers themselves, and fear on the part of their parents. UCSF professor of psychology Dr. Lynn Ponton reviews this important history, and addresses the changes in adolescent sexuality in the first decade of this century, including how to have a conversation with an adolescent about sexual matters. Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 20039]

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Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women's Love and Desire

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:57:25 PDT

Lisa Diamond, author of “Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women’s Love and Desire” talks about the fluidity in some women’s sexual orientation. She argues that orientation is not necessarily fixed for life, but may evolve over a lifetime. Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 17235]

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Generations at Risk? Environmental Challenges to Reproductive Health

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:22:14 PDT

Tracey Woodruff, Director of UCSF’s Center for Reproductive Health and the Environment, presents a look at the current environmental challenges to reproductive health including the effects of environmental contaminants on reproductive and developmental health. Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 17234]

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Weight Loss Dietary Supplements: Truth or Consequences?

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:04:07 PDT

Over-the-counter weight-loss pills promise fast, easy results. But are these products effective or safe? Candy Tsourounis, of UCSF helps to sort fact from fiction in the use of dietary supplements. Explore the effectiveness of these unregulated supplements while examining the associated risks. Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 17228]

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When Bad Things Happen to Good Patients: Protect Yourself and Prevent Medical Errors!

Fri, 5 Feb 2010 10:22:31 PDT

Kathleen Burke of UCSF outlines some proactive strategies that patients can take to help prevent medical errors. Kathleen Burke is a staff nurse at UCSF and serves as Chair of the UCSF Patient Safety Fellows ~ Nurse Champions for Patient Safety. Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 17227]

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Positive Emotion in the Midst of Stress: It’s Not Crazy it’s Adaptive

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 9:59:02 PDT

UCSF social psychologist Judith Moskowitz examines how positive emotions can be marshaled as adaptive coping tools during stressful times. Moskowitz’s research focuses on coping and emotion in the context of health related chronic stress. Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 17226]

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Don’t Cell Yourself Short: How Lifestyle Affects Your Cells and Your Health

Tue, 7 Jul 2009 9:43:30 PDT

How do lifestyle and stress affect health and aging? UCSF researcher Elissa Epel explores the effects of stress on our cells and how to manage the stressful elements in life. Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 15245]

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Perfect Girls Starving Daughters: How the Quest for Perfection is Making Girls Sick

Mon, 9 Mar 2009 10:23:04 PDT

How do media images of physical perfection drive young girls into food and weight obsessions? Writer Courtney E. Martin explores this deadly disease. Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 15243]

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The Heart Healthy Properties of Chocolate

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:31:02 PDT

Chocolate is good for heart health as well as the palate. Mary Engler discusses the results of her research that show that chocolate and cocoa are rich, plant-derived sources of antioxidant flavonoids that promote beneficial effects to the cardiovascular system. Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 15242]

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Generation Confused: Vaccines Birth Control Emergency Contraception – How Research Impacts the Sexual Lives of Teenagers

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:08:00 PDT

Medical advances in reproductive health provide new opportunities and challenges for today's teens and their caregivers including parents and providers. The availability of new technologies such as the HPV vaccine, emergency contraception, and birth control pills that eliminate periods can have a significant impact on unintended pregnancies, STDs, and the general well being of teens, yet we are not all necessarily on the same page about what technologies are for what teens. Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 13324]

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Sleep in a Society that Never Sleeps

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:20:47 PDT

Dr. David Claman is the Director of the UCSF Sleep Disorders Center. He gives an overview of common sleep disorders and what constitutes normal sleep. Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 13322]

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Equilibrium Dynamics

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:59:50 PDT

Dr. Loma Flowers explores how to achieve balanced emotions, clear focus and good judgment to achieve the best performance. Dr. Flowers has over 30 years of professional experience teaching and working with a broad range of clients on the link between emotional issues and everyday life. She uses her expertise to train clients how to improve their performance as individuals or organizations and to analyze and solve problems. Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 13320]

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Sage Old Age: Embracing Older Age in a Youth Centered Culture

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:41:45 PDT

Old age is healthier than ever before, and women have the opportunity to make the "third age" of their lives better than ever. In this session, Dr. Bree Johnston explores the myths and realities of aging, and what science has taught us about how women can age as successfully as possible. Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 11973]

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Controversies in Gynecology Oncology: The Real Truth About Prevention Testing and Treatment

Wed, 4 Mar 2009 13:50:10 PDT

Dr. Kate O'Hanlan is a Gynecologic Oncologist practicing in the San Francisco Bay Area, formerly on the faculty at Stanford University and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Join her as she discusses some of the latest developments in gynecological cancer and sorts fact from fiction. Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 11972]

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The Importance of Forgiveness for Health and Healing

Wed, 4 Mar 2009 13:47:05 PDT

Nurse Practitioner JoAnne M. Saxe explores the profound connection between forgiveness and health. If you believe that you or a significant other may need to do some forgiveness work, this is your opportunity to gain some resources to use to begin your journey. Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 11971]

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Moods and Attitudes: Traditional and Alternative Treatment Options for Depression

Wed, 4 Mar 2009 13:43:20 PDT

Life is full of emotional ups and downs. But when the "down" times are long lasting or interfere with your ability to function, you may be suffering from a common, serious illness—depression. What is depression and what causes it? Why are women more prone to depression during different life stages than men - teen years, adulthood, postpartum, menopause? In this program, Heather Hall, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCSF, explores traditional treatment options as well as the new thinking about alternative treatments. Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 11970]

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Breast Cancer: Are We Winning the Battle?

New systems are improving health care delivery for women concerned about breast cancer and breast related diseases. Join us for an overview of new developments including MRI as a diagnostic tool, genetic testing, new reconstruction procedures, and current and upcoming clinical trials related to breast disease. Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 11115]

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The Romance of Risk: Why Teenagers Do The Things They Do

Fri, 9 Jul 2010 9:18:15 PDT

Teenage rebellion - an angry power struggle with parents or a testing process adolescents use to find out who they are and determine who they will become? Join UCSF’s Dr. Lynn Ponton, a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, as she outlines the basic tenets of teenage risk-taking. Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 11114]

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Integrative Medicine: Can We Truly Integrate Care?

Is it possible to develop a model of health that incorporates Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM) therapies with conventional treatment? Join Beverly Burns, an Integrative Medicine Specialist at UCSF's Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, for a frank and stimulating discussion of integrative medicine. Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 11113]

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The Teen Girl Brain: Insights Into What Makes Us Women

Fri, 9 Jul 2010 9:17:38 PDT

Beginning two years before puberty and continuing until the late teen and early adult years, the female brain undergoes massive growth and changes in circuitry. This is true for boys too--but in different brain circuits than girls. Dr. Louann Brizendine shares new findings in the teen girl brain and various strategies being developed to help navigate this special stage of a female’s life. Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 11112]

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Understanding and Managing the Biological Clock: Childbearing Over 30

The woman’s biological clock has become increasingly important in our society as women choose to postpone their childbearing into their 30’s and early 40’s. Research over the last ten years has given greater insight into the understanding of the impact of this delay on reproductive potential. In this session of Women’s Health Today, we will review what we currently understand about the biological clock and detail important strategies for women interested in having children later in life. Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 11111]

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Lesbian Health Matters

Thu, 6 Oct 2011 9:10:34 PDT

What makes lesbian health different from the health concerns of women in general? Are these differences inherent in lesbians, or are they result of being lesbian in a generally homophobic society? What are the reproductive options for lesbians? How do end of life issues differ for lesbians? Explore these important topics with the Co-Director of the Center for Lesbian Health Research, Patricia Robertson MD, Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at UCSF. Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 11110]

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Saving Our Children: The Impact of Domestic Violence

Panel discussion focuses on the impact of domestic violence on children. Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 11108]

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Salvando Nuestros Niños - El impacto de la Violencia Domestica

Aumente su conocimiento sobre violencia domestica y aprenda si usted o sus hijos están en riesgo. Casi un tercio de mujeres en los Estados Unidos (31%) reportan que han sido físicamente o sexualmente abusadas por su esposo o novio en algún punto en sus vidas. Cincuenta porciento de los hombres que asaltan a sus parejas frecuentemente, también asaltan a sus hijos. ?Cual es el impacto en niño/as? ?Cuales son las intervenciones de salud mental apropriadas para niños durante cada etapa de desarollo (la infancia, niñes, y adolecencia)? Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Spanish Language] [Show ID: 11207]

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Sex Hormones and Moods: Finding Pleasure at Any Age

Sexuality is an important aspect of human life, and each woman defines and experiences her sexuality differently at different stages of life. 43 % of woman age 18-59 report sexual problems or dysfunction. Hormones are related to sex drive and sexual functioning. New screening tests can determine if a woman has low hormone levels and appropriate individualized treatments can be prescribed. Sexuality does not necessarily decline with age for everyone; women are sexually active well into later life. Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 8449]

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Anxiety Disorders: More Than a Case of the Nerves

Anxiety disorders are the most common type of psychiatric disorder and are more common in women. Symptoms of anxiety disorders including unrealistic or excessive worry, sleep disturbances, jitteriness, fatigue, and upset stomach vary in severity and can have a devastating impact on one's quality of life. Anxiety disorders are treatable, but frequently go undiagnosed. Series: "Women’s Health Today" [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 8451]

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