Episodes
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From Degraded Soil to Your Dinner Plate. What We Can Do.
Fungi play a crucial role in our natural ecosystem. Environmental scientist Danielle Stevenson discusses the great impact fungi can have on soil quality and a healthier food supply. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 40174]
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Be Your Own Best Friend: Self-Compassion for Stress Reduction
Mindful self-compassion has been widely researched in recent years and found effective in a wide variety of mental health and wellbeing variables. Dr. Christiane Wolf with InsightLA offers a short 3-step self-compassion practice to help you recover more quickly from stress. Simply treat yourself...
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Feeling Extreme Emotions? Try a Survival TIPP
The COVID-19 pandemic has put all of us in crisis mode. So how can you manage feelings of anxiety and stress? Esme Shaller, Ph.D., associate professor of psychiatry at UC San Francisco, teaches four simple crisis survival skills called TIPP: temperature, intense exercise, paced breathing, and...
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Mindful Breathing for Anxiety
Regular practice of mindfulness meditations has been widely researched and has been shown to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression and stress and increase quality of life and overall well-being. Walk through a simple breathing exercise with Dr. Christiane Wolf, Mindfulness and Insight…
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Deep Breathing - A Fundamental Part of Stress Reduction
Breathing techniques can help us relax and reduce stress and anxiety. Simply slowing our breathing rate can reduce arousal in our autonomic nervous system. Elissa Epel, Ph.D., psychiatry professor at UC San Francisco, demonstrates a simple three-part breathing technique that can help with stress...
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Integrative Pain Medicine: Paradigms and Possibilities
Pain is on the rise in adults. Heidi Reetz, MD, examines recent pain studies and what their impact are on the prevalence and trajectories of pain in the US. She shares how the principles of integrative medicine can be applied to pain management. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative...
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The Magic of Mushrooms: Revolutionizing the Future of Food Farming and Medicine - Future Thought Leaders Series Presented by the Berry Good Food Foundation
Mushrooms play a crucial role in our natural ecosystem, they have been used medicinally by indigenous cultures for centuries, their nutritional value and hearty fiber make them an excellent meat substitute for chefs, and the mainstream medical community is evaluating psilocybin benefits in...
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Mandala Therapy: Art of Centering the Self
Creating mandalas is seen as an act of meditation that is a therapeutic modality with the potential to contribute to wellness and self care. Dr. Sudha Prathikanti, Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF, combines the best-proven conventional psychiatric treatments with the...
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Cultivating Emotion Awareness and Fierce Compassion
Eve Ekman is a contemplative social scientist and teacher in the field of emotional awareness and burnout prevention. She discusses how to develop emotion awareness and enact compassion. She also addresses the issue of burnout and things to do to manage emotions and their power. Series: "Osher...
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Integrative Therapy to Manage Anxiety and Reduce Stress
Dave Berger, somatic psychotherapist, physical therapist and bodyworker, provides practical suggestions for managing stress and anxiety. When stress and anxiety run high, nurturing your body-brain and mind is more important than ever. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for...
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Free Your Wandering Mind with Mindfulness
Dr. Stuart Eisendrath, UCSF Professor Emeritus in Psychiatry, explores the psychology behind both anxiety and depression as well as how mindfulness can help to tackle these issues. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID:...
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How to Deal with Your Unruly Mind: Meditation
Jon Kabat-Zinn is the founder of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program, which teaches participants how to navigate and integrate the challenges and adventures of everyday life. Here he discusses the act of mindfulness in daily life and the medicinal quality of meditation. Series:...
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Got Stress? The Science of Measuring and Improving Meditation
Meditation practices have been adapted to treat mental and physical health conditions. It is not a cure-all, and different people respond in different ways. Helen Weng, UCSF Psychiatry, explores how we understand these processes and measure them from internal practice to external change. Series:...
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High Hopes: Hemp - Navigating the Crossroads - Future Thought Leaders Series Presented by the Berry Good Food Foundation
As an agricultural crop, hemp is the strongest natural fiber in the world and can produce crucial resources such as food, rope, clothing, paper, and housing material. The U.S. sales value of hemp-based products is more than $600 million annually and growing. A panel of experts discusses the...
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Spice it Up: A New Way to Use Curcumin - Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer
Michele Atlan has been a breast cancer survivor since 2013 and serves as the vice-president of the Breast Cancer Care & Research Fund (BCCRF) in Los Angeles. She presents her bold idea at the Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer -- Imagine being able to repurpose an inexpensive and abundant...
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Exploring Physical and Emotional Dimensions of Pain and Loss: The Power of the Mind-Body Connection
Selena Chan, DO, takes you through a brief history of treating mental health from the stone age to today. She then looks at psychiatry today and how we are at a time when behavioral medicine is uniquely situated to bridge biomedicine and an array of healing modalities. Series: "Osher WISE:...
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Herbal Allies for Emotional Distress
We have come so far in understanding the brain, yet we are often perplexed by our emotions. Geronima Cortese gives an brief history of herbalism and how it is practiced today. She explores the herbal approach from diagnosis to treatment. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for...
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Listening to One's Deepest Self: Opening to Transpersonal Dimensions of Healing
David Lukoff, PhD, explores transpersonal psychology, the study of human growth and development from a perspective of spirituality and the inner soul. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34524]
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The Alchemy of Healing: The Pathways to Emotional and Spiritual Flourishing in the Classical Chinese Medicine Tradition
Dr. James Duffy, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCSF, explores classical Daoist Chinese medicine. This traditional knowledge spans centuries and is a highly sophisticated system that offers an alternative for health care needs. Duffy is an integrative psychiatrist interested in integrative...
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A Shamanic Journey: MDMA-assisted Psychotherapy to Guide Recovery from Trauma
MDMA is known for increasing feelings of trust and compassion towards others, which could make an ideal adjunct to psychotherapy for PTSD. Dr. Sylver Quevedo, Physician of Nephrology, Integrative, Family, and Internal Medicine at UCSF, explores whether MDMA-assisted psychotherapy can help heal…
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The Mandala of Healing: Moving Toward a Whole Person Paradigm in Mental Healthcare
In modern-day culture, often divested from elements of a balanced life, emotional wellness can be elusive. Dr. Sudha Prathikanti explores integrative psychiatry, a healing approach that uses both conventional and complementary/alternative medicine to understand and treat psychiatric conditions....
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Gratitude and Wellbeing in Military Veterans with Paul J. Mills -- The UC Wellbeing Channel
Paul J. Mills, the director of the Center of Excellence for Research and Training in Integrative Health at UC San Diego School of Medicine, speaks to military veterans about the positive impacts of being thankful in everyday life. Among the benefits -- successful aging, better sleep, stress...
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A Flaw in Modern-Day Alzheimer's Treatment
Rudolph Tanzi, PhD, of the Harvard Medical School describes a fundamental problem with modern-day treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34243]
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Food is Medicine: The Krupp Endowed Fund at UC San Diego
Food is medicine. That insight inspired the late rancher and developer Dick Krupp to endow one of the largest funds of its kind to support integrative nutrition research at UC San Diego. As Gordon Saxe, MD, the director of UCSD’s Center for Integrative Nutrition and others explain, the…
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Future Patient/Future Doctor - Larry Smarr PhD and Michael Kurisu DO
Computer scientist Larry Smarr and osteopathic physician Michael Kurisu present a vision for healthcare that combines the best of allopathic and osteopathic medicine by using a more personalized, hands-on, systems-based approach to treating patients. They demonstrate this proof of concept with...
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Let Food Be Thy Medicine -- Future Thought Leaders
In collaboration with the UC San Diego Center for Integrative Nutrition, the Berry Good Food Foundation convenes a panel of experts to discuss the rise of comprehensive medicine and nutritional healing to treat chronic disease and maintain general well-being. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and...
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Future Patient: Larry Smarr at the Visualization Wall at Calit2
The full recording of computer scientist Larry Smarr presenting ten years of his personal health data on the Visualization Wall at his institute, Calit2 at UC San Diego. Excerpts from this talk are seen in "Future Patient/Future Doctor" (uctv.tv/shows/33132), featuring Smarr and osteopathic...
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Future Doctor: Michael Kurisu DO
A more detailed look at the osteopathic treatment that Dr. Michael Kurisu provided to computer scientist Larry Smarr, as seen in "Future Patient/Future Doctor" (uctv.tv/shows/33132.) Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 33706]
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Alternative Medicine for Cyclists: Beyond the Typical Doctor Bag
Understand more about testing and monitoring to optimize performance, including measuring oxygen uptake and heart rate variability. Then see how exercise fits into a health lifestyle. Also find out about nitric oxide to improve performance, especially in endurance sports. Series: "Osher WISE:...
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An Evening with Deepak Chopra - Writer's Symposium By The Sea 2018
Following his presentation to the 2018 Writer’s Symposium by the Sea at Point Loma Nazarene University, Deepak Chopra, MD talks with host Dean Nelson about breakthroughs in integrative medicine and understanding the mind-body connections that lead to wellness. Series: "Writer's Symposium By The...
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The Healing Self with Deepak Chopra -- Writer's Symposium By The Sea 2018
Deepak Chopra, MD, a leading pioneer in integrative medicine, shares insights from his new book, “The Healing Self,” on how to protect your immune system by managing stress and reducing inflammation – two key factors for lifelong wellness. Chopra is presented by the 2018 Writer’s Symposium by the...
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The Entanglement of Meditation and Medicine and What Love’s Got to Do With It with Jon Kabat-Zinn
Jon Kabat-Zinn is the founder of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program, which teaches participants how to navigate and integrate the challenges and adventures of everyday life. He is also the author of several best-selling books on the topic of mindfulness, including Full Catastrophe...
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Plant Sources of Omega-3
Vicky Newman, a Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist shares dietary guidelines for Omega-3 fatty acid intake, particularly for a vegetarian diet. From flaxseeds, walnuts, avocados and spinach learn what plant sources can fulfill recommended omega-3 fatty acid requirements. Series: "Stein…
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Health Benefits of Cholesterol
Vicky Newman, a Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist with years of experience in dietary behavior change research, talks about the surprising health benefits of cholesterol. Series: "Stein Institute for Research on Aging" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 33100]
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Models Of / Models For Integrative and Whole Systems Research -- Part 2
Can (Martin) Zhang of Harvard Medical School leads off the panel with a detailed discussion of factors leading to Alzheimer’s disease and the potential benefits of curcumin in treatment. He is followed by Rinchen Dhondrup of Qinghai University, who presents on treating chronic atrophic gastritis...
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Tibetan Medicine's Place in Integrative and Whole Systems Medical Practice - Part 2
This presentation continues the conversation on the value of Tibetan medicine in treating chronic diseases, optimizing clinical outcomes and improving mind-body-spirt wellbeing. Alejandro Chaoul of the Integrative Medicine Program at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center joins scholar...
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Models Of / Models For Integrative and Whole Systems Research
Key presentations on research models in integrative medicine feature the use of functional MRI to track changes in the brain during meditation; measuring the effect of intense meditation retreats on the telomeres of participants; and the coevolution of traditional medicine and modern biomedical...
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Learning from Dying: Buddhist Understandings of Consciousness and Death - A Conversation with Robert Thurman
Renowned Tibetan Buddhist scholar and Columbia University Professor Robert A.F. Thurman is joined in conversation by his colleague Isa Gucciardi and UCSF's Eve Ekman and David Bullard. They explore Buddhist understandings about consciousness and death. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine]...
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The Potential for Natural Products in Treating Alzheimer's Disease and Other Keynotes from 2017 Tibetan Medicine Conference on Mind-Body Health
Keynote talks at the 2017 Tibetan Medicine Conference on Mind-Body Health are presented here, including Rudolph Tanzi, PhD, of the Harvard Medical School who describes his research with natural products to prevent and treat Alzheimer's; Yumba of Lhasa on the Great Treasury of Tibetan Medical and...
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Tibetan Medicine's Place in Integrative and Whole Systems Medical Practice
Three dynamic speakers present case studies on the value of Tibetan medicine in treating chronic illnesses, optimizing clinical outcomes and improving mind-body-spirt wellbeing. Lobsang Dhondup of the Tibetan Healing Center, Cynthia Husted, a clinical consultant in Integrative Functional Medicine...
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Cutting Back On Inflammatory Fats
Vicky Newman, a Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist recommends a 4:1 ratio for Omega-6 and Omega-3 intake. It is thought that following this ratio will reduce inflammation in the body and prevent disease. Series: "Stein Institute for Research on Aging" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 33091]
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The Hacking of the American Mind with Dr. Robert Lustig
The best-selling author and UCSF endocrinologist Dr. Robert Lustig explores how industry has contributed to a culture of addiction, depression and chronic disease. Always provocative, Lustig reveals the science that drives these states of mind and offers solutions we can use. Series: "Great Minds...
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Yoga as Therapy with Erik Groessl and Paul J. Mills -- UC Wellbeing Channel
Clinical psychologist Erik Groessl talks about research showing the value of yoga in reducing pain, improving physical function and overcoming opioid addiction in military veterans, among other patients, in this conversation with Paul J. Mills of UC San Diego. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and...
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The Appeal of Osteopathic Medicine with Hollis King DO; Michael Kurisu DO; and Paul J. Mills - UC Wellbeing Channel
Hollis King and Michael Kurisu, both osteopathic physicians (DO's) at UC San Diego, describe how osteopathy is a hands-on medical treatment that focuses on the structure and function of the whole body, not just symptoms of disease or pain. As they explain to host Paul J. Mills, doctors of...
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Train the Brain: Exploring the Brain-Body Connection in Neurological Rehabilitation
UCSF Physical Therapists Catherine Printz and Monika Patel explore neurological physical therapy. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 32387]
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The Self-Healing Personality and the Longevity Project: The Frank Benedikt Roehr Memorial Lecture Series - Research on Aging
Why do some people thrive well into old age while others falter, become ill or die young? What can you do to increase the odds that you will live a long and healthy life? Dr. Howard S. Friedman discusses his research, including positive traits and characteristics that lead to longevity as well as...
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Complementary and Integrative Therapies
Robert Hendren, DO. Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, UCSF. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 32209]
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Embracing the Beauty of Diversity in Our World - His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, becoming the first Nobel laureate to be recognized for his concern for global environmental problems. He addressed an audience at UC San Diego focusing on love and kindness among humanity. He urged compassion and sharing...
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UC San Diego Commencement 2017 with The Dalai Lama
The 14th Dalai Lama, a 1989 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and the spiritual leader of Tibet, delivered the keynote address at UC San Diego’s 2017 commencement ceremony. His talk centered on the power of compassion and finding happiness in life. He urged the graduates to use their knowledge to better...
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Brightly Colored Foods Speak to Our Genes
Rob Knight, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics at the UC San Diego School of Medicine, warns against the consumption of artificially colored foods. Knight promotes the genetic benefits of eating brightly colored natural foods. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 32487]
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