Earthwise: Recent Episodes
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Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Ph.D., recipient of the National Sleep Foundation’s 2007 Lifetime Achievement award, discusses why people need sleep. Sleep disorders are a major public health concern affecting millions of individuals, families, and communities on a daily basis. We are a chronically overtired country, which often has grave health repercussions. Series: "Health Matters" [Show ID: 32400]
Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Ph.D., recipient of the National Sleep Foundation’s 2007 Lifetime Achievement award, briefly discusses why people are getting less sleep. Sleep disorders are a major public health concern affecting millions of individuals, families, and communities on a daily basis. We are a chronically overtired country, which often has grave health repercussions. Series: "Health Matters" [Show ID: 32369]
Charles Nunn (Duke Univ) identifies selective pressures in this talk that may play a role in favoring shorter sleep in humans, and considers the consequences of these evolutionary changes for understanding human sleep disorders, health across the lifespan, and health disparities. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 31609]
UC San Diego Associate Professor of Bioengineering Todd Coleman shares his quest to develop health monitoring tattoos that hold promise to revolutionize healthcare and make medicine less invasive. Learn about the potential these technologies have for treating, monitoring, and diagnosing sleep apnea, delirium, GI issues and more. Series: "Stein Institute for Research on Aging" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 30524]
Dr. Elissaios Karageorgio explains the link between broken sleep patterns that are characteristic of insomnia and dementia. Series: "The UC Wellbeing Channel " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31201]
Those with sleep disorders often fail to get enough recuperative sleep, and suffer some unpleasant and potentially dangerous consequences. Dr. Sean Drummond describes the ways in which sleepiness can interfere with your life. Series: "The UC Wellbeing Channel " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31243]
Dr. Rochelle Zak speaks on the characteristics of narcolepsy, and the disorder’s accidental discovery by scientists investigating obesity. Series: "The UC Wellbeing Channel " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31199]
Much is still unknown in the arena of sleep study, and even less is well understood by the average person. Join Dr. Sean Drummond as he explains that sleep is actually a combination of different types of consciousness. In addition, he describes the various benefits of sleep as well as its related mysteries. Series: "The UC Wellbeing Channel " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31242]
Dr. Elissaios Karageorgiou explains that what many people may consider to be a good night’s sleep could actually be detrimental, and that it is sometimes better to get too little sleep than too much. Series: "The UC Wellbeing Channel " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31200]
Dr. Rochelle Zak talks about what causes us to sleep, and why it is sometimes difficult to fall asleep even when we feel very tired. Series: "The UC Wellbeing Channel " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31198]
Dr. Rochelle Zak takes us through the cyclical patterns of sleep, explains the various stages of sleep, and discusses how REM sleep is actually rather similar to waking life. Series: "The UC Wellbeing Channel " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31197]
Do we really need to sleep? Dr. Thomas Neylan looks at intrinsic sleep disorders such as sleep apnea and insomnia and what to do if they affect you. Dr. Elissaios Karageorgio looks at how aging affects sleep and Dr. Rochelle Zak looks at the neurophysiology of sleep. Series: "UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine presents Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 30139]
Waking up in the morning still tired? Sleep apnea could be the culprit. Robert Owens, MD joins our host David Granet, MD to find out how sleep apnea affects the body, how it is diagnosed, and new treatments on the horizon. Series: "Health Matters" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 30157]
As we age it becomes more difficult to get a good night’s sleep. Failure to get adequate sleep not only affects our health but also poses a danger to society by contributing to traffic and industrial accidents. Some sleep disorders can even be life threatening. Jose S. Loredo, MD, MS, MPH, FCCP, professor of clinical medicine and medical director of the UC San Diego Sleep Medicine Center and VA Pulmonary Sleep Disorders Laboratory, discusses how these disorders can be managed and treated. Series: "Stein Institute for Research on Aging" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 26070]
The connection between poor sleep, memory loss and brain deterioration as we grow older has been elusive. But for the first time, scientists at UC Berkeley have found a link between these hallmark maladies of old age. Their discovery opens the door to boosting the quality of sleep in elderly people to improve memory. Series: "UCTV Prime Cuts" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 24918]
The CDC has declared insufficient sleep to be a national health epidemic. Why are we not getting enough and how can we change our behaviors? Sean P.A. Drummond, PhD, director of the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program and Cognitive Behavioral Interventions Program in the VA San Diego Healthcare System, joins host Dr. David Granet to discuss the ramifications of insufficient sleep and ways to improve your sleep health. Series: "Health Matters" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 25617]
Stephanie Greer, a PhD candidate at UC Berkeley explores the role of sleep in reward processing and decision-making (including food decisions) using human neuroimaging techniques. Series: "UCSF Center for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 24582]
Katie Sharify was one of five people with spinal cord injuries to participate in the world's first clinical trial testing human embryonic stem cells. The Geron sponsored trial was supported by California's Stem Cell Agency (CIRM). Katie speaks about her clinical trial experience with a group of scientists who were meeting to discuss the best ways of advancing stem cell clinical trials. Series: "California Institute for Regenerative Medicine" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 25437]
Sleep deprivation takes a huge toll on society. Kathryn Lee, UCSF School of Nursing, explores sleep, fatigue, and circadian rhythms particularly in women. Series: "UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine presents Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 24632]
Ronald Dahl, School of Public Health and the Director of the Institute of Human Development at UC Berkeley, explores the health paradox of adolescence. Adolescence is (physically) the healthiest period of the lifespan yet the overall morbidity and mortality rates increase dramatically from childhood to late adolescence. Explore the growing evidence for sleep’s role in learning, memory, and brain development and the critical implications for intervention and policy for youth. Series: "UCSF Center for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 24586]