Health and Medicine (Audio)

Dr. Alan Zhang is an orthopedic surgeon at UCSF specializing in sports medicine and minimally invasive arthroscopic surgery of the hip, knee and shoulder. He explores conservative (non-surgical) treatment of the hip and also looks at hip arthroscopy surgery. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34794]

Hannah Lui Park is in the Department of Epidemiology at UC Irvine. She presents her bold idea at the Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer -- Multi-generational epigenetics studies are needed to understand how we can prevent breast cancer not only in ourselves but also in future generations by modifying our lifestyle factors and environmental exposures. Series: "Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34872]

Hear from the ten finalists in the Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer Competition. Each presents a bold idea on prevention research that will help catalyze an entirely new direction in research — focused on prevention. The program is introduced by Marion Kavanaugh-Lynch, the director of the California Breast Cancer Research Program. Series: "Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34876]

Nancy Buermeyer, Senior Policy Strategist Breast Cancer Prevention Partners. She presents her bold idea at the Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer -- Biomonitoring residents living near California ports before and after implementation of pollution reduction policies will provide evidence of their effectiveness at reducing exposures to chemicals linked to breast cancer Series: "Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34867]

Dr. Victoria Seewaldt is a professor and leader at City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center. She presents her bold idea at the Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer -- Young women are exposed to carcinogens during puberty; here we will create awareness, help young women avoid exposure, and create advocacy. Series: "Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34863]

Gertrude Buehring’s research has focused on breast cancer throughout her 46 years as a professor in the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley. She presents her bold idea at the Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer -- Since about 60% of US breast cancers are caused by bovine leukemia virus (BLV), eradicating BLV from cattle could dramatically reduce future breast cancer incidence. Series: "Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34866]

Nancy Buermeyer, Senior Policy Strategist Breast Cancer Prevention Partners. She presents her bold idea at the Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer -- Biomonitoring residents living near California ports before and after implementation of pollution reduction policies will provide evidence of their effectiveness at reducing exposures to chemicals linked to breast cancer Series: "Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34867]

Vincent Bessonneau is a research scientist with expertise in environmental health and metabolomics. He presents her bold idea at the Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer -- Exposome-wide association studies that measure a rich set of molecular information in biospecimens can discover unknown causes of breast cancer. Series: "Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34868]

Barbara Adler Cohn is the research director of Child Health and Development Studies at the Public Health Institute. Her goal is prevention of breast cancer by eliminating environmental causes. She presents her bold idea at the Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer -- CBCRP can put to use valuable but overlooked California resources to find and reduce environmental determinants of breast density to prevent breast cancer Series: "Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34869]

Laura Markuly works McConnell Air Force Base, owns Bodyology Sports Performance, LLC and is a breast cancer survivor. She presents her bold idea at the Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer -- Using Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) as a low cost, broad range, new method to prevent breast cancer and cell mutations. Series: "Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34870]

Dr. Susan Love has dedicated her professional life to the eradication of breast cancer. Here she describes the amazing human breast and why we need to understand it in order to prevent breast cancer. She talks about the anatomy of the human breast and the milk ducts. Series: "Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34873]

Andrea Hindman is a postdoctoral fellow at Silent Spring Institute and Northeastern University. She presents her bold idea at the Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer -- Make knowledge linking breast cancer risk and chemical exposures accessible and measurable, using the rodent mammary gland, to prioritize prevention in safety testing. Series: "Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34871]

UCSF Spine Surgeon Dr. Alekos Theologis describes the causes of back and neck pain and explores the treatment options for degenerative disc disease, kyphosis and scoliosis, and osteoporosis. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34793]

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 natural ingredient to prevent breast cancer, while also enhancing skin health. Series: "Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34864]

Thea Tlsty, PhD, is a molecular pathologist and Professor of Pathology at UCSF. She presents her bold idea at the Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer -- Just as blood pressure is used to monitor risks of cardiovascular disease, monitoring key facilitators of cancer, chronic inflammation, can be used to monitor risk of breast cancer. Series: "Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34865]