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Impact of Early Life Deprivation

December 17, 2019Behavioral, CARTA, Evolution, Human Development and Cognitive Sciences, Neuroscience, Science, Science and Society, University of Californiaallostasis, auditory, brain, brain development, Bucharest Early Intervention Project, CARTA, child development, childhood deprivation, childhood development, children, cognition, cognitive development, culture, deprivation, early life, environment, Epigenetics, episodic memory, ethics, Evolution, experience, experiment, Feral Children, health, history, homosapien, human, human mind, infant abuse, iodine, Language, language disorders, learning, maternal, maternal brain, memories, mental, mind, mother, neurobiological, neurobiology, neurology, neuroscience, nutrition, psychosocial deprivation, research, resilience, Romanian orphans, Salk Institute, science, sound, speech, stress, thinking, time travel, youthUCTV

Unlike most other animals, much of human brain development and maturation occurs after birth, a process that continues into early adulthood. This unusual pattern allows for greater influences of environment and culture on the emergence of the adult mind.

This series of programs from the recent CARTA symposium addresses the interactive contributions of nature and nurture in this process, ranging from experiments by ancient monarchs and lessons from “feral” children of various kinds, to the follow-up on Romanian orphans.

Distinguished speakers address comparative and neurobiological issues which likely played a key role in the origins of the human species and in the evolution of distinct features of our minds.

Browse more programs in Impact of Early Life Deprivation on Cognition: Implications for the Evolutionary Origins of the Human Mind.

Diabetes and You

May 21, 2019Diabetes, Health and Medicine, Mini Medical School for the Public, Stress, UC San FranciscoA1c, activity, blood pressure, blood sugar, carbohydrates, cholesterol, continuous glucose monitor, diabetes, diet, emotions, glucose, health, Healthcare, humor, hyperglycemia, insulin, non-insulin, nutrition, prediabetes, stress, synthetic insulin, T1, T1D, T2, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, ucsfUCTV

According to the National Diabetes Statistics Report of 2017, 9.4% of the U.S. population has diabetes – that’s over 30 million people. It’s likely someone close to you is living with diabetes. Do you have the most current information?

In this series expert UCSF faculty cover diabetes from basics to advanced concepts, providing an overview of the disease, including treatment and new medications, what to eat, emotional aspects, and how language and daily behaviors impact diabetes care.

There is no cure for diabetes, but it can be managed. Get information you need to help you live a long and healthy life.

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Beyond Food and Exercise: the Other Factors in the Obesity Epidemic

November 8, 2018Alzheimer's Disease, Health and Medicine, Health Policy, Obesity, Public Health, Stress, UCTVair pollution, Alzheimer's, chemicals, Dementogens, detoxify, environment, environmental exposure, Exposome, health, health policy, industry, metabolic health, Obesity, obesogens, pollution, social inequity, social stressors, stress, toxic exposures, toxins, ucsf, weight lossUCTV

Everything you come in contact with, every second of every day, makes an impact on your health. It’s known as the exposome. It’s a relatively new concept, first defined in 2005. The exposome includes the food you eat, the beauty products you use, the air you breathe, your friends and family, and everything in between. Studying it, could be the key to understanding the obesity epidemic.

That was the focus of the 12th Annual Sugar, Stress, Environment & Weight Symposium put on by The Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study, and Treatment at UCSF. Popular opinion would have you believe that obesity is a simple equation of too much food and not enough exercise. But, researchers say the problem is far more complex. In this eye-opening lecture series, you will hear how polluted air has been linked to obesity in children living in California’s Central Valley. You will learn about obesogens – chemicals that disrupt the endocrine system. And, you will understand how stress can create a vicious cycle of weight gain.

The final talk focuses on how you can remove toxins from your personal exposome and the progress being made around the world. New labeling in the food and beauty industries allows you to make smarter decisions. LEED buildings are becoming more common in the United States. And, monitoring systems for exposome pollutants are getting better. There is plenty being done, and plenty you can do, to make an impact.

Browse more programs in UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment

Science of Resilience: How to Thrive in Life

June 26, 2015Health and Medicinemindfulness, stein institute for research on aging, stressUCTV

How do you thrive in life no matter where you are in life?

If you’re lucky to live long enough, you know that life has many pieces to it. It has the wonderful bits: falling in love, having a career, traveling, following your passion. And it often contains difficult times: illness, divorce, and loss. How you navigate through these different experiences determines how well you thrive in your life.

In this program from the Stein Institute for Research on Aging, Dr. Darlene Mininni shares how resilience, emotional intelligence and mindfulness can affect physical health. The motto that most inspires her comes from Job Kabat-Zinn: “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” In other words, good and bad events can occur in life. You might not be able to change the circumstances, but you can learn how to “surf” through them.

Dr. Mininni offers practical advice to bring more well-being into your life. Watch Science of Resilience: How to Thrive in Life.

Browse more programs from the Stein Institute for Research on Aging Series.

Sleep On This: Connecting Sleep Habits to Health

February 19, 2013Health and Medicine, UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco, UCTVaging, brain, memory, Obesity, sleep, stress, uc berkeley, ucsfUCTV

Slide from “How is Sleep Related to Obesity? Sleep and Weight Gain,” available on UCTV (click image to go to the program)

Sleep deprivation takes a huge toll on society, and not just because it makes for a cranky population. Poor sleep has been linked to a range of health problems and researchers at the University of California and elsewhere are working to better understand how sleep — or lack of it — impacts our brains and bodies.

Two new UCTV programs highlight sleep research on specific segments of the population: women and older people.

UCTV Prime’s “Sleep, Memory and Age” shows how scientists at UC Berkeley have found a link between poor sleep and the hallmark maladies of old age: memory loss and brain deterioration. Their discovery opens the door to boosting the quality of sleep in elderly people to improve memory.

In “Women and Sleep: From Stressful to Restful,” UCSF School of Nursing’s Kathryn Lee explores sleep, fatigue, and circadian rhythms in women.

There are plenty more intriguing sleep research updates from UCTV, which you can browse here. You might also be interested in “Sleep, Stress and Obesity: A Weighty Issue,” a five-part series from UCSF’s Center for Obesity, Assessment, Study and Treatment (COAST), which examines this three-pronged problem from a variety of interesting angles, including how sleep and stress impact our metabolism and brain function, why adequate sleep and stress reduction may be the 21st century pillars of health, and how sleep and stress may explain disparities in obesity risk.

Get in your jammies, grab a warm glass of milk and gain a whole new understanding of of the importance of a good night’s sleep.

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Tag Archives: stress

Impact of Early Life Deprivation

Diabetes and You

Science of Resilience: How to Thrive in Life

Sleep On This: Connecting Sleep Habits to Health