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Science and Strategies for Lifelong Women’s Health
Women’s health is not one-size-fits-all. Needs and concerns can shift from adolescence through the reproductive years and into menopause and beyond. UCSF’s Osher WISE four-part series Your Body, Your Power: Science and Strategies in Women’s Health at Every Stage offers practical, evidence-based guidance for understanding those changes and making informed health decisions. The series recognizes…
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Rare Disease Research Opens New Paths to Treatment
A rare disease may affect relatively few people, but more than 7,000 such conditions together affect hundreds of millions worldwide. In this program, Researcher Stephanie Cherqui, Ph.D., explains why studying them matters not only to families facing a devastating diagnosis, but also to the future of medicine. Her work on cystinosis uses a patient’s own…
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A Trusted Prostate Cancer Resource For Patients
Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death among men in the U.S., with more than 330,000 cases expected to be diagnosed in 2026, according to urologic cancer specialist Matthew R. Cooperberg, M.D. UCTV has distributed more than 125 programs about prostate cancer for patients and their loved ones as part of UCSF’s annual…
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How Stem Cell Aging Can Lead to Precancer and Leukemia
Stem cell aging can contribute to precancer and cancer when inflammation and other forms of stress disrupt the controls that keep blood-forming stem cells stable. In this program, Catriona Jamieson, M.D., Ph.D., of UC San Diego explains how these changes can drive myeloproliferative neoplasms toward acute myeloid leukemia and why spaceflight helps researchers study the…
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Sexual Health, Satisfaction, and Healthy Aging
In this program, healthy aging is considered beyond preserving physical function, maintaining cognitive ability, and supporting independence for as long as possible. Annie L. Nguyen, Ph.D., M.P.H., at UC San Diego, looks at aging through a different lens: sexual health and sexual well-being. Her central question is not whether change happens, but whether change automatically…
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How Genetics Is Changing Alzheimer’s Disease Research
Alzheimer’s disease research is changing how scientists understand the long path from early brain changes to memory loss. In this program, John Hardy, Ph.D., University College London Institute of Neurology, explains how genetics helps reveal where neurodegenerative disease begins, not only where it ends. Hardy traces how studies of inherited Alzheimer’s disease, amyloid, presenilin, tau,…
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How Aging Helps Set the Stage for Cancer
Aging helps set the stage for cancer and other major diseases long before symptoms appear. In this program, UC San Diego’s Robert A.J. Signer, Ph.D., explains that aging is not just a passive backdrop to disease. It is an active biological process that reshapes the conditions that allow illness to emerge. That idea matters because…
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Understanding Aging and Brain Health
What if your age wasn’t just a number—but a signal? In this fascinating look at longevity science, Aladdin H. Shadyab, Ph.D., invites us to rethink what it really means to grow older. While we often focus on chronological age—the number of years we’ve lived—Shadyab highlights something far more revealing: biological age. This measure reflects how…
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Start the New Year Strong: UCTV’s Best of Health & Science
If your goal for 2026 is to boost your health, sharpen your mind, or simply feel your best, you don’t have to look far for expert guidance. UCTV (University of California Television) brings the latest in science-based wellness, preventive health, and mental resilience straight from the nation’s top researchers. As the University of California’s public-service…
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Resilience and Healthy Longevity
A long, healthy life depends on more than avoiding disease. In this program, UC San Diego’s Anthony Molina, Ph.D. defines resilience as the capacity to resist, adapt to, and recover from age-related stressors, and he frames healthy aging as an active process of maintaining function as challenges accumulate over time. Molina emphasizes that resilience shows…