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  • How Diet and Exercise Can Help Manage Prostate Cancer

    How Diet and Exercise Can Help Manage Prostate Cancer

    When it comes to managing prostate cancer, lifestyle matters. UCSF researchers June Chan and Stacey Kenfield present key takeaways that emphasize the benefits of diet and exercise for men living with prostate cancer. Drawing on growing scientific evidence, they explain how regular physical activity—including resistance training and high-intensity interval workouts—can significantly reduce the risk of…

  • Built to Survive, Prone to Suffer: How Human Evolution Shapes Modern Health

    Built to Survive, Prone to Suffer: How Human Evolution Shapes Modern Health

    Why do our bodies come with so many trade-offs—like back pain, difficult childbirth, or diseases linked to inflammation? Our newest CARTA series Mismatch: Human Origins and Modern Disease explores how different traits in the human body evolve over time—some as early as 1.5 billion years ago—and how those adaptations continue to affect our health today.…

  • Medicine of the Future

    UCSF has a long history of pioneering biomedical research and a bold vision for advancing science and seeking new ways to improve health care delivery nationwide. But, what does that actually mean in the near future and beyond? This new series, part of the popular Mini Medical School for the Public, takes you inside the…

  • Prostate Cancer

    Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in the United States. The good news is that it is treatable in the early stages. This series of experts in the field is designed for patients, families, caregivers, health care providers and all those interested in information and tools to make informed decisions about treatment.…

  • All About the Brain

    Explore the immensity of the human brain, its billions of neurons and trillions of connections, and the research that is helping us understand more about this complex and amazing organ. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s popular lecture series returns with four new episodes each relating to the brain. The lectures are aimed at a middle and…

  • Breast Cancer Prevention

    Despite significant advances in breast cancer treatment, people continue to be diagnosed with breast cancer at astounding rates – rates that have remained essentially unchanged over the past three decades. Of the approximately $2 billion spent on breast cancer research each year, less than 10 percent is dedicated to prevention research. The opportunity for discovery…

  • When Should You Seek Medical Care?

    Knowing when to seek medical care can save your life but how can you tell if your complaint is best ignored or worth a trip to the doctor? Googling your symptoms can amplify concerns rather than ameliorate them but often common complaints are not a cause for worry. This series features leaders in their field…

  • Cancer from an Evolutionary Perspective

    Humans have a relatively high risk of developing cancer in their lifetimes. But cancer is not unique to humans. Across the tree of life, we can trace cancer vulnerabilities back to the origins of multicellularity. Cancer is observed in almost all multicellular phyla, including lineages leading to plants, fungi, and animals. However, species vary remarkably…

  • Leading Cancer Experts and Advances in Care

    Cancer is a major public health problem worldwide and is the second leading cause of death in the United States. In 2016, an estimated 1,685,210 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the United States and 595,690 people will die from the disease. But the number of people living beyond a cancer diagnosis is…

  • Two New Programs on the UC Wellbeing Channel

    The UC Wellbeing Channel is the place to discover what top medical and scientific experts believe will lead to a mindful, balanced and healthy life. Whether it’s understanding the risks of eating genetically modified foods, as explained by Dave Schubert of the Salk Institute on Biological Studies (and backed up by peer-reviewed journal articles) or,…