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Introduction to Human Anatomy
by John K. Young
Available on: Audio Download
Learn about your body with this lecture delivered by Professor John K. Young on the axial skeleton of the human. Professor Young starts the lecture with some definitions of basic human anatomy terms.
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The Soul in Depression
by Andrew Solomon
Available on: Audio Download
Nearly ten million Americans are diagnosed with clinical depression. As a society, we're increasingly aware of the many faces of depression, and we've become conversant in the language of psychological analysis of depression and medical treatment for it.
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Humanizing Medicine
by Thomas Moore
Available on: Audio Download
In this lecture, Thomas Moore talks about his views on extending the scope of medicine beyond the scientific to include spirituality and deep matters of soul.
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Sherwin B. Nuland on Electroshock Therapy
by Sherwin B. Nuland
Available on: Online Video | Video Download
Surgeon and author Sherwin Nuland discusses the development of electroshock therapy as a cure for severe, life-threatening depression -- including his own.
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Oliver Sacks: Musicophilia
by Oliver Sacks
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Neurologist Oliver Sacks discusses his newest book Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain.
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MRI
by Laurie Hall
Available on: Online Video
Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides a powerful means of not only distinguishing between different types of tissue but also of identifying whether the tissues are normal or diseased.
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Critical Condition: Health Care in America
by James Steele
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Investigative reporting team Donald Barlett and James Steele discuss Critical Condition: How Health Care in America Became Big Business and Bad Medicine at the 2007 Chautauqua Institution Summer Program.
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Biology of Mood
by William Carlezon
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Between three and twelve percent of school-age children may suffer from attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder…
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Dr. Dean Ornish on Healing
by Dean Ornish
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video | Video Download
Dean Ornish talks about simple, low-tech and low-cost ways to take advantage of the body's natural desire to heal itself.
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The Gift of Asperger's Syndrome
by Susan Rubinyi
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Susan Rubinyi talks about Natural Genius: The Gift of Asperger's Syndrome.
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Redefining Competition in Health Care Reform I
by Michael Porter
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
In the wake of new proposals to expand access to affordable health insurance, one of the nation's leading business experts argues that only competition…
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Ceaseless Society
by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio | Video Download | Online Video
Jon Kabat-Zinn gives an overview of the effects of our 24/7 society and how it affects our mind, body and spirit.
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DNA and the Brain - Dr. James Watson speaks at Google
by James Watson
Available on: Online Video | Video Download
James D. Watson, Nobel Laureate and Chancellor of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, describes the years leading up to his 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA...
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Science Versus the Biological Clock
by Nigel Cameron
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Despite advances in medical research, we're all getting older - but that hasn't stopped the scientific search for the Fountain of Youth.
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Alzheimer's: A Personal Journey
by Robyn Yale
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Pulling Back The Curtain on Alzheimer's Disease: A Personal Journey with Robyn Yale, Ruth Gay and guests.
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John Elder Robison & Augusten Burroughs: Live From B&N
by John Elder Robison
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Augusten Burroughs interviews his brother John Elder Robison, whose memoir Look Me in the Eye sheds new light on the mysteries of Asperger's Syndrome.
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How to be Right and Wrong
by John Cornforth
Available on: Online Video
The Nobel Laureate Professor Sir John Cornforth, overcomes his deafness to present an elegant account of how he, and his wife Rita, disentangled a historically important puzzle in steroid synthesis.
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Campaign 2008 Health Care Forum
by John Edwards
Available on: Online Video
The program "New Leadership on Health Care: A Presidential Forum" was sponsored by the Center for American Progress Action Fund (CAPAF) and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
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Life of a Drug
by Timothy Maher
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
What is a "black-box" warning? Who's looking out for your well-being? Should "Fen-Phen" have ever happened? What about Vioxx?
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Challenges to Implementation
by Jonathan D. Quick
Available on: Online Video
In this concluding panel about international drug pricing, speakers discuss the legal pitfalls and complexities involved in global pharmaceutical trade.
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Challenges & Solutions for the Greying of America
by David A. Lipschitz
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
David A. Lipschitz discusses Challenges and Solutions for the Greying of America as part of the Healing and Healthy Aging: Nurture and Nature track at the 2007 Chautauqua Institution Summer Program.
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Battling Cancer
by Steven Rosenberg
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
For decades the cure for cancer has seemed just around the corner.
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Steven Johnson: The Ghost Map
by Steven Johnson
Available on: Online Video
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic-and How it Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World.
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Bill Clinton and Bill Gates at the International AIDS Conference
by Bill Clinton
Available on: Audio Download
Former President Bill Clinton and Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates talk about priorities in ending the AIDS epidemic.
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Steven Johnson and The Long Zoom
by Steven Johnson
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
The Long Zoom with Steven Johnson speaking at a seminar hosted by The Long Now Foundation.
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