Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone (Audio)
The mission of the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health is to nurture health and inspire well-being in all people. Our educational programming, formerly known as Osher Mini Medical School for the Public, has been reimagined as Osher WISE (Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone). This public education program offers courses on integrative health topics that are current and compelling, providing an opportunity for community members to become active, informed participants in their own health and well-being journey.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 57 minutes
- Episodes
- 201
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
No Beam Required! Inside-Out Radiotherapy: HDR Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer
This presentations explores the basic elements of prostate cancer anatomy, presentation, diagnosis and work-up and describe different techniques for treating prostate cancer with radiation including …
01:25:50 |
Fri 11 Dec 2020
The San Francisco Response to the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Pandemic: What Cities Can and Should Do
Dr. Tomás Aragón, San Francisco's health officer, is on the front line of the effort to limit the number of infections and deaths caused by the coronavirus in the Bay Area. The early government respo…
01:10:55 |
Thu 10 Dec 2020
Climate Change and Public Health: Modernizing Community Resilience and Disaster Preparedness
Why is San Francisco particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change? The San Francisco department of Public Health and the California Strategic Growth Council are assessing the problems and…
01:18:43 |
Mon 07 Dec 2020
Targeting COVID-19 Viral Enzymes in an Evolving Landscape of Publishing and Peer Review
UCSF scientists studying a key enzyme used by the virus that causes COVID-19 have identified chemical building blocks that might eventually be used to make an antiviral drug. The chemical fragments c…
01:06:20 |
Sat 05 Dec 2020
Population Health Risks of a Changing Climate
Climate change affects the health of all Americans. The adverse health consequences are projected to worsen with additional climate change. Kristie Ebi, University of Washington, explains that proact…
01:21:17 |
Fri 04 Dec 2020
Politics and Division: The Sociology of Climate Change and Science Denial
Are humans rational beings guided by facts and information or do our moral views, desires, affiliations and motivations influence our perception of facts? Increasingly distrust in the science of clim…
01:21:55 |
Wed 02 Dec 2020
Close to the Heart: Modern Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer Treatment
This program describes the ways in which new technology can help better protect the heart during radiation therapy for breast cancer and explores the stepwise progress towards shorter courses of trea…
01:21:11 |
Mon 30 Nov 2020
COVID-19: The Science of How We Got Here and Where We Are Headed
As the United States continues to set new daily record levels for coronavirus cases Dr. George Rutherford, a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at UCSF, explores what we know about SARS-CoV-…
01:28:25 |
Mon 23 Nov 2020
Is COVID-19 a Heart Disease?
COVID-19 was initially identified as a respiratory disease, but scientists now know that it also affects several other organs in the body, including the heart. Heart damage is a major determinant of …
01:17:37 |
Fri 20 Nov 2020
Clinical Care and Population Care Require Each Other
The purpose of public health is to fulfill society’s interest in assuring the conditions in which people can be healthy, says Dr. Richard Jackson, Professor emeritus at the Fielding School of Public …
01:16:40 |
Fri 20 Nov 2020
COVID-19 Testing Surveillance and Diagnosis: Notes from a Disease Detective
With COVID-19 diagnostic testing, people who test positive can isolate and get care earlier. Dr. Charles Chiu, UCSF Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Medicine / Infectious Diseases, ex…
01:19:33 |
Fri 06 Nov 2020
Aerosolized Nanobodies for SARS-COV-2 Passive Immunization
As the world awaits vaccines to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control, UC San Francisco scientists have devised a novel approach to halting the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the dis…
01:24:59 |
Fri 30 Oct 2020
Muscle Imbalances Due to Poor Posture
Kenneth Leung, UCSF Department of Physical Therapy, explores how postural syndrome creates muscle imbalances. Fascia, or connective tissue, helps muscles communicate. See how to keep this important p…
00:04:11 |
Sat 26 Sep 2020
Ketogenesis and Fasting: Fuel for the Brain
Dr. Suneil Koliwad is an Endocrinologist and an Expert in Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism. In this excerpt, he discusses the development and function of ketosis and its similarities to fasting. Se…
00:06:38 |
Fri 14 Aug 2020
Red Meat Disease and Inflammation
You can't fix healthcare until you fix health. You can't fix health until you fix the diet. You can't fix the diet until you know what's wrong. Endocrinologist Robert Lustig discusses health problems…
00:04:38 |
Fri 07 Aug 2020
Little-Known Jobs of the Immune System (They Are a Big Deal)
Interactive immune systems are at the center of cancer and other diseases. Dr. Matthew Krummel explores some lesser-known functions of the immune system related to memory making, arteriosclerosis, an…
00:05:53 |
Fri 31 Jul 2020
Why Are Carbohydrates Important?
Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator Sherri Shafer discusses the importance of carbohydrates in the daily diet. Shafer then offers a plan for how much protein, fat and carbohydrate wo…
00:06:55 |
Fri 24 Jul 2020
If You Have NAFLD How Would You Know?
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) occurs when fat is deposited in the liver, without other causes of fatty liver identified. Dr. Danielle Brandman discusses the symptoms and ways of determinin…
00:06:15 |
Fri 17 Jul 2020
Is Cognitive Decline Inevitable?
Dr. Aimee Kao discusses key behaviors known to protect brain health. Dr. Kao looks at population trends and wonders if they tell a complete story. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Sci…
00:06:14 |
Sat 11 Jul 2020
Diet Shaping Our Microbiome
Microbiome expands the genetic and functional capacity of its human host. Susan Lynch explores how the gut microbiome responds differently to a plant based diet and to an animal based diet. Series: …
00:08:20 |
Thu 09 Jul 2020
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