Cancer Updates: Advances in Prevention, Detection & Treatment
This broadcast will present advances in the prevention, detection and treatment of breast, skin, cervical and colorectal cancer. Brad Hutton, MPH (Director Cancer Services Program, New York State Department of Health) will describe the results of recent clinical trials that may help clinicians provide individualized treatments that are more effective and have fewer side effects. Maureen Lichtveld, MD, MPH will discuss cancer core competencies aimed at creating surge capacity in the general health professions workforce.
During this briefing on Pandemic Influenza Preparedness in California, Dr. Howard Backer, Chief of the Immunization Branch and medical consultant on emergency preparedness at the California Department of Health Services, provides an overview of relevant information on the pandemic influenza threat and challenges we face to prepare for this potential disaster. Also included in the program is an eight minute presentation, Hospitals Full Up, that depicts the challenges and societal disruption faced during the 1918 pandemic.
In the United States, tobacco use causes the death of over 540,000 people annually. Millions of smokers try to quit every year, but only about 5% succeed. However, with the medical and psychological help now available, the success rate can improve dramatically; there has never been a better time to stop smoking. This program explains the various medications, support groups and counseling that can help bring success to smokers who want to quit. Several people are followed through the cessation process. The program is sympathetic to the difficulty of quitting, acknowledging that it may take many attempts to conquer what medical professionals consider a chronic disease. Experts include Michael Fiore, MD, Director of the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention at the University of Wisconsin Medical School; physician and associate professor Nan Cochran of Dartmouth Medical School; and Matthew Myers, president of the National Center for Tobacco Free Kids.
New Techniques in the Diagnosis and Management of Breast Disease
Dr. Silverstein will review recent minimally invasive breast biopsy findings and present new approaches of breast-conserving surgery and oncoplastic procedures. Melvin J. Silverstein, MD, FACS, Professor of Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California will host the webcast. He will be joined by Beth DuPree, MD, FACS, Medical Director of the Comprehensive Breast Care Institute at DSI of Bucks County in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. Dr. DuPree will demonstrate the use of the Mammotome® Biopsy System, a minimally invasive breast biopsy device that is highly accurate in helping physicians diagnose breast disease.
Fetomaternal Cell Trafficking: Relevance to the Stem Cell Debate
The current scientific, ethical, and political debate over stem cells pitches the benefits and limitations of 2 cell types against each other, adult versus embryonic stem cells. These definitions overlook an important aspect of the debate in considering adult stem cell plasticity, gender matters. This is because stem cells or tissues taken from a woman who has been pregnant are likely to contain a mixture of her own cells and those of her fetuses. In this talk, Dr. Diana Bianchi (NIH, Tufts NE Medical Center) will describe her laboratory's work in both humans and mice that tests the hypothesis that as a result of pregnancy, females naturally acquire a population of stem cells that participate in the repair of maternal organz following specific types of injury.
Lewis B. Silverman, MD (Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Children's Hospital Boston; Director, Jimmy Fund Clinic, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute) gives examples of different initial clinical manifestations in the presentation of childhood leukemia, he describes initial diagnostic studies important in the evaluation of the child with suspected ALL, and he identifies and discusses early management strategies and cure rates and adverse effects.
HHMI Holiday Lectures - Evolution - Constant Change and Common Threads
Selection in Action
David M. Kingsley, PhD (HHMI Investigator, Stanford University School of Medicine) on artificial selection and the genetics of corn domestication, genetic basis of variation in dog breeds, introduction of the stickleback fish, and genetics of natural selection in the stickleback.
Premini Sabaratnam will present evidence-based elements of programs that have shown success in reducing teen pregnancy rates with special emphasis on youth development approaches that develop social connections, character and competence and give teens more hope for the future. Ms. Sabaratnam, MPH, is the Senior Health Project Coordinator with the Division of Adolescent Medicine, University of Rochester. She has worked extensively with adolescent populations and offers first hand insights into what works and what doesn't work with teen programs.
Working With Stress - A NIOSH Production (with CDC)
The nature of work is changing rapidly. Now more than ever, job stress poses a threat to the well-being of workers and organizations. Through its research and educational materials such as this program, NIOSH is committed to providing the public with the knowledge to overcome this threat.
This program profiles four young people who've had eating disorders. Their experiences highlight how this illness is not just about food, but about struggling with loss of emotional control. The newer approaches using cognitive behavioral therapy and anti-depressants are explained. Russell Marx, MD, Clinical Director of the Eating Disorders Program at the Medical Center at Princeton, and Marcia Herring, EdD, MPH, RD at the Dartmouth College Health Service, show what's being done to prevent and treat one of the most lethal categories of mental illness.
XVI International AIDS Conference: August 13-18, 2006
The Potential Role of HPV Vaccines in Improving HIV Prevention Among Young Girls and Women
This session contains the following presentations:
Nathalie Broutet, MD, PhD (World Health Organization): "Preparing for HPV Vaccines: Policy and Programmatic Issues"
Arletty Pinel, MD (United Nations Population Fund): The Potential of HPV Vaccines in Strengthening HIV Prevention"
Emily Bass (AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition): "HPV Vaccines as a Model for HIV Vaccines for Young People"
Kevin Moody, EhD (The Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS): "HPV Vaccines: Addressing the Gaps in Understudied Groups"
Vinand Nantulya, MD, PhD (Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics): "Diagnostic Platform for HPV, Cervical Cancer and STIs"
Robotic Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Cuff Repair
Trinity Mother Frances Health System's Center for Advanced Surgery and Technology (CASAT) will present a minimally invasive coronary artery bypass surgery using the da Vinci® Surgical robot. The program will feature CASAT co-medical director and cardiovascular surgeon William F. Turner, Jr., MD of Turner Cardiovsacular Associates, who has performed over 100 robot-assisted heart surgeries and 1,651 beating heart bypass operations.
HHMI Holiday Lectures - Evolution - Constant Change and Common Threads
From Butterflies to Humans
Sean Carroll, PhD (HHMI Investigator, University of Wisconsin - Madison) on diversity of markings on the wings of butterflies, how and why fruit flies have spots on their wings, toolkit genes and butterfly wing spots, fossil evidence of human evolution, genomics and human evolution as well as evolution and society.
More than any other preventive measures, changes in behavior like smoking cessation or weight control can reduce the risk of cancer. Screening tests like mammograms, colonoscopies, skin exams, Pap tests and genetic testing can save lives, while some screening tests are controversial. This program talks about cancer prevention and screening through the stories of patients.
During this briefing on Pandemic Influenza Preparedness in California, Dr. Howard Backer, Chief of the Immunization Branch and medical consultant on emergency preparedness at the California Department of Health Services, provides an overview of relevant information on the pandemic influenza threat and challenges we face to prepare for this potential disaster. Also included in the program is an eight minute presentation, Hospitals Full Up, that depicts the challenges and societal disruption faced during the 1918 pandemic.
In the United States, tobacco use causes the death of over 540,000 people annually. Millions of smokers try to quit every year, but only about 5% succeed. However, with the medical and psychological help now available, the success rate can improve dramatically; there has never been a better time to stop smoking. This program explains the various medications, support groups and counseling that can help bring success to smokers who want to quit. Several people are followed through the cessation process. The program is sympathetic to the difficulty of quitting, acknowledging that it may take many attempts to conquer what medical professionals consider a chronic disease. Experts include Michael Fiore, MD, Director of the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention at the University of Wisconsin Medical School; physician and associate professor Nan Cochran of Dartmouth Medical School; and Matthew Myers, president of the National Center for Tobacco Free Kids.
New Techniques in the Diagnosis and Management of Breast Disease
Dr. Silverstein will review recent minimally invasive breast biopsy findings and present new approaches of breast-conserving surgery and oncoplastic procedures. Melvin J. Silverstein, MD, FACS, Professor of Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California will host the webcast. He will be joined by Beth DuPree, MD, FACS, Medical Director of the Comprehensive Breast Care Institute at DSI of Bucks County in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. Dr. DuPree will demonstrate the use of the Mammotome® Biopsy System, a minimally invasive breast biopsy device that is highly accurate in helping physicians diagnose breast disease.
