The Force of Law: Increasingly Complexity of Environmental Problems
During the 1970s, environmental issues seemed straight-forward. Today, the increased number of chemicals that have been introduced into the environment are producing greater risks, and the complexity of the effects of those risks are better understo...
Subject: cancer
Transcript: of either hurting Or making somebody sick today or killing them -- But rather whether or not we are producing cancers Or developmental effects in
HIV/AIDS: In the Beginning
. Levine recalls that doctors were initially puzzled that young men who did not have cancer and had not undergone chemotherapy or radiation treatment were
Subject: cancer
Transcript: chemotherapy or radiation for cancer. Their defense systems are very weak and in that setting, This normal germ takes the opportunity of the person's Weakened
The Delicate Balance, Part 2: Impact of Chemical Contamination
One of the difficulties of predicting potential dangers to the environment is that implications to future generations are often not foreseen. Rachel Carson galvanized public and political action to prevent indiscriminate use of pesticides when her d...
Subject: cancer
Transcript: around... In terms of thinking about how we deal with synthetic chemicals But at that time, we focused on cancer. We moved from pharmacology into what we
Occupational Safety and Health: Worker Safety in the Space and Science Industries
Propelled by the Cold War, research and testing of rocket motors and fuels flourished in the mid 1900s, exposing workers to the acute effects of toxic chemicals and the as yet unknown chronic and long term effects. Around the same time, experiments ...
Subject: cancer
Transcript: understand their toxicity. We knew that you could get liver damage From short-term exposure. We did not know that you would have cancer forming... From longer
Gene Therapy (Part Two)
Professor of Law and Medicine Alex Capron talks about the danger in assuming that if we know an individual's genetic blueprint, we know the individual. He reminds us that, as important as genetic structure may be, ultimately the individual is the pr...
Subject: cancer
Transcript: cancer or other later disease in all those offspring In an uncorrectable way and you would have created a new Genetic condition. Perhaps untreatable that
Stressed to the Limit: Stress and Susceptibility to Disease
relationship between stress and cancer.
Subject: cancer
Transcript: get sick. [narrator:] what about the relationship of the immune system to other diseases, such as cancer? M [cohen] it's an extremely difficult area To
Living with Cancer: Value of Cancer Support Groups, The
The challenges of treatment and the uncertainties of the disease are difficult for any cancer patient to endure. Some cancer patients have found that
Subject: cancer
Transcript: [narrator:] the challenges of treatment, the uncertainties of the disease, are difficult for any cancer patient to endure. Cancer, because it's a
Diagnosis: Cancer: Lifestyle Choices that Reduce the Cancer Risk
Cancer is a disease that is influenced by lifestyle choices. Some researchers contend that eating right, staying physically active, watching your
Subject: cancer
Transcript: [narrator:] cancer is a disease that is influenced by lifestyle choices. some researchers claim that eating right, staying physically active
Fighting HIV/AIDS: The Power of Love
Dr. Alexandra Levine, Chief of the Division of Hematology at the USC School of Medicine, observes that, while love alone won't cure cancer or AIDS
Subject: cancer
Transcript: going to do better. That's true in cancer. It's true in aids. I don't mean to say that love and a hug Will cure cancer or aids. On the other hand, under
Living with Cancer: Cancer: A Family Disease
Cancer is a family disease. It is rare for patients to keep the diagnosis hidden, not just because they need someone to share their fears and
Subject: cancer
Transcript: [ganz:] cancer is a family disease. There's no way you can exclude the family from this, And it's a rare patient who won't tell anyone About their