Serotonin and Violence
Dean Hamer, Director of the Gene Structure and Regulation Unit at the National Cancer Institute, continues his comments about serotonin. Dr. Hamer explains that in addition to making people feel depressed, serotonin seems to also trigger hostility i...
Series: Health Care
Subject: health
Sleep Disorders
Dr. Andrew Leuchter, Director of Adult Psychiatry at UCLA, explains that the word "insomnia" tends to be a catch-all term that refers to any type of sleep disorder. Dr. Leuchter discusses a range of sleep problems, including sleep apnea and "restles...
Series: Health Care
Subject: health
HIV/AIDS: Who's At Risk
Dr. Alexandra Levine, Chief of the Division of Hematology at the USC School of Medicine, explains that she and others in the scientific community realized early on that the HIV virus was sexually transmitted. But, Dr. Levine points out, the virus ca...
Series: Health Care
Subject: health
HIV/AIDS: Fear in the Medical Community
Dr. Alexandra Levine, Chief of the Division of Hematology at the USC School of Medicine, talks about the fear in the medical community when the HIV/AIDS epidemic began. Dr. Levine explains that most doctors at the time were unwilling to treat patien...
Series: Health Care
Subject: health
HIV/AIDS: In the Beginning
Dr. Alexandra Levine, Chief of the Division of Hematology at the USC School of Medicine, talks about the early days of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Dr. Levine recalls that doctors were initially puzzled that young men who did not have cancer and had not u...
Series: Health Care
Subject: health
Stroke and Depression
Dr. Andrew Leuchter, Director of Adult Psychiatry at UCLA, talks about research that helps identify which patients are at highest risk for depression after a stroke. Dr. Leuchter explains that, "...It appears that strokes in the frontal portions of ...
Series: Health Care
Subject: health
Paths of Pollution: PCBs and the Great Lakes
As industries began to proliferate around the Great Lakes and its tributaries, contamination also began to accumulate in its waters. PCBs, which do not biodegrade, were routinely discharged into the environment before scientific evidence revealed th...
Subject: health
Transcript: another, impacting human health and ecosystems. our air, our water, and our earth are all interconnected, and what happens in one medium will
Schizophrenia and Medication
Dr. Andrew Leuchter, Director of Adult Psychiatry at UCLA, talks about the use of anti-psychotic medications in the treatment of schizophrenia. He notes that such medications can help to dissolve hallucinations, as well as help to order thoughts and...
Series: Health Care
Subject: health
Role of DNA, The
Dean Hamer, Director of the Gene Structure and Regulation Unit at the National Cancer Institute, talks about the role of DNA in human behavior. Dr. Hamer explains that DNA is like "...a blueprint that determines not only our physical bodies, but als...
Series: Health Care
Subject: health
HIV/AIDS: Drug Therapy
Dr. Alexandra Levine, Chief of the Division of Hematology at the USC School of Medicine, talks about the drugs that have been used in the fight against HIV/AIDS since AZT was developed in 1987. She also explains that the high cost of the drugs makes...
Series: Health Care
Subject: health