Developing a Business Strategy
Once an organization has amassed adequate knowledge and understanding of both itself and the environment in which it operates, it can begin to focus on specific strategic options.
Developing language: learning to question, inform, and entertain
Starting right from infancy, this program charts the development of language during childhood. Basic language acquisition, learned from rudimentary and higher-level child/caregiver interactions, is described. Aspects of ..
Diabetes and Pregnancy
Dr. Ed McCabe, Chief of the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, talks about some of the reasons prenatal care is so important. He notes that there is an increased risk of diabetes during pregnancy, adding that all pregna..
Diagnosis: Cancer: Counseling Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer
The UCLA Breast Center, a unit of the Jonsson Cancer Center, specializes in treating and counseling women at high risk for breast cancer. Experts from a variety of fields work with patients, developing strategies they ca..
Diagnosis: Cancer: Detecting Cancer
Cancer detection methods vary depending on the location of the suspected cancer. Oral cancers, for example, can be detected by visual examination. Some, like cervical cancer, can be found by collecting cells for microsco..
Diagnosis: Cancer: Diseases Known as Cancer, The
More than 40 percent of Americans will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime, and more than 20 percent will die from it. When we talk of cancer, we often refer to it as if it were a single disease, but in realit..
Diagnosis: Cancer: Early Detection of Breast Cancer a Key to Survival
Eighty percent of women who are stricken with breast cancer have no family history of the disease. One factor that contributes to their susceptibility is age. Breast cancer is rare in women under 20, but increases from 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 weight, and not smoking or exposing yourself to too much sun could reduce ..
Diagnosis: Cancer: Puzzle: The When, Why, and Where of Cancer, The
What causes genes to mutate? Are there factors that set such events in motion? Scientists talk about ongoing research that may lead not only to a cure for certain types of cancer but also to prevention strategies that wi..
Diarmaid MacCulloch's a history of Christianity: Episode 1. The first Christianity
When he was a small boy Diarmaid MacCulloch's parents used to drive him round historic churches. Little did they know that they had created a monster - the history of the Christian Church became his life's work. Now, no ..