 | Genomics and Infectious Diseases UC San Francisco presents Mini Medical School. In this edition, Joe DeRisi, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator at UCSF, explores the need to detect and contain diseases quickly. Learn about the hunt for emerging viruses such as SARS, the characterization of the malaria parasite, and how this work can translate into new drugs and vaccines. Series: "UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public" [11/2006] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 11801] |
 | Infectious Disease After Natural Disasters Infectious diseases following natural disasters can multiply the human toll of such events. Dr. Christian Sandrock of UC Davis looks at the factors effecting disease outbreaks after disasters, discusses specific diseases and reviews the efficacy of various treatment options. Series: "CalPEN" [9/2005] [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 11179] |
 | Why get a Disease you can Prevent? National Survey Finds Adults Acting Like Babies When It Comes to Getting Their Shots! Dr. William Schaffner with the Latest News On Vaccines, Advice on What Shot Adults Need Most, and Why the CDC is So Worried According to the CDC, adults unnecessarily risk blistering rashes, chronic pain, flu, fever, long hospital stays and high medical bills: 1. The flu sends more than 200,000 people to the hospital each year and kills more than 35,000.2. 5,000 Americans die every year from pneumonia.3. Shingles causes an excruciatingly painful rash that can lead to chronic nerve pain.4. The violent cough associated with pertussis (whooping cough) can be bad enough to break a rib.5. HPV causes cervical cancer which can be deadly.Vaccines are available to prevent or reduce the risk of these diseases, yet adults overwhelmingly ignore them! Immunizations during adulthood are recommended by the CDC for more than a dozen diseases, yet a recent CDC survey found adult immunization rates woefully low. In addition, a recent survey by the National Foundation of Infectious Diseases (NFID) found that most adults have trouble even naming diseases that they might be able to prevent by getting vaccinated. Dr. William Schaffner, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and a well-known expert in the fields of vaccines and infectious disease, is available to inform your viewers about the many vaccines that are available to adults and when they need to get them. According to Dr. Schaffner, childhood vaccinations have saved hundreds of thousands of lives in the U.S., but vaccines aren't just for kids. It's time for adults to roll up their sleeves!Dr. Schnaffer also notes that although not all the diseases you can be vaccinated against will kill you, most can be extremely painful or flare up with no warning. And when the usual childhood diseases occur in adults, the effects can be devastating. This interview is provided by Merck & Co., Inc. B-roll footage will be available upon request |
 | The Fight Against Infectious Diseases: Partnership in Health Infectious diseases cause more than 14 million deaths every year, the majority in developing countries. See how new partnership mechanisms can improve access to vaccines, drugs and other goods needed to control communicable diseases. |
 | Genocide Denied - 31 min documentary Oct 2002 We bring you the controversial story of the 20th Century's first genocide. In 1915, an estimated 1.5 million Armenians were slaughtered at the hands of the Ottoman Turks. Tortured, murdered, denied, forgotten, the terrible plight of the Armenians has never been properly publicised. Now, for the first time, they have been given a voice. In the desert of Northern Syria, local Arab Bedouin scrape away at the rocks. Within a few seconds, a large, white object is revealed. It's a human skull -- a chilling reminder of the shocking events that took place here nearly 90 years ago. Fearing a nationalist uprising by Christian Armenians, the Turks expelled the population from their homelands in Eastern Turkey. They were marched to death camps in the Syrian desert, where they were brutally slaughtered in their thousands.Nori Latif, an Armenian still living in Syria, is the son of one of the few survivors of the massacre. He relates the scene his father witnessed all those years ago, when he was brought with 5000 other Armenians to the death camp at Magaday: "They lined them up, three or four deep, and shoot once, so they saved bullets. Some women were disembowelled with bayonets."Yet, despite such tales from the lucky survivors of the massacre, as well as the incontrovertible evidence of the bones that litter the landscape, Turkey continues to deny the genocide. The government has even set up the Armenian Research Institute to manage the denial. Its spokesperson, Arslan Terzioglu, gives a range of excuses for the deaths: "They died due to contagious diseases like typhus and as a result of attacks by Kurdish and Bedouin bandits. This is in fact what happened. It is impossible to represent this as deliberate and as genocide."Armenian survivors would however beg to differ. Now well into their nineties, they remember with horror the events of that fateful day in 1915. "They went and got 15 young boys by force. They brought skewers and poked them into their eyes. They did that to all of them, one by one," recalls one woman, who was only five at the time, her eyes welling up with tears at the memory. Another survivor describes how 3000 Armenians were rounded up, taken into the Deir el-Zour desert, doused with petrol and set alight. |
 | Charlie Rose: November 23, 1994 First, a discussion of the current political landscape in Washington and the future of the Clinton presidency with Michael Kramer of "Time", Jonathan Alter of "Newsweek", John Fund of "The Wall Street Journal", and Jack Newfield of "The New York Post". Then, author Neal Gabler talks about his book "Winchell: Gossip, Power, and the Culture of Celebrity", about the life of Walter Winchell, the inventor of the gossip column. Finally, a discussion about newly emerging contagious diseases with "Newsday" writer Laurie Garrett, author of "The Coming Plague", and Richard Preston, author of "The Hot Zone". |
 | AIDS Vaccines and T Cells/The Next Generation In this series from the CFAR National Symposium on HIV/AIDS Prevention & Transmission 2007, you will hear from experts from universities throughout the US and from South Africa, updating us on their latest research and findings. Join Gary Nabel, MD, PhD, National Institutes of Health, as he presents on AIDS Vaccines and T Cells/The Next Generation. Series: "CFAR, UCSD Center for AIDS Research " [2/2008] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 13709] |
 | Healthbeat - Shingles Vaccine The C-D-C has formally recommended the Shingles Vaccine...A shot to prevent the painful rash which is common among older adults. Doctor Barry Ramo explains why the move could help millions of Americans. |
 | Dr.Nasir, Muslim Businessman's Journey from Islam to Christ. In the 1980s, Dr.Nasir K. Siddiki was an extremely successful Muslim businessman by secular world standards. He raised millions of dollars in revenue for companies worldwide. As a seminar speaker, he attracted crowds of up to ten thousand, who came to listen and learn about his keys to success. Having achieved his dream of financial success, he drove expensive cars and lived in luxurious homes. For years he accomplished great feats and set performance records in marketing and sales. Then one day, Nasir was suddenly diagnosed with shingles - a deadly virus that attacked his nervous system. It was a life threatening situation for which there was no cure at the time. The doctors gave Nasir no hope, so in desperation he cried out to God. This is how Nasir met Jesus the Healer and Saviour, and his life changed forever. After he has experienced this miraculous recovery, Nasir has been dedicated to teaching biblical success principles to audiences worldwide through seminars, church services, and monthly teaching tapes. His tapes and books are currently distributed in 29 countries. His wife Anita was also supernaturally healed from an incurable disease, Multiple Sclerosis. Together, they conduct healing crusades in churches across the country, resulting in thousands of miracle testimonies. For more information about Dr.Nasir please go to http://www.wisdom-ministries.com/ |
 | Stanford HPV Awareness Campaign An information video about HPV, its symptoms, treatment, and the new HPV vaccine. Additional information for Stanford students on how to make appointments for vaccination. Interview conducted on Stanford Campus. March 2007. |
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