Hypertension in the 21st Century: What We Know Now What We Need to Know
Presented by Vivek Bhalla, MD, FASN, FAHA
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Stanford Hypertension Center
June 13, 2019
High blood pressure afflicts about one-third to one-half of the U.S. population. Although it’s so common, doctors still don’t know what causes it in most cases.
But they do know how to improve it. That’s important because high blood pressure is known as “the silent killer” that has few symptoms. Yet it can lead to heart attack, stroke, dementia and kidney disease.
Eating Well for Your Blood Glucose and Loving It!
Presented by Leah Groppo, MS, RD, CDE
Clinical Dietitian III, Certified Diabetes Educator
May 23, 2019
You may not realize it, but you’re an expert. Nobody else knows more than you do about what food you like and what you don’t.
So when it comes to motivating you to eat healthy food, you know best how to do that. Doctors may give you information, but you hold the key to finding what strategy works for you. It’s different for everyone, says Leah Groppo, a dietitian and diabetes educator.
Neck and Back Pain in Women: Spinal Problems, Solutions, and Future Directions
Presented by Corinna Zygourakis, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
April 4, 2019
Expect this: 90% of us will get low back pain sometime in our lives. It can hurt so much that some people feel like they can’t get out of bed.
But the good news is that it probably won’t last. Within 3 months of first getting low back pain, 90% of back-pain patients have stopped seeing the doctor.
Innovations in Hearing Loss
Presented by Peter Santa Maria, MD PhD
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
March 21, 2019
Which is worse—going blind, or deaf? Helen Keller, who endured both, had no doubt.
“Blindness separates people from things. But deafness separates people from people,” she said, as quoted by Peter Santa Maria, MD PhD, a specialist in surgery for hearing disorders. As Dr. Santa Maria sees it, hearing loss can cause profound changes because it damages our most important social connections.
Solving Medical Mysteries at the Stanford Center for Undiagnosed Diseases
Presented by Jon Bernstein, MD PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
and
Matthew Wheeler, MD PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
February 28, 2018
Every so often, you might wake up feeling sick one morning with a fever, aches, and pains. Is it a cold or flu? Often the symptoms fade and disappear before you see a doctor.
For some people, the symptoms persist—for weeks, even months—and don’t stop. If symptoms grow severe, they may eventually go to a doctor and get tests—only to get no answers and no relief. Some of them are able to consult specialists and get advanced tests and procedures: all to no avail.
Pelvic Health Following Delivery
Presented by Lisa Rogo-Gupta, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery
January 17, 2019
Giving birth can be a wondrous accomplishment for many women. It’s also one of the riskiest. The hard work of labor and delivery can leave a new mother with pelvic injuries that go unrecognized and – all too often – untreated.
“Delivering a baby is the most magical thing I’ve ever done,” said Lisa Rogo-Gupta, MD, a clinical assistant professor of pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery. “It is a wonderful blessing.”
Virtual Reality: Technology Treatment for Mental Illness
Presented by Kim Bullock, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
November 1, 2018
Some people have a fear of flying. Others may have a fear of getting into elevators. Still others have eating disorders–or body-image fears–that make thin people feel like they are fat.
All of them could be helped by virtual reality. New developments in virtual reality are making it a potentially valuable tool for treating some anxiety disorders and mental health conditions, as described by Kim Bullock, MD, in a recent presentation at the Stanford Health Library.
