Stress: Science and Strategies to Live Well (Video)

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Stress: Science and Strategies to Live Well (Video) episodes

May 18, 2012 The Skinny on Obesity (Ep. 6): A Fast-Paced Fast Food Life
The pace of modern life is a key contributor to today’s obesity epidemic. UCSF’s Elissa Epel and Barbara Laraia explain the stress connection and offer practical and effective solutions that don’t involve dieting and exercise. Series: "The Skinny on Obesity" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 23721]
8 min
April 09, 2012 Emotions Stress and Rate of Telomere Shortening: Are Our Cells Listening to Us?
Does stress speed up the aging process at a genetic level? Our cells are constantly aging. When cell divide some telomere is lost but if it becomes too short, that cell can no longer replicate and eventual dies. Elissa Epel, UCSF department of psychiatry, explores the affects of stress and emotions on the process of telomere shortening. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 23204]
58 min
October 31, 2011 Women’s Guide to Building Resistance Outsmarting Stress and Optimizing Health in Today’s World
Margaret Chesney, Director of the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, explores the role women can play in maintenance of optimal well-being. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 21979]
1 hr 29 min
February 14, 2011 New Scientific Strategies for Managing Stress Building Resilience and Bringing Balance to Life
Margaret Chesney explores how to manage stress for a more healthy life. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 20631]
1 hr 22 min
January 10, 2011 The New Science of Stress and Stress Resilience
Learn how to build mental and physical resilience when managing the stress of everyday life with UCSF’s Elissa Epel. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 20219]
1 hr 29 min
June 09, 2010 Learning to Relax
Marcia Degelman, Certified Massage Therapist and Integrative Medicine Practitioner at UCSF’s Osher Center, discusses how the relaxation response is the opposite of the body’s stress response. Learn about body-centered progressive relaxation and guided visualization to experience some of the benefits of conscious relaxation. Series: "Integrative Medicine Today" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 18750]
53 min
March 15, 2010 Worrying Well: How Your Brain Can Turn Anxiety and Stress Into Calmness and Confidence
Physician, author, speaker, researcher, and consultant Martin L. Rossman, MD, discusses how to use the power of the healing mind to reduce stress and anxiety, relieve pain, change lifestyle habits, and live with more wellness. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 17631]
1 hr 29 min
March 10, 2010 Coping and Resilience: How to Cope with Unattainable Goals
Alex Zautra examines human resilience as a powerful force in coping. Carsten Wrosch looks at the challenges in adjusting to intractable stressors (like chronic Illness) and the stress in coping with unattainable goals. Series: "The State of the Science in Stress and Coping" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 17808]
57 min
February 15, 2010 Positive Emotion in the Midst of Stress with Judy Moskowitz
Judy Moskowitz, stress and coping researcher at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, discusses the relationship between positive emotions and health. She explores positive practices from mindfulness exercises to gratitude journals, as a means of coping. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 17629]
59 min
February 08, 2010 The Art and Science of Mind-Body Medicine
The wide array of mind-body therapies has been reported to positively influence physical health. Dr. Kevin Barrows is founder and director of mindfulness programs at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, where he helps patients to cope with the stress of everyday life and the stress of illness. He explores the art and science of mind-body medicine. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 17627]
1 hr 30 min

About Stress: Science and Strategies to Live Well (Video)

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Researchers from the University of California provide scientific insight into why our bodies react the way they do to stress, as well as what we can do to manage stress in our day-to-day lives.