UC San Francisco (Video)

The California Prostate Cancer Coalition (CPCC) and The Helen Family Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center present the 2021 Patient Conference on Prostate Cancer. This session: Matt Cooperberg, MD, MPH, UCSF. Series: "Prostate Cancer Patient Conference" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37256]

Some patients with prostate cancer will show signs of recurrence at some point in their lives. Eric Small, MD; Hala Borno, MD; Peter Carroll, MD, MPH; Matthew Cooperberg, MD, MPH; Mack Roach III, MD; Thomas Hope, MD discuss recurrent prostate cancer cases. Series: "Prostate Cancer Patient Conference" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37276]

Eric Small, MD, and Merel Nissenberg, Esq, introduce the 2021 Prostate Cancer Patient Conference. Series: "Prostate Cancer Patient Conference" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37255]

In localized prostate cancer, the cancer has not spread outside the prostate. The California Prostate Cancer Coalition (CPCC) and The Helen Family Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center present the 2021 Patient Conference on Prostate Cancer. This panel features: Matthew Cooperberg, MD, MPH; Felix Feng, MD; Mack Roach III, MD; Eric Small, MD and Stan Rosenfeld. Series: "Prostate Cancer Patient Conference" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37264]

Drs. Neeti Parikh and Saras Ramanathan discuss the structure of the eye and how it works and then explore ocular diseases and surgical as well as non-surgical treatments for cataracts. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37142]

Research suggests that listening to or singing songs can provide emotional and behavioral benefits for people with Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Theresa Allison provides an overview of music in the context of dementia and caregiving relationships. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37150]

Coronaviruses are not new but the new COVID-19 causes more severe symptoms and led to a global pandemic, in large part because it can be spread asymptomatically. In March 2020 the US became the epicenter of the pandemic and remained the hotbed until the vaccines became available. Dr. Monica Gandhi explains how the vaccines work and provides details on the efficacy of the current vaccines. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37141]

COVID-19 is uniquely characterized by pre-symptomatic and asymptomatic transmission. Dr. Chaz Langelier explores types of COVID testing, infectiousness and use cases for certain types of tests. He also discusses variants and how they are tracked and states that the mRNA vaccines are effective against the variants. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37140]

ICUs, Emergency Departments and their staffs have been disproportionally affected by COVID. UCSF Professor of Emergency Medicine Dr. Robert Rodriguez looks back at the past COVID year and explores three major issues: addressing the effects of the pandemic on frontline providers; helping under-resourced hot spots; and addressing the equitable distribution of healthcare and the COVID-19 vaccine. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37139]

Long COVID is a range of symptoms that can last weeks or months after first being infected or can appear weeks after infection. Long COVID can happen to anyone who has had COVID-19, even if the illness was mild, or they had no symptoms. UCSF Pulmonologist Dr. Lekshmi Santhosh explains that a comprehensive multidisciplinary approach is important to address long-term physical, pulmonary, cognitive and mental health symptoms. There is no one "long COVID." Each patient is unique but there are some common symptom clusters. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37138]