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Life in Balances” Strategies for Optimal Health from the Science of Integrative Medicine

For many of us, today’s world is out of balance, characterized by breaking news every minute, instant messaging, new technologies to be mastered and more channels of communication than ever before. Scientific advances from integrative medicine can help you bring the balance back and improve the quality of your day. This Mini Medical School will present ways in which ...

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Plastic Surgery: More Than Skin Deep

No other specialty in medicine gets more publicity and less understanding than plastic surgery. There is a great deal more to plastic surgery than just cosmetic procedures: reconstruction involving every part of the body, microsurgery, wound care, and research into transplantation and stem cell biology. In this course, the outstanding faculty of the UCSF Division of Plastic and ...

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Emergency 911!!!

This course addresses several hot topics that foreshadow the future of modern medicine. You will learn when and how genetic testing informs the delivery of Personalized Patient Care and learn from a NASA Science Astronaut what important basic lessons space travel can teach us about cell biology. Regeneration of damaged tissues is one of the holy grails in medicine and ...

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The UCSF Mini Medical School is designed to provide members of the community the opportunity to see and hear what goes on every day in UCSF’s classrooms and research labs with lectures from the same faculty who are on the front lines, teaching students in the health professions. Mini Med addresses the accelerating public interest in the scientific knowledge behind the health headlines, the role of the consumer in health care decision making, and each citizen’s role in participating in the shaping of health policy.