Stress and Health: From Molecules to Societies

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Air date:	Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 3:00:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
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Category:	WALS - Wednesday Afternoon Lectures
Runtime:	01:10:29
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Description:	Few Westernized humans are likely to die of scarlet fever, malaria or malnutrition. Instead, we live well enough and long enough to succumb to the diseases of slow degeneration. It is increasingly recognized that a large percentage of such diseases can be caused by or worsened by stress. This lecture approaches the subject of stress and health from two very different perspectives. To learn more about Dr. Sapolsky, visit http://wals.od.nih.gov/2009-2010/october2009x.html The NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series includes weekly scientific talks by some of the top researchers in the biomedical sciences worldwide.

NLM Title:	Stress and health : from molecules to societies / Robert Sapolsky.
Author:	Sapolsky, Robert M. National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
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Abstract:	(CIT): Few Westernized humans are likely to die of scarlet fever, malaria or malnutrition. Instead, we live well enough and long enough to succumb to the diseases of slow degeneration. It is increasingly recognized that a large percentage of such diseases can be caused by or worsened by stress. This lecture approaches the subject of stress and health from two very different perspectives. To learn more about Dr. Sapolsky, visit http://wals.od.nih.gov/2009-2010/october2009x.html The NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series includes weekly scientific talks by some of the top researchers in the biomedical sciences worldwide.
Subjects:	Glucocorticoids--adverse effects Hippocampus--physiopathology Stress, Physiological--physiology Stress, Psychological--physiopathology
Publication Types:	Lecture Webcast
NLM Classification:	QZ 160
NLM ID:	101519008
CIT Live ID:	7899
Permanent link:	https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=7899

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