Dr. Phillip Coffin talks about the history of opioid crisis and available medical treatments. Coffin is the director of substance use research at the San Francisco Department of Public Health and assistant professor in the division of HIV/AIDS at the University of California, San Francisco Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34790]

Pain and Palliative Medicine (Audio)

History of the Opioid Crisis: How We Got Here

Dr. Grace Dammann, medical director of the Pain Clinic at Laguna Honda Hospital, and seven of her colleagues talk about what does and does not work in the treatment of chronic pain. She talks as both a patient and a provider. There is also a discussion of various non-pharmacologic and complementary medicine modalities to treat pain. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34789]

Chronic Pain: Observations as Patient and Provider About What Works (...And What Doesn't)

Dr. Steven Pantilat, UCSF Professor of Medicine, describes the role of palliative care for people facing serious illness. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 33867]

What is Palliative Care? Who is it For?

Jessica Pullins goes over proven methods that help people take control of, and relax, their fight or flight response. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 33529]

Ways to Turn Off Your Fight or Flight Response

Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis and affects fifty percent of people age 65 and older. New information and new medications may seem like magical cure-alls but Gregory Middleton, MD says it is important to take a deeper look before making treatment decisions. Series: "Stein Institute for Research on Aging" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 32907]

Arthritis Pain is Complicated

Discover the latest tools used to diagnose and treat back and neck pain. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 32930]

Back and Neck Pain: Precision Spine Diagnosis Guides Therapy

Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis and affects fifty percent of people age 65 and older. Gregory Middleton, MD discusses Osteoarthritis and asks the question, what's in a name? Series: "Stein Institute for Research on Aging" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 32906]

What is Osteoarthritis?

How can you live well with an incurable disease? Dr. Steven Pantilat, an expert in hospice and palliative care, talks with journalist Katie Hafer about innovative approaches for dealing with serious illness. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 32350]

Life After the Diagnosis: Expert Advice on Living Well with Serious Illness for Patients and Caregivers

Dr. Lawrence Poree considers the recent history of prescription painkillers including legal and political aspects. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 32862]

Opioid Therapy and the Decade of Pain Control

Dr. Dina Wallin, a pediatric emergency medicine specialist, discusses disturbing data on the opioid issue in America. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 32861]

Opioids: The Alarming Data

Where is the line between ‘enough’ and ‘too much’ treatment? That is the topic of Sharon Kaufman's book that explores how any technology or practice that prevents death became the ordinary standard of care. She and palliative care doctor Dawn Gross discuss how improving technologies for extending life intensify debates about the issues surrounding aging and dying. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 32348]

Ordinary Medicine: Extraordinary Treatments Longer Lives and Where to Draw the Line with Sharon Kaufman

Explore pain management options for the common orthopaedic conditions of low back pain and knee osteoarthritis. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 32118]

Bones and Joints: Pain Management

Rev. Denah Joseph, Chaplain and Associate Director UCSF Palliative Care Service, reflects on the positive effects of connecting the seriously ill patient with nature. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 32151]

Nature's Impact on the Seriously Ill Patient

Ramana Naidu, MD, argues that Opioid abuse is not a pandemic but rather an American epidemic. Americans constitute 4.6% of the world's population and consume 80% of the world's opioids. There are five times more Americans with opioid substance use disorder than addicted to heroin. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 32035]

Opioid Use: An American Epidemic

Americans constitute 4.6% of the world's population and consume 80% of the world's opioids and 99% of the world’s hydrocodone. There are five times more Americans with opioid substance use disorder than addicted to heroin. How did we get here and what can we do about it? Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 30801]

The Prescription Opioid Epidemic: Crisis and Opportunity

Guest speakers, researchers and University of California faculty explore palliative care and managing chronic pain.

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