Wellbeing (Audio)

Dr. Mimi Guarneri notes an influx of patients who she says are, “ill to the pill,” and discusses more efficient ways to treat the root of a problem rather than merely minimizing symptoms. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31186]

Dr. Kevin Barrows lays out the component pieces of mindfulness, what each means, and how this formula and the elements within impact your day-to-day life. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 31324]

Dr. Deepak Chopra, author of “Super Genes”, enlightens us as to when a child is first ready to begin cultivating his or her awareness. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31178]

Those with sleep disorders often fail to get enough recuperative sleep, and suffer some unpleasant and potentially dangerous consequences. Dr. Sean Drummond describes the ways in which sleepiness can interfere with your life. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31243]

Marcia Degelman explains what the notoriously long-lived people of Okinawa do and eat on a day-to-day basis that may drastically impact their long term health. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31222]

Dr. Kevin Barrows explains the psychological effects of mindfulness and how the practice has overall effects on the body. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 31364]

Dr. Deepak Chopra discusses various yogic practices and the distinct forms of enlightenment that accompany them. He claims the neural correlates to this enlightenment are now available to us, we just have to go looking for them. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31179]

Dr. Deepak Chopra explains what he means when he says the brain is a verb, and speaks on how the interconnectedness of people allows for separate brains to interact and thus form a collective consciousness. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31255]

Does the science live up to the hype? Dr. Rck Hecht, the director of research at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine looks at the effects of meditation on health and behavior. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31006]

Dr. Rochelle Zak speaks on the characteristics of narcolepsy, and the disorder’s accidental discovery by scientists investigating obesity. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31199]