Digital tools including mobile apps, wearable sensors, and social network platforms offer unprecedented opportunities in health research and healthcare. However, this rapidly emerging sector is outpacing existing regulatory structures and challenging norms for ethical practice. Camille Nebeker, EdD, MS, Associate Professor of Behavioral Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine & Public Health at the UC San Diego School of Medicine describes how technologies, including wearable sensors and artificial intelligence, are leveraged to capture personal health data and infer health status. Nebeker presents the ethical considerations specific to informed consent, risks of harm and potential benefits while underscoring the role that funding agencies, policy makers, researchers, ethicists, and editors have in creating the infrastructure needed to advance safe digital health research and practice. Series: "Stein Institute for Research on Aging" [Show ID: 35144]

Aging and Senior Health (Audio)

The Digital Revolution: Ethical Implications for Research on Healthy Aging

How wisdom is defined and measured in the laboratory, the biology of wisdom, its dynamic relationship with culture, wisdom and aging, wisdom and health, and how we might build wiser societies. THis animation is based on "The New Science of Practical Wisdom" published by Johns Hopkins University Press in the journal Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. Series: "Stein Institute for Research on Aging" [Show ID: 35488]

The New Science of Practical Wisdom

As societal stresses have increased, loneliness and social isolation have become silent killers. Dilip Jeste, MD, a geriatric neuropsychiatrist who specializes in successful aging, explains how loneliness has become an epidemic, the risk factors, helpful interventions, and how we can harness wisdom for compassion, self regulation, and more. Series: "Stein Institute for Research on Aging" [Show ID: 35226]

The Modern Epidemic of Loneliness: Using Wisdom as Behavioral Vaccine with Dilip Jeste - Research on Aging

Bones are dynamic and continue to rebuild themselves, even as we age. Bone remodeling is supported by a healthy diet and by regular physical activity. Join Vicky Newman, MS, RDN to learn more about dietary choices that help calcium stay in our bones and out of our blood vessels to support both bone strength and arterial flexibility. Adequate calcium, vitamin D, vitamin K, and several trace minerals are all important, as is enough protein and alkaline minerals like magnesium. Our food, supplement, and activity choices help protect bone strength and structural flexibility to help prevent injury and speed healing. Series: "Stein Institute for Research on Aging" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 35100]

Boosting Bone Health to Prevent Injury and Speed Healing - Research on Aging

Fragility fractures occur in structurally weak bones due to aging and bone loss - osteoporosis. Dr. Anthony Ding explains what “fragility fractures” are, where they occur, what they mean to you, and how they are treated. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34795]

Fragility Fractures

Dr. Alan Zhang is an orthopedic surgeon at UCSF specializing in sports medicine and minimally invasive arthroscopic surgery of the hip, knee and shoulder. He explores conservative (non-surgical) treatment of the hip and also looks at hip arthroscopy surgery. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34794]

Hip Preservation in the Active Adult

UCSF Spine Surgeon Dr. Alekos Theologis describes the causes of back and neck pain and explores the treatment options for degenerative disc disease, kyphosis and scoliosis, and osteoporosis. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34793]

The Aging Spine: Updates in Diagnosis and Treatment

Blood pressure is the force that moves blood through our circulatory system. Dr. Robert Baron explains what the two numbers mean in a reading and when it's too high. He also talks about strategies for lowering your blood pressure safely. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34158]

Blood Pressure: How High is Too High and How Do I Lower it Safely?

Gina Woods, MD, a board-certified endocrinologist lists the fractures commonly associated with the medical condition Osteoporosis. Series: "Stein Institute for Research on Aging" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34281]

Common Osteoporotic Fractures

Gina Woods, MD, a board-certified endocrinologist discusses the medical condition Osteoporosis. Series: "Stein Institute for Research on Aging" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34280]

Bone Strength and Osteoporosis

Learn how to prevent and treat osteoporosis with Gina Woods, MD, a board-certified endocrinologist. She discusses how to preserve bone health, prevent fractures, and manage osteoporosis care with treatments that may include diet modification, exercise and medication. Series: "Stein Institute for Research on Aging" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34074]

Osteoporosis 2018: Approaches to Prevention and Treatment - Research on Aging

Depression in older adults is under-recognized and under-treated. Sidney Zisook, MD shares the warning signs. Series: "Stein Institute for Research on Aging" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34116]

Signs of Depression

Depression in older adults is under-recognized and under-treated. Sidney Zisook, MD brings to light the challenges in getting the elderly to seek psychotherapy. Series: "Stein Institute for Research on Aging" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34117]

Mental Health Treatment for the Elderly: Challenges and Adaptations

Surrogates are involved in nearly half of major medical decisions for hospitalized older adults. Dr. Eric Widera, UCSF Geriatric Medicine, and lawyer Sarah Hopper discuss why it is important to plan for the future and what happens if you don't. They also go over important components of future planning for health care, finances, and other decisions and provide resources to help plan for the future. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 33748]

Comprehensive Planning for Health and Illness

There are 1.5 million osteoporosis fractures per year in the US. Dr. Eric Meinberg emphasizes the effects of exercise on bone density. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34031]

Exercise's Impact on Bone Density

University of California researchers and clinicians keep you in the know about the latest in aging and senior health research.

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