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11. Preventing gun deaths: a public health perspective (59:56)

Date:
November 1, 2017
Main contributors:
University of Virginia. School of Medicine
Summary:
In a year that has seen gun violence in the U.S. escalate even more—consider the almost-daily gun deaths on the streets of Chicago or the recent Las Vegas massacre—this Medical Center Hour looks an...

12. Reducing over-treatment in the era of health care reform (57:53)

Date:
February 8, 2017
Main contributors:
University of Virginia. School of Medicine
Summary:
Health care information can confuse doctors and patients alike. What are the risks and benefits of mammograms, of aggressive blood pressure control, of EKGs, of lung cancer screening, of heart sten...

15. The continuing relevance of America's eugenic legacy (1:00:21)

Date:
March 29, 2017
Main contributors:
University of Virginia. School of Medicine
Summary:
The history of eugenics is often characterized as a cautionary tale of life in the bad old days, when pseudoscientific assumptions about genetic determinism provided a respectable veneer that enabl...

16. The opioid epidemic's impact on public health and patient care (59:55)

Date:
October 4, 2017
Main contributors:
University of Virginia. School of Medicine
Summary:
The opioid epidemic raging in the U.S., including in Virginia and neighboring states, took nearly two decades to develop and will take years to quell. So says the recent National Academy of Medicin...

18. What matters most when there's nothing left to give (58:32)

Date:
September 20, 2017
Main contributors:
University of Virginia. School of Medicine
Summary:
What still resonates with you when you're spent? What can a caregiver—or a teacher, a leader, a colleague—offer and do when all else fails, when all that's left is our humanity? In this Medical Cen...