Health-Related Videos FY08
- Chronic pain
- Format: DVD
Location: General
Call Number: RB127 .C476 2006
Publication information: Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2006
Physical description: 1 videodisc (ca. 28 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Explores what causes pain in our bodies and look at how it can be effectively treated through exercise, alternative therapies and medications
- Health news and interviews.
- Format: DVD
Location: General
Call Number: RC46 .H435 2007
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2007
Physical description: 1 videodisc (80 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: This collection of 54 video clips takes a close look at infectious diseases and medical disorders --Container
Contents: Marburg virus treatment -- AIDS-immune -- How viruses infect -- Disease travel -- Flu-blocker -- Flu shot -- Making killer flu -- Flu jail cells -- Bird flu clues -- Killer flu re-created -- MD on a chip -- Cell scouts -- Malaria milestone -- West Nile airplanes -- West Nile shot -- Allergies and genes -- Food allergy vaccines -- Food allergy hope -- Lost nerve power -- Alzheimer's gene -- Alzheimer's trial update -- Alzheimer's identification -- Alzheimer's smell test -- Shrinking brains -- Curry and Alzheimer's -- Apples for Alzheimer's -- Brain pills -- Wine therapy -- Alzheimer's scans -- Reagan and Alzheimer's -- Breathing clear -- Asthma treatment -- Autism gene -- Vaccine safety -- Vaccines and autism -- Coronary predictor -- Pre-term babies -- Stroke brain regrowth -- Stroke brain fix -- Heart stem cells -- Heart and mouth disease -- Sudden killer -- Cystic fibrosis mucus -- Diabetes nerve drug -- Stop that gene -- Huntington's advance -- Blindness gene -- Muscular dystrophy gene therapy -- Pope's Parkinson's -- Parkinson's tremors -- Spine injuries -- Reeve injury gene -- Paralysis push -- New nerve cells
- Bioterrorism and zoonoses
- Format: VHS
Location: General
Call Number: RC88.9.T47 B567 2004
Publication information: [Albany, N.Y.] : School of Public Health, University of Albany, c2004
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Dr. Cherry describes how zoonotic diseases relate to bioterrorism and large scale natural outbreaks. The role of the public health professional regarding the surveillance and detection of animals regarding the identification of a potential bioterrorism event is also discussed
- Health news and interviews.
- Format: DVD
Location: General
Call Number: RC261 .H435 2007
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2007
Physical description: 1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: This collection of 20 video clips takes a close look at breast cancer, skin cancer, and general cancer --Container
Contents: Beyond mammography -- Mammogram readers -- Cancer screening -- Cancer prognosis -- Anti-cancer tan -- DNA tan -- Skin cancer genes -- Tanning and health -- Non-smoker's cancer -- Cancer clue -- Cancer-curing blood -- Lung cancer test -- Cancer light fix -- Cancer watchdogs -- Pain relief-with a price -- Cancer-proof mice -- Cancer-killing viruses -- Old age and cancer -- Many lung cancers -- New cancer test
- Secrets of the mind
- Format: DVD
Location: General
Call Number: RC351 .S337 2007
Publication information: [Boston] : WGBH Boston Video, [2007]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (58 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Follows neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran as he investigates four mysterious psychological cases involving blindness and sight, phantom limbs and pain, and delusional thinking, and delivers his astounding conclusions
- King gimp
- Format: DVD
Location: Circulation Desk
Call Number: RC388 .K564 2000
Publication information: Baltimore, Md. : University of Maryland School of Medicine : Video Press [2000]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (40 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Dan Keplinger was born with cerebral palsy. Filmed over thirteen years, the film chronicles Dan Keplinger's life from his years in a special school to his college graduation
- Mental health issues and elders
- Format: DVD
Location: Circulation Desk
Call Number: RC451.4.A5 M46 2005
Publication information: Carrollton, TX : Primedia Workplace Learning : Trinity Healthforce Learning, c2005
Physical description: 1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Explore some of the common mental health issues and conditions seen in elders in a healthcare setting. Conditions include depression, anxiety disorder, and schizophrenia
- Shock: electroconvulsive therapy
- Format: DVD
Location: Circulation Desk
Call Number: RC485 .S563 2007
Publication information: Irvine, CA : Distributed by Concept Media, c2007
Physical description: 3 videodiscs (ca. 189 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 4 3/4 in. + 2 CD-ROMs (4 3/4 in.)
Description: Includes the personal stories of people who have been treated with electroconvulsive therapy, interviews with patients and healthcare professionals who discuss their experiences with ECT, and a demonstration of ECT being administered to a patient
- Dealing with addictions
- Format: DVD
Location: General
Call Number: RC489.R3 D435 2006
Publication information: New York, N.Y.: The Institute, c2006
Physical description: 1 videodisc (55 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + 1 study guide (14 p.) in container
Description: Dr. Albert Ellis demonstrates the use of rational-emotive psychotherapy in helping a client overcome his abuse of food, alcohol, and other drugs
- Alzheimer's and African Americans: echoes from the past
- Format: VHS
Location: General
Call Number: RC523.2 .A5934 2007
Publication information: Chicago, IL : Terra Nova Films, c2007
Physical description: 1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Examines the high incidence of Alzheimer's in the African-American community as it documents the intimate, first-hand experiences of several families providing care for a loved one with Alzheimer's. Provides a discussion of the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's, genetic factors, financial concerns, and caregiver stress. Also shows how Alzheimer's can effect the interpersonal relationships between spouses and/or adult children who become caregivers
- Out of balance
- Format: DVD
Location: Circulation Desk
Call Number: RC531 .O986 2006
Publication information: Pasadena, CA : Intelecom, c2006
Physical description: 1 videodisc (26:40) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Examines the incidence and symptoms of anxiety disorders, in all of their many variations, and personality disorders
- The pain of depression: a journey through the darkness
- Format: DVD
Location: General
Call Number: RC537 .P355 2007
Publication information: Staten Island, N. Y. : Freedom from Fear, c2007
Physical description: 1 videodisc (57 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet
Description: Tells the compelling stories of individuals who suffered from clinical depression, a medical illness, which affects more than 20 million Americans each year. Explores the different ways depression can manifest itself, including both emotionally and physically. Also examines how family, friends and communities are impacted by the depression of their loved ones. Nationally recognized experts discuss the cutting-edge research and theories of depression: its neurophysiology, broad range of symptoms, possible treatments and the role of family and friends in an individual's recovery
- Swept
- Format: DVD
Location: General
Call Number: RC552.E18 S946 2006
Publication information: New York, NY : Distributed by Sweptfilms, LLC, c2006
Physical description: 1 videodisc (10 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Presents an unusually apt portrayal of the impact of an eating disorder on the individual and her relationships with family and loved ones
- Health news and interviews.
- Format: DVD
Location: General
Call Number: RC564 .H435 2007
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2007
Physical description: 1 videodisc (27 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: This collection of 18 video clips takes a close look at alcohol and tobacco and at addiction --Container
Contents: Alcohol. Fruit flies and alcohol Booze-free brains Buzzed brain Fetal alcohol damage Alcohol and advertising Student drinking Teen drinking -- Tobacco. Smoking damage Smoking receptor Smoking, stress, and gender Smoking and fertility Smoking and ethnicity -- Addiction. Riddle of addiction Why coffee works Caffeine withdrawal Teens and steroids Meth and the brain Anti-cocaine virus
- Understanding addictions
- Format: DVD
Location: Circulation Desk
Call Number: RC564 .U544 2007
Publication information: Carrollton, Tex. : Health and Science Television Network, c2007
Physical description: 1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Addresses the biological, psychological and social aspects of addictions along with the reasons why people turn to drugs
- Marijuana: neurochemistry & physiology
- Format: DVD
Location: General
Call Number: RC568.C2 M375 2005
Publication information: [Medford, Or.] : CNS Productions, c2005
Physical description: 1 videodisc (32 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 4 3/4 in
Description: Presents the latest research and findings on the neurochemistry and physiology of marijuana. Focuses on the research advances in understanding how marijuana works on a cellular level and how those neurochemical changes affect sedation, the sense of novelty, appetite, memory, the immune system, visual spatial organization, paranoia, and dependence. Highlights Issues of tolerance and tissue dependence, withdrawal, acute psychic effects, driving effects, and physical effects
- Never enough
- Format: DVD
Location: General
Call Number: RC569 .N484 2006
Publication information: [Eugene, Or.] : Looking Glass Youth & Family Services, c2006
Physical description: 1 videodisc (14 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 4 3/4 in
Description: Short vignettes depicting high school students with suicidal thoughts and a coach who helped them get treatment. The content emphasizes help-seeking skills it does not glamorize suicide or suicidal behaviors
- Fat: what no one is telling you
- Format: DVD
Location: General
Call Number: RC628 .F389 2007
Publication information: [Alexandria, VA?] : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2007
Physical description: 1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: This documentary explains our psychological responses to food, shares new scientific knowledge about hunger, eating, and human metabolic operation. Shows how external pressures such as oversized restaurant portions and the unending barrage of food advertisements make fighting fat so difficult. Also features real Americans telling their stories about the biological barriers, cultural habits, and economic realities contributing to their struggle to get fit
- Diabetes and heart disease
- Format: VHS
Location: Circulation Desk
Call Number: RC672 .D533 2005
Publication information: Timonium, MD : Milner-Fenwick, c2005
Physical description: 1 videocassette (18 min., 47 sec.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Helps patients understand and minimize their risk of heart disease. Covers working with the healthcare team, healthy food choices, exercise, smoking cessation, stress management, and regular check-ups. Explains signs and symptoms of a heart attack and what to do if they occur. This edition reflects the most recent guidelines for blood pressure and cholesterol for people with diabetes
- Heart disease risk factors: secondary prevention
- Format: VHS
Location: Circulation Desk
Call Number: RC672 .H437 2001
Publication information: Timonium, MD : Milner-Fenwick, c2001
Physical description: 1 videocassette (23 min., 45 sec.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Helps patients who already have coronary artery disease minimize their chances of having a heart attack or stroke and improve their quality of life. Teaches them what they can do to reduce their risk factors. Risks covered are: smoking, high cholesterol and triglycerides, high blood pressure, diabetes, excess weight, stress, and inactivity or lack of exercise. Discusses the benefits of participating in a cardiac rehabilitation program
- High blood pressure: an introduction to treatment
- Format: VHS
Location: Circulation Desk
Call Number: RC685.H8 H544 2003
Publication information: Timonium, MD : Milner-Fenwick, c2003
Physical description: 1 videocassette (15 min., 43 sec.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Examines the most recent blood pressure categories outlined by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, including the prehypertension level. It helps patients make a lifelong committment to controlling their blood pressure through changing their lifestyle. Presents the information patients need to help them quit smoking, lose weight, reduce sodium, reduce alcohol consumption, and get more physically active. Explains that patients may need to take medication. Covers side effects and tips for incorporating medication into a daily schedule
- Freedom from back pain
- Format: DVD
Location: General
Call Number: RD771.B217 F744 2002
Publication information: Asheville, NC : Lighten Up Yoga & Healing Arts, [2002]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd. 4 3/4 in. + insert
Description: Instruction on 12 yoga exercises proven to relieve back pain
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