Stress and Health: From Molecules to Societies

Robert Sapolsky discusses how chronic stress affects human health and contributes to slow degenerative diseases from molecular to societal levels.

Air date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 3:00:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local Category: Wednesday Afternoon Lectures Description: Few Westernized humans are likely to die of scarlet fever, malaria or malnutrition. Instead, we live well enough and long enough to succumb to the diseases of slow degeneration. It is increasingly recognized that a large percentage of such diseases can be caused by or worsened by stress. This lecture approaches the subject of stress and health from two very different perspectives. To learn more about Dr. Sapolsky, visit wals.od.nih.gov/2009-2010/october2009x.html The NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series includes weekly scientific talks by some of the top researchers in the biomedical sciences worldwide. Runtime: 01:10:29 NLM Title: Stress and health : from molecules to societies [electronic resource] / Robert Sapolsky. Series: NIH director's Wednesday afternoon lecture series Author: Sapolsky, Robert M. National Institutes of Health (U.S.) Publisher: [Bethesda, Md. : National Institutes of Health, 2009] Other Title(s): NIH director's Wednesday afternoon lecture series Abstract: (CIT): Few Westernized humans are likely to die of scarlet fever, malaria or malnutrition. Instead, we live well enough and long enough to succumb to the diseases of slow degeneration. It is increasingly recognized that a large percentage of such diseases can be caused by or worsened by stress. This lecture approaches the subject of stress and health from two very different perspectives. To learn more about Dr. Sapolsky, visit wals.od.nih.gov/2009-2010/october2009x.html The NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series includes weekly scientific talks by some of the top researchers in the biomedical sciences worldwide. Subjects: Glucocorticoids--adverse effects Hippocampus--physiopathology Stress, Physiological--physiology Stress, Psychological--physiopathology Publication Types: Government Publications Lectures Webcasts Permanent link: videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?15399