Demystifying Medicine 2013 Videos
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Hard issues with soft tissues: Link between kidney disease and cardiovascular disease
December 2, 2013 by Imtisal Al-Bondokji, a PhD student at Hamilton Centre for Kidney ResearchDescribes the implications of kidney failure that lead to vascular calcification and subsequent heart failure. -
An overview of medulloblastoma
December 2, 2013 by students for McMaster University's Demystifying Medicine Seminar SeriesDiscusses the diagnosis, treatment and management of medulloblastoma — the most common malignant childhood brain tumour. -
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Obesity — Immunity — Diabetes connection: Clinical presentation
October 7, 2013 by Dr. M. Constantine SamaanLooks at the epidemiology of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes in children, the immune system involvement in obesity and its association with prediabetes and diabetes. -
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Obesity — Immunity — Diabetes connection: Research presentation
October 7, 2013 by Dr. Jonathan SchertzerWhat goes wrong with insulin action in pre-diabetes (i.e. insulin resistance) and how links between the immune and metabolic systems influence insulin resistance. -
Contemplating the cord: Clinical presentation
April 2, 2013 by Dr. Eileen Hutton, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology and assistant dean of the Midwifery Education Program at McMaster UniversityDr. Eileen Hutton speaks about the timing of umbilical cord clamping. -
Contemplating the cord: Research presentation
April 2, 2013 by Dr. Bruce Wainman, associate professor of pathology and molecular medicine and director of the Education Program in Anatomy at McMaster UniversityDr. Bruce Wainman discusses the anatomy involved in fetal and neonatal respiration. -
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Diabetes and accelerated aging: Can we stop or turn back the clock? Clinical presentation
February 25, 2013 by Dr. Hertzel GersteinLooks at the long-term health consequences of diabetes, list the therapies that reduce these consequences, describe how diabetes causes some of these consequences. -
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Diabetes and accelerated aging: Can we stop or turn back the clock? Research presentation
February 25, 2013 by Dr. Gregory SteinbergDetermines if therapies directed at the cause of diabetes can reduce the consequences of the disease. -
Medulloblastoma in children: From bedside to bench — Clinical presentation
January 14, 2013 by Dr. Katrin ScheinemannReviews the current management and treatment of childhood medulloblastoma. -
Medulloblastoma in children: From bedside to bench — Research presentation
January 14, 2013 by Dr. Katrin ScheinemannDiscusses evidence for the presence of a medulloblastoma stem cell and activation of developmental signaling pathways may cause this childhood brain tumour.
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