15th Annual James H. Cassedy Lecture in the History of Medicine - “ Anorexia in the Archives: Documenting the Late Twentieth Century Rise in Eating Disorders. ”
During the 1970s and 1980s, anorexia nervosa moved from being an obscure affliction to having epidemic status. The explosion in eating disorders during these years required to the creation of new hospital wings and specialized clinics around the world; it also inspired hundreds of successful movies and young-adult novels, shaped popular conceptualization of adolescence, led to new thinking about body dysmorphia and trauma, and had a major impact on theorists of both capitalism and feminism. Eating disorders were so pressing both because they were so devastating but also because they were spreading so rapidly and inexplicab...
Source: Videocast - All Events - October 24, 2023 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
WALS: Dissecting The Human Immune Response: Useful, Basic and Surprising Findings
Antonio Lanzavecchia is an immunologist recognized for his work on antigen presentation by B cells and dendritic cells, for his studies on T cell activation and on the cellular basis of immunological memory, and for the development of novel methods to isolate human monoclonal antibodies. Lanzavecchia was born in Italy and obtained a medical degree from the University of Pavia, where he specialized in pediatrics and in infectious diseases.For more information go tohttps://oir.nih.gov/wals/nih-directors-wednesday-afternoon-lecture-series-2023-2024/dissecting-human-immune-response-useful-basic-surprising-findingsAir date: 1/2...
Source: Videocast - All Events - October 4, 2023 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
HIMSS24 Europe hits Rome next May
HIMSS President& CEO Hal Wolf and Chair of the Board Directors Elena Sini discuss the details of HIMSS24 Europe in Rome 29-31 May 2024 and support from the HIMSS Italian community. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - June 20, 2023 Category: Information Technology Source Type: video
TREM2 signaling in neurodegeneration and cancer
IIG Seminar
Dr. Marco Colonna was born in Parma, Italy, received his medical degree and specialization in internal medicine at Parma University (Parma, Italy) and completed his postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA). He became a scientific member of the Basel Institute for Immunology (Basel, Switzerland). Since 2001 he has been a Professor of Pathology& Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO, USA. Since 2019 Dr. Colonna is a member of the National Academy of Science. Dr. Colonna ’ s research focuses on immunoreceptors. In this field his accomplishm...
Source: Videocast - All Events - November 7, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
IIG Seminar
Dr. Marco Colonna was born in Parma, Italy, received his medical degree and specialization in internal medicine at Parma University (Parma, Italy) and completed his postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA). He became a scientific member of the Basel Institute for Immunology (Basel, Switzerland). Since 2001 he has been a Professor of Pathology& Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO, USA. Since 2019 Dr. Colonna is a member of the National Academy of Science. Dr. Colonna ’ s research focuses on immunoreceptors. In this field his accomplishments encompa...
Source: Videocast - All Events - October 26, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Jellyfish Cotylorhiza tuberculate with symbiotic algae Philozoon medusarum
The jellyfish Cotylorhiza tuberculate from Naples, Italy, hosts the symbiotic algae Philozoon medusarum.
[Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation grant OCE 1636022.]
Learn more in the Princeton University news story (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - December 14, 2021 Category: Science Source Type: video
Value of blockchain in healthcare
Mirko De Mald è, president at Government Blockchain Association Italy, says data ownership, access and control, in addition to consent management, are just a few of the benefits that blockchain can provide in healthcare. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - June 16, 2021 Category: Information Technology Source Type: video
Healthcare leaders compare Italy and Germany's response to COVID-19
During this webinar, healthcare leaders compare the public health response strategies of two very different health systems in Europe. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - December 17, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Government & amp; Policy Interoperability Population Health Source Type: video
Underestimating the social, digital revolution
Cianflone Domenico, associate professor at San Raffaele University in Milan, Italy, says it ' s " mandatory " to adopt new technologies that empower the patient. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - December 2, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Patient Engagement Source Type: video
The Girl in the Lion Cage: Regulating Hypnotism in Nineteenth Century France
NLM History of Medicine
In 1890 in the southern French town of Beziers, a ” carnival hypnotizer ” put a sleeping young girl, one “ Miss Sperling, ” in a lion ’ s cage, in an effort to demonstrate how profound – and authentic – her hypnotic trance was. The awe of the assembled crowd soon turned to horror, however, as the lion seized “ Miss Sperling ” in its jaws, parading her around the cage. The victim was eventually extracted and taken to the hospital but soon died from the injuries she sustained. This incident was just one of a number of stories circulating in the French press in the late nineteenth cen...
Source: Videocast - All Events - November 26, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Value of blockchain in healthcare
Mirko De Mald è, president at Government Blockchain Association Italy, says data ownership, access and control, in addition to consent management, are just a few of the benefits that blockchain can provide in healthcare. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - July 24, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Decision Support Source Type: video
NIAAA Mark Keller Honorary Lecture: Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Characteristics and Correlates
NIAAA Mark Keller Honorary Lecture
Phil A. May, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized expert in fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), with a distinguished career spanning nearly 50 years. By studying the adverse effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol, his work has advanced greatly our understanding of the prevalence, characteristics, etiology, diagnosis, and prevention of FAS and FASD. Dr. May is Professor in the Department of Nutrition of the Gillings School of Global Public Health and the Nutrition Research Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Professor Emer...
Source: Videocast - All Events - November 26, 2018 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
How one hospital system in Italy became a Stage-6 standout
Giovanni Delgrossi, chief information officer at Italy ' s Vimercate Hospital, explains how the system used the EMRAM model to streamline operations and ultimately secured buy-in from its physicians and nurses. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - June 14, 2018 Category: Information Technology Tags: Clinical Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Source Type: video
Innate Immunity in Neurodegeneration
NCI's Center for Cancer Research (CCR) Grand Rounds
Dr. Marco Colonna received his medical degree with honors from the School of Medicine at Parma University in 1983, and completed his specialization in Internal Medicine at Parma University in 1988. He began his postdoctoral training as a Research Fellow at the Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro in Genova, Italy, followed by work as a Research Affiliate in the Department of Molecular Immunology at Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo, New York and as a Research Fellow in Pathology at Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School. He then became a ...
Source: Videocast - All Events - September 25, 2017 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
