Stanford Medicine Health Compass

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  • Welcome to Stanford Medicine’s Health Compass podcast, where we bring the latest medical research to life through compelling stories that connect with your everyday health experiences. Join Maya Adam, MD, a Stanford Medicine faculty member and health educator, as she interviews leading experts on crucial health topics featured in Stanford Medicine magazine — from breakthroughs in mental health treatment to the transformative role of artificial intelligence in medicine. Each episode breaks down complex science and highlights the personal journeys of the people behind the innovations, inspiring you to make informed choices for a healthier life.
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Episodes
  • 5: What's giving us hope amid a global mental health crisis?

    5: What's giving us hope amid a global mental health crisis?
    Nov 12 2024
    Maya Adam, MD, and her guests Victor Carrion, MD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral science, and Laura Roberts, MD, professor and chair of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, shine a spotlight on the global mental health crisis and share how research at Stanford Medicine is giving new hope to patients seeking clearer diagnoses and better treatments. Carrion explores the impact of trauma on young people, discusses how to help build resilience, and shares practical tools that help youth support their own mental health. Later, Roberts speaks to the state of the world’s mental health, including how the pandemic left lingering impacts on us all, how to restore mental balance, and why digital health could be a boon to broader accessibility to mental health tools.

    Website: https://med.stanford.edu/health-compass-podcast/mental-health-crisis.html
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    35 mins
  • 4: Why are women at a greater risk for autoimmune diseases?

    4: Why are women at a greater risk for autoimmune diseases?
    Nov 12 2024
    While the immune system is normally the body’s sworn protector, it can sometimes turn against us. Maya Adam hosts Howard Chang, MD, PhD, professor of dermatology and of genetics, and Diana Dou, PhD, former Stanford Medicine postdoctoral scholar and current assistant professor of immunology at Duke University, to discuss autoimmune diseases and why women are at an increased risk. Chang and Dou share their respective journeys into medicine, what motivates them to research the autoimmunity imbalance between genders, and findings from their latest research that point to why women experience a sex bias.

    Website: https://med.stanford.edu/health-compass-podcast/autoimmunity_women.html
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    40 mins
  • 3: How can we break the silence on mental health?

    3: How can we break the silence on mental health?
    Nov 12 2024
    This episode discusses suicide and may be distressing for some listeners. If help is needed, the U.S. national suicide and crisis lifeline is available by calling or texting 988 or by chatting at 988lifeline.org.

    Maya Adam and Leanne Williams, PhD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral science, talk about tackling the stigma surrounding mental health challenges, a burden that still too often prevents those who need help the most from reaching out. In this episode, Williams shares her own searingly personal story about the loss of her partner, an ER physician who died by suicide, and how it motivated her work to prevent more tragedies. She underscores the need to identify the root causes of mental illness in the brain and explores the potential for bio-typing to bring precision and personalization to the field. She also emphasizes the importance of lifestyle changes to improve outcomes, the need to make technological advances more widely available and how, together, we can all help erase the shame around getting treatment.

    Website: https://med.stanford.edu/health-compass-podcast/mental-health-stigma.html
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    28 mins

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