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Tackling the serious topic of stress in his famously entertaining manner, Professor Sapolsky sets the stage on a Kenyan savannah, with a hungry lion in hot pursuit of a terrified zebra. As he explains, the zebra's fight-or-flight response channels essential energy to its survival effort by shutting down and even damaging nonessential biological functions- in a temporary, short-term response. Unfortunately, humans can generate the same response simply...
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A Stanford University neurobiologist has been advancing our understanding of stress - how it impacts our bodies and how our social standing can make us more or less susceptible. Research reveals that the impact of stress can be found deep within us, shrinking our brains, adding fat to our bellies, even unraveling our chromosomes. Yet understanding how stress works can help us figure out a ways to combat it and how to live a life free of the tyranny...
3) Bad Milo!
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Duncan's mounting stress starts to trigger an insufferable gastrointestinal reaction. He seeks the help of a hypnotherapist, who helps him discover the root of his unusual stomach pain: a pint-sized demon living in his intestine that, triggered by excessive anxiety, forces its way out and slaughters the people who have angered him. Out of fear that his intestinal gremlin may target its wrath on the wrong person, Duncan attempts to befriend it, naming...
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A yoga and birth preparation that guides you through the stress and tension relieving benefits of yoga during pregnancy. This program is designed for use following the fourteenth week of pregnancy through the end of pregnancy. The clearly described yoga is demonstrated by pregnant women and is easy to follow even if you are new to yoga.
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Professor Robert Sapolsky of Stanford University explores the health effects of stress on the human body, why some individuals cope with stress better than others, what socioeconomic status has to do with stress and health, and various methods for managing stress.
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"Introduces viewers to the way the brain helps the body heal, both physically and emotionally. Science is beginning to understand the brain and emotion's function in healing, a role the ancient Greeks understood and used in their practice. Physician and medical researcher Dr. Esther Sternberg leads us on a journey of discovery through her own personal story of illness and healing as she explores what leading scientists are learning about the mind/body...
13) Worried sick
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This program shows the body's physiological reaction to stress. Host Alan Alda meets researchers who are exploring the ill effects of stress on health and aging, and how relaxation can help lessen the damage.
14) I like me
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Tensions develop between the egocentric free-spirited Maggie, and her serious business-minded sister, Hannah, after Maggie's unexpected success as a self-empowerment guru tests the fragile bond with her sister as Hannah's life stalls.
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Sociologists, neuroscientists, psychologists and survivors have found that the way that people behave in a crisis is very predictable. By combining the stories of survivors with research into how the brain works under extreme duress, it brings light into civilization's darkest moments.
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