October Mini-Medical School #5 Stephanie Taylor MD PhD Sleep Essentials More than twenty years ago Dr. William Dement gave a Community Hospital Grand Rounds on Sleep Medicine. Dr. Dement is one of the founders of the field. At the time it was new and without much professional recognition. His efforts to convince the Traffic Safety […]

Mini-Medical School #4         August 6, 2016 Stephanie Taylor MD PhD “I have reached an age when, if someone tells me to wear socks, I don’t have to.” Albert Einstein (1879-1955). Healthy aging is the most popular topic in the Mini-Medical School Series, and for good reasons. The average lifespan has increased dramatically […]

Spices for Health and Healing April 2, 2016 by Stephanie Taylor MD PhD Definition of a spice: A spice is “edible, aromatic and dried” Our second Mini-Medical School focused on another aspect of healing with whole foods, namely Spices! These rare and tasty items were revered as medicines in the not too distant past.  Recent […]

Mini-Medical School #1 2016 Presented by Stephanie Taylor MD PhD All disease begins in the gut-Hippocrates, 3rd c, B.C.E. Who are the Microbiome? Currently, all the bacteria that live on and within you. Very soon, this definition will also include viruses and parasites. As of 2016, 10,000 bacteria types have been identified comprising eight million […]

Genetics for you Mini Medical School #6 December 5, 2015 Presented by Stephanie Taylor MD PhD   Part one History of genetics: Many of you are familiar with Gregor Mendel, who lived in the mid-19th century. He was an Augustinian friar who did significant genetic research. You may not know that he initially started his […]

Mini-Medical School #3 2015 Calling Dr. Google? By Cynthia Johnson, Medical Librarian, Natividad Medical Center For our third Mini-Medical School of 2015, Cynthia Johnson, Medical Librarian for Natividad Medical Center spoke on searching the Internet for medical information. She made it very clear that the Internet has no truth in advertising and showed us an […]

MiniMed # 2 April, 2015 Dr. Joanne Perron, MD, MPH Our special invited speaker for the second 2015 Mini-Medical School, Dr. Joanne Perron, presented a massive amount of evidence on environmental contaminants that affect human health as well as clear actions you can take to protect yourself and your family. Few of us really appreciate […]