BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Central BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20181104T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190315T144350Z UID:D45DD11D-1B12-48C6-84D8-88540E563CFD DTSTART;TZID=US/Central:20181218T113000 DTEND;TZID=US/Central:20181218T130000 DESCRIPTION:Background: Human overpopulation and our modern life-style choi ces are causing physiological changes responsible for our top ten killing “diseases of civilization”. I spent 41 years in active medical practic e treating 25\,000 patients with 1\,000\,000 Rx and talk therapy. The majo rity of my patients suffered from “anxiety” and “depression”\, but I became increasingly aware of the direct association of their psychiatri c problems with other general medical conditions. Eventually\, I came to r ealize that nearly all psychiatric conditions\, and most general medical p roblems as well\, could be explained as resulting from our overactive stre ss response. Our chronically overactive stress response was generating abn ormally elevated blood levels of the adrenal stress hormone cortisol\, and researches dating back over 100 years indicated a direct connection betwe en these elevated cortisol levels and the comparable diseases of civilizat ion in research animals. But\, then\, I discovered a parallel line of anim al crowding researches dating back to the 1940’s\, which also implicated elevated cortisol levels with diseases and deaths associated with populat ion density stress. As the supporting evidence accumulated\, I applied thi s population density stress model to my clinical medical practice and achi eved remarkable results.\n\nAn extensive medical scientific literature dat ing back to the beginning of the 20th century\, had demonstrated the conne ction between our overactive stress response and elevated cortisol levels with many diseases: hyperthyroidism (Graves disease)\, atherosclerosis and heart disease\, obesity and diabetes\, cancers\, immune system suppressio n and increased risk of infection\, high blood pressure\, kidney disease\, peptic ulcers\, heart attack and stroke\, etc.: “the diseases of civili zation”.\n\nPresentation: In this talk\, Dr. Miklashek will present his findings and outline a course of action to deal with the stress-related pr oblems.\n\nSpeaker(s): Gregg Miklashek\, \n\nAgenda: \n11:30 -- Social and Lunch\n\nMeal Donation (Suggested): Members: $5\, Guests: $10\, Students: Free\n\n12:00 -- Presentation by Dr. Miklashek\n\n1:00 -- Adjourn and Vac ate Meeting Roon\n\nRoom: Meeting Room B\, Bldg: Sequoya Branch of Madison Public Library\, 4340 Tokay Blvd\, Madison\, Wisconsin\, United States\, 53711 LOCATION:Room: Meeting Room B\, Bldg: Sequoya Branch of Madison Public Libr ary\, 4340 Tokay Blvd\, Madison\, Wisconsin\, United States\, 53711 ORGANIZER:tjkaminski@ieee.org SEQUENCE:4 SUMMARY:December EMB Meeting: "Population Density Stress is Killing Us Now" URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/183226 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>Background:</strong> Human overpop ulation and our modern life-style choices are causing physiological change s responsible for our top ten killing &ldquo\;diseases of civilization&rdq uo\;. I spent 41 years in active medical practice treating 25\,000 patient s with 1\,000\,000 Rx and talk therapy. The majority of my patients suffer ed from &ldquo\;anxiety&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;depression&rdquo\;\, but I bec ame increasingly aware of the direct association of their psychiatric prob lems with other general medical conditions. Eventually\, I came to realize that nearly all psychiatric conditions\, and most general medical problem s as well\, could be explained as resulting from our overactive stress res ponse. Our chronically overactive stress response was generating abnormall y elevated blood levels of the adrenal stress hormone cortisol\, and resea rches dating back over 100 years indicated a direct connection between the se elevated cortisol levels and the comparable diseases of civilization in research animals. But\, then\, I discovered a parallel line of animal cro wding researches dating back to the 1940&rsquo\;s\, which also implicated elevated cortisol levels with diseases and deaths associated with populati on density stress. As the supporting evidence accumulated\, I applied this population density stress model to my clinical medical practice and achie ved remarkable results.</p>\n<p>An extensive medical scientific literature dating back to the beginning of the 20th century\, had demonstrated the c onnection between our overactive stress response and elevated cortisol lev els with many diseases: hyperthyroidism (Graves disease)\, atherosclerosis and heart disease\, obesity and diabetes\, cancers\, immune system suppre ssion and increased risk of infection\, high blood pressure\, kidney disea se\, peptic ulcers\, heart attack and stroke\, etc.: &ldquo\;the diseases of civilization&rdquo\;.</p>\n<p><br /><strong>Presentation:</strong> In t his talk\, Dr. Miklashek will present his findings and outline a course of action to deal with the stress-related problems.</p><br /><br />Agenda: < br /><p>11:30 -- Social and Lunch<br /><br />&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;& nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Meal Donation (Sug gested): Members: $5\, Guests: $10\, Students: Free</p>\n<p>12:00 -- Prese ntation by Dr. Miklashek</p>\n<p>1:00 -- Adjourn and Vacate Meeting Roon<b r /><br />&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;< /p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR