Personal Insurance
A more personal look at insurance including motor vehicle and life insurance, liability coverage, determining annual premiums, and reading tables.
Subject: health
Transcript: FOR A YOUNG PERSON IN PERFECT HEALTH THAN FOR AN ELDERLY PERSON OR ONE WITH HEALTH PROBLEMS. UNIVERSAL LIFE INSURANCE IS DIFFERENT. LIKE WHOLE LIFE
Growing Older: Physical Challenges of Living Longer
Americans are living longer than they did in the past and managing to largely remain productive in the process. But there are certain challenges that do inevitably occur during the aging process.
Subject: health
Transcript: . but there are certain challenges that do inevitably occur during the aging process. Living to be older is a wonderful thing If you're in good health
Health and Inequality
Professor of Sociology and Public Policy Dalton Conley talks about the complex relationship between health and a variety of factors, including social
Subject: health
Transcript: Health is a way that social inequality gets Literally written into the body. I think there are a number of dimensions Upon which there are
Prolonging Life: Ethical and Legal Implications
Professor of Law and Medicine Alex Capron discusses some of the ethical issues pertaining to the care of dying patients, including decisions about when to stop treatment.
Series: Health Care
Subject: health
Newborn Screening
Dr. Ed McCabe, Chief of the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, talks about the state of newborn screening in the United States. He notes that, at the time of his interview, all states screened for PKU (phenylketonuria) and hypothyroidism. Dr. McCab...
Series: Health Care
Subject: health
Transcript: the american Academy of pediatrics and the maternal and child health bureau Of the federal government as well as a number of Other co-sponsors. They we
Psychotherapy Options
Dr. Andrew Leuchter, Director of Adult Psychiatry at UCLA, talks about the range of psychotherapies that are available, including traditional psychoanalysis, as well as briefer, structured psychotherapies, such as cognitive behavioral therapy and in...
Series: Health Care
Subject: health
Recognizing Depression
Dr. Andrew Leuchter, Director of Adult Psychiatry at UCLA, talks about the differences between what he calls, "...normal ups and downs," and depression. Dr. Leuchter says that when someone is down for weeks at a time, "...that's when we start to thi...
Series: Health Care
Subject: health
Depression: Available Treatments
Dr. Andrew Leuchter, Director of Adult Psychiatry at UCLA, talks about treatments available to treat depression. In general, Dr. Leuchter explains, there is a two-pronged approach used, consisting of psychotherapy, coupled with medication.
Series: Health Care
Subject: health
Disease and Ethnicity
Dr. Ed McCabe, Chief of the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, talks about the link between certain genetic disorders and ethnicity. He focuses on Tay-Sachs disease, which shows up most commonly among Ashkenazi Jews and French Canadians of southeas...
Series: Health Care
Subject: health
Diabetes and Pregnancy
Dr. Ed McCabe, Chief of the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, talks about some of the reasons prenatal care is so important. He notes that there is an increased risk of diabetes during pregnancy, adding that all pregnant women should be monitored,...
Series: Health Care
Subject: health
Transcript: who are at risk for diabetes. You either are or are not one of those individuals who's at risk. And then know how to allocate our health prevention