What You Don't Know...: Toxic Substances in the Home
The one place most people feel free of environmental hazards is their home. And yet it is estimated that there are 50 to 75,000 chemicals conceal in the products we commonly use and wear. Parents of toddlers and small ch..
What You Don't Know...: Water-related Diseases
Diarrheal illnesses and other diseases are directly related to contaminated water. For the past several decades the Carter Center has led a worldwide campaign to eradicate two water-related diseases: river blindness and ..
What You Don't Know...: Workplace and Health Hazards, The
In decades past, the most dangerous environment was often the workplace. Stories of the health dangers associated with coal mining and radium dial painting, and other industrial hazards are legendary. As we see in this c..
Who Decides? (Part One)
Professor of Law and Medicine Alex Capron talks about how much doctors should share with patients, and how physicians and patients can best work together to make decisions about treatment. He also explores the issue of w..
Who Decides? (Part Two)
Professor of Law and Medicine Alex Capron talks about another aspect of the "who decides?" question--namely, who decides what is health and illness? He then explores a related issue: should access to treatment be greater..
Windows of Vulnerability
Dr. Andrew Leuchter, Director of Adult Psychiatry at UCLA, talks about times in life (for example, in one's twenties and thirties) when people have what he calls, "a large window of vulnerability" for various illnesses, ..
Working It Out: Athletic Overuse Injuries
Athletes and those who are in good physical shape need to be careful to avoid doing too much of a good thing. Overuse injuries, torn ligaments , rotator cuff injuries often occur when intense competitors overdo. A major ..
Working It Out: Children and Exercise
Childhood is the perfect time to key in on the enjoyment of healthy physical activity. If left alone, the younger members of any mammalian species are physically active. But as children get older, parents, and sometimes ..
Working It Out: Components of Fitness: Muscular Endurance; Aerobic Endurance
Muscular endurance is the ability to contract a muscle repeatedly. It is muscular endurance that keeps our arms and legs moving during aerobic exercise which in turns builds cardiovascular endurance. Performing a low-imp..
Working It Out: Components of Fitness: Flexibility
Every joint and muscle in the body has an intended range of motion: bending, rotating or twisting. As we get older our muscles tend to tighten, our range of motion decreases, and we develop aches and pains that weren't t..