AIDS Research and Treatment
Professor of Law and Medicine Alex Capron talks about some of the ethical issues surrounding research into drugs used in the treatment of AIDS. Professor Capron explores the question of whether it's ethically correct to ..
Addictive Personalities
Dean Hamer, Director of the Gene Structure and Regulation Unit at the National Cancer Institute, talks about so-called "addictive personalities." He explains that the term itself is probably a misnomer, because there is ..
Advanced Directives
Professor of Law and Medicine Alex Capron talks about the value and importance of communicating one's wishes in advance concerning end-of-life issues and decisions.
Age Happens: Aging and Cognitive Loss
The most alarming condition for many elderly people is the possibility of cognitive loss. Significant memory loss, dementia, is not normal. In addition to memory problems it is related to problems with language or spatia..
Age Happens: Aging...It Starts Sooner Than You Think!
Aging is the pattern of life changes that occurs naturally as people grow older. After the age of about 30 the body begins its slow, inexorable decline, although it will be decades before the real effects become apparent..
Age Happens: Assisted Living
Problems with declining health or increasing disability can make it difficult for the elderly to manage on their own. About 1 in 5 elderly people need help performing daily living activities. The Over 60 Health Center in..
Age Happens: Causes of Memory Loss and Dementia, The
Strokes are the second leading cause of cognitive loss late in life. A person's language and memory system may be compromised by a major stroke, or by a series of small strokes that gradually diminish a person's cognitiv..
Age Happens: Chronic Conditions of Aging
In an ideal world, all of our diseases and problems would be compressed into the very last few years of life. But the reality is that people tend to get more chronic illnesses as they grow older. In this segment several ..
Age Happens: Healthy Lifestyle Can Slow Signs of Aging
A healthy lifestyle can help slow many of the physiological changes that are part of aging. People who age well eat right, exercise, and stay involved and active.
Age Happens: Increase in Life Expectancy
For years, scientific research on aging focused only on its negative aspects. But improved medical care and extensive public health programs have dramatically increased the average human lifespan. Aging and dying, like m..