Beloved strangers
Four million people in America now suffer from Alzheimer's disease, and with the aging of the Boomers, the prevalence of Alzheimer's is expected to double within the next decade. Caring for an Alzheimer's patient is one ..
Body & soul: aging well : memory and movement
Body & Soul travels to Tucson, Arizona to look into the work of Dharma Singh Kalsa, M.D. on ways to counter memory loss. You'll see some of the specific techniques he uses and hear from his patients about how the program..
Creating health: osteoporosis
Provides an overview of osteoporosis and explores profiles of three people with the disease. The program offers practical information about nutrition and diet, exercise and risk assessment to provide an understanding of ..
Eternal high
Crying uncontrollably at the kitchen table, mind racing with thoughts of suicide. How could this happen to a teen who has everything: a budding film career, popular in school, an all-state athlete, a good student, loving..
Inside out: going to extremes
David Myers refers to depression as the "common cold of psychological disorders." This program looks at the two major categories of mood disorders - depression and bipolar disorder - and at the cluster of psychoses known..
Keeping kids healthy: recognizing borderline personality disorder in children
Could your child's explosiveness and impulsive behavior be a sign of "borderline personality disorder"? Are you frequently confronted with intense rages, hostility, over sensitivity and overreaction, or self-injurious be..
Nurse - Patient - Family Relationships
Presents the in-depth, real life story of one patient, his nurse and his family. Offers tools and resources to examine therapeutic relationships and boundary issues through complex, challenging situations. Includes discu..
Primary focus: starving to survive
In a nation consumed with appearance, millions of people struggle to be thin. Unfortunately, an eating disorder is a sickness that eats away at the body, mind, and soul. This is the story of two women whose lives were co..
Second opinion: eating disorders : middle aged women
Eating disorders affect some several million people at any given time, about 90 percent of whom are female. You may associate eating disorders with younger women, but they can also begin or recur later in life. In fact, ..
Successful aging: holistic aging : uniting the mind, body & spirit
Holistic living unites the mind, body, and spirit into a whole person thus creating a positive stimulus for living. How then can we have a body that's healthy and vital? Have a mind that's fully aware and engaged? And ha..