Aging
This program covers the physical process of aging, examining various body systems to determine how and why they change as they age. It also explains that not all the changes associated with aging are inevitable and some changes in the aging body can be slowed down or reversed.
Fitness for all, for seniors: Keep going.
T. Franklin Williams, director of the National Institute on Aging, discusses the importance of physical fitness in the senior adult population with Lawrence E. Shulman of the National Library of Medicine. For health professionals.
Senior fitness test kit
Titles of kit components: Senior fitness test manual, Senior fitness test software and Senior fitness test video.
Symptoms of aging
Covers some of the symptoms of aging (loss of muscular strength, reduced visual capability, arteriosclerosis) as well as how these may be prevented, postponed, or dealt with.
Illness and disease
Arthritis: New relief
Examines current treatments available for arthritis, including surgery, medication, and exercise. It profiles tennis star Billie Jean King, who has had osteoarthritis since the early 1960s, and describes the benefits of exercise and anti-inflammatory medications in relieving pain and inflammation.
Coping with heart illness
Examines the psychological side of cardiac rehabilitation. Each segment features a clinician and patient in a typical counseling session followed by a review of the main points and questions designed to stimulate further discussion.
Reversing heart disease
Shows the beneficial effects of regular exercise, a low-fat diet, a reduction in stress--both in reversing heart disease or lowering one's risk of it, and in improving a patient's entire health and sense of well-being.
Taking charge of your heart
Describes the warning signs of a heart attack, stresses the role of exercise in heart attack prevention, explains the American Heart Association exercise guidelines, and discusses the benefits of a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet.
