Summary: It can affect anyone, from night clerk to Nobel laureate. Physicians have identified more than 70 potential causes of irreversible mental deficiency, or dementia-which most often takes the form of Alzheimer's disease-and worldwide data indicate that its occurrence is on an upward trend. This program spotlights promising medical trials aimed at halting the mental and physiological tragedy of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: The global statistics are alarming: diabetes kills one person every 10 seconds, and a limb amputation is carried out as a result of the disease every 30 seconds. What can 21st-century medicine achieve in the face of such ominous data? This film examines the escalation of diabetes cases around the world and looks at examples of concrete progress against the illness. Viewers learn about the basic...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: What does the future have in store for the heart, the motor that powers the human body? What kinds of treatment can cardiology patients expect within the next decade? This program reveals a wide range of innovations for the treatment and cure of heart disease and cardiovascular disease. Viewers will discover a newly developed bypass system; a biventricular pacemaker that also incorporates a...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009