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The Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
by Randy Pausch
Available on: Online Video
Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium.
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How Cancer Begins
by Robert Weinberg
Available on: Online Video
If you’re worried about getting cancer, do yourself a favor: steer clear of red meat and rich foods, and avoid cigarettes. In this lecture, Robert Weinberg provides the scientific basis for this commonplace advice…
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Boosting the Brain's Power Into Old Age
by Dharma Singh Khalsa
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa discusses Brain Longevity Now: Reverse Brain Aging by 12 Years and Improve Your Memory as part of the Healing and Healthy Aging: Nurture and Nature track at the 2007 Chautauqua Institution Summer Program.
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Nutrition and Physical Activity for a Lifetime
by Christina Economos
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Christina Economos discusses Living in the Balance: Nutrition and Physical Activity for a Lifetime as part of the Healing and Healthy Aging: Nurture and Nature track at the 2007 Chautauqua Institution Summer Program.
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Aubrey de Grey Says We Can Avoid Aging
by Aubrey de Grey
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video | Video Download
Cambridge researcher Aubrey de Grey argues that aging is merely a disease -- and a curable one at that. Humans age in seven basic ways, he says, all of which can be averted.
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Garrison Keillor on Life, Cheerfulness and Aging
by Garrison Keillor
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Garrison Keillor, author and creator of the weekly radio show A Prairie Home Companion, discusses life, cheerfulness and ambition in old age.
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Death Experiences: Stan Grof and Scott Eberle
by Stanislav Grof
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Scott Eberle and Stan Grof discuss Eberle's The Final Crossing and Grof's The Ultimate Journey.
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Immortality Institute: Anti-Aging
by Aubrey de Grey
Available on: Online Video | Video Download
Presentation at the Immortality Institute's conference in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, by Aubrey de Grey.
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Tissue Engineering
by Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Imagine a world where we could engineer living tissues to cure a disease, heal an injury, or fix a broken heart…
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What You Need To Know About Lung Cancer
by National Cancer Institute
Available on: Audio Download
The diagnosis of lung cancer brings with it many questions and a need for clear, understandable answers.
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Challenges & Solutions for the Greying of America
by David A. Lipschitz
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
David A. Lipschitz discusses Challenges and Solutions for the Greying of America as part of the Healing and Healthy Aging: Nurture and Nature track at the 2007 Chautauqua Institution Summer Program.
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Battling Cancer
by Steven Rosenberg
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
For decades the cure for cancer has seemed just around the corner.
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What You Need To Know About Brain Tumors
by National Cancer Institute
Available on: Audio Download
Each year more than 17,000 people in the United States find out they have a brain tumor.
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What You Need To Know About Esophageal Cancer
by National Cancer Institute
Available on: Audio Download
The diagnosis of cancer of the esophagus brings with it many questions and a need for clear, understandable answers.
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What You Need To Know About Moles and Dysplastic Nevi
by National Cancer Institute
Available on: Audio Download
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has written this booklet to help you learn more about common moles and unusual ones called dysplastic nevi or atypical moles.
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What You Need To Know About Thyroid Cancer
by National Cancer Institute
Available on: Audio Download
This National Cancer Institute (NCI) booklet has important information about cancer of the thyroid.
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What You Need To Know About Melanoma
by National Cancer Institute
Available on: Audio Download
Melanoma is the most serious cancer of the skin. In some parts of the world, especially among Western countries, the number of people who develop melanoma is increasing faster than any other cancer.
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Immortality Institute: Exploring Life Extension
Available on: Online Video | Video Download
A film by the Immortality Institute that explores various aspects of extreme life extension including cryonics (cryogenics), caloric restriction, transhumanism, and other scientific pursuits of extreme life extension.
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What You Need To Know About Kidney Cancer
by National Cancer Institute
Available on: Audio Download
Each year, more than 28,000 people in the United States learn that they have kidney cancer. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has written this booklet to help people with kidney cancer and their families and friends better understand this disease.
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What You Need To Know About Bladder Cancer
by National Cancer Institute
Available on: Audio Download
This National Cancer Institute (NCI) booklet has important information about cancer of the bladder.
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What You Need To Know About Larynx Cancer
by National Cancer Institute
Available on: Audio Download
Each year, more than 12,000 people in the United States learn that they have cancer of the larynx. This National Cancer Institute (NCI) booklet will give you some important information about the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of this type of cancer.
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Lillian Rubin: The Truth About Aging
by Lillian Rubin
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Lillian Rubin discusses 60 On Up: The Truth About Aging In America.
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What You Need To Know About Liver Cancer
by National Cancer Institute
Available on: Audio Download
This National Cancer Institute (NCI) booklet has important information about cancer that begins in the liver.
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Novel Therapies for Ovarian Cancer
by Christina S. Chu
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Novel Therapies for Ovarian Cancer with discussant Dr. Christina S. Chu, from the 2007 Ovarian Cancer Survivors' Course.
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