Host: Anti-Aging Psychologist Dr. Michael Brickey

Guest: Judith Horstman

Broadcast and podcast starting: July 5, 2010 on webtalkradio.net. After 7-12-10 the podcast is also on the links below (to download, right click download and select “save target as.”)

From a longevity perspective, it is the best time ever to be alive—so far. There are so many medical advances becoming available and incredible ones in the pipeline. Take good care of yourself so you will be able to benefit from these wonderful resources. From a cultural perspective, change is happening at a logarithmic rate. The change brings marvelous communication and educational opportunities worldwide. At the same time, it is fraught with ethical and political perils.

For the brain in particular, we are already seeing nanotechnology help with cancer, biotech helping some blind people to see and deaf people to hear, thought prosthetics help people better use prostheses, and deep brain stimulation helping tens of thousands with movement disorders. In the pipeline are stem cells to grow new brain tissue, artificial spare parts, robots, and brain chips. Just as we had the Genome  Project map all the human genes in 2003. Now the Human Epigenome Project is mapping how human genes turn on and off.

Some of the key concepts we discussed were that at every age, even in people with dementia or terminal cancer, brains are still producing new neurons. The most important factor in whether those fledging neurons thrive or die is whether we challenge our brain enough with new, difficult learning. Other factors in brain health include socialization, exercise, and nutrition.

In studying literature, it is easy to get bogged down in the forest and only see trees. Judith Horstman’s The Scientific American Brave New Brain gives both an aerial view and highlights of the most seminal brain research. It is written for the inquisitive layperson but also is valuable to scientists.

Judith Horstman’s website is  www.JudithHorstman.com Dr. Brickey’s other websites are www.DrBrickey.com and www.Anti-Aging-Speaker.com.

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Host: Anti-Aging Psychologist Dr. Michael Brickey

Guest: Dr. Michael Zey

Broadcast and podcast starting: 9-17-08 on webtalkradio.net. After 9-23-08 the podcast is also on the links below (to download, right click download and select “save target as.”)

Your 150 year old great, great, great, great, grandmother looks like she is thirty and lives in the same high rise condos where you live. Sounds like science fiction, but with the astoundingly rapid advance of gene therapy, stem cell therapies, nanotechnology, and other technologies it is quite possible in our lifetime. Rather than stumbling and fumbling into long, long lifetimes, Futurist Dr. Michael Zey gives us previews of coming attractions to help prepare us for an exciting future. Dr. Michael Zey is a professor, consultant, and speaker. He has written several books including his most recent book, Ageless Nation: The Quest for Superlongevity and Physical Perfection.

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Host: Anti-Aging Psychologist Dr. Michael Brickey

Guest: Dr. Stephen Schimpff

Broadcast and podcast starting: 9-15-08 on webtalkradio.net. After 9-22-08 the podcast is also on the links below (to download, right click download and select “save target as.”)

You had a CAT scan and blood tests on Friday and you are stuck in the hospital for the weekend, anxiously waiting to hear test results, which will have to wait until your doctor makes rounds on Monday. But wait, Dr. Rounder, a robot cart with a monitor on top wheels into your room. Your doctor, who is at home, looked up the results online and is in a videoconference with you about the results. Welcome to the hospital of the future.

Our guest today Dr. Stephen Schimpff, is author of The Future of Medicine: Megatrends in Healthcare that will Improve Your Quality of Life. Dr. Schimpff is the retired CEO of the University Medical Center at University of Maryland-a hospital with 30,000 patients a year. He is a prominent cancer researcher and more recently a medical futurist. In preparing to write The Future of Medicine, he interviewed more than 100 leaders in medicine to learn firsthand what their specialties were likely to contribute to megatrends in healthcare.

Dr. Schimpff’s website to order The Future of Medicine and hear his podcasts is www.medicalmegatrends.com.

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for Judith’s health coach training seminar on October 1www.healthteleclass.com/specialhc68z

and to register for free classes: www.healthteleclass.com.

Dr. Brickey’s other websites are www.DrBrickey.com and www.Anti-Aging-Speaker.com.

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