Spring 2005

Feature Article

Woman's Breaking Point

A A new national survey reveals too many physicians misread or do not even ask about the fears of their osteoporosis patients and inferentially suggests this may be one more reason why many patients do not stick with their medications.

Living Legend

Virgie Harris-Bovelle: A Life Full of Heart

Virgie Harris-Bovelle, 70, lives with an implanted defibrillator - a device that automatically shocks her heart out of an irregular rhythm. She never knows when the device will fire, and when it does, she knows that it may have just saved her life. The diagnosis that resulted in the defibrillator changed Harris-Bovelle’s life, but not in the ways you might expect. For her, learning that she has heart disease has opened doors and ushered her into a personal era she calls the “best years” of her life.

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Science in the Spotlight

Tiny Tales

We are on the verge of a new age of discovery that would pique the curiosity of Galileo, Newton, and Einstein. In the heavens, we have glimpsed a solar system outside of our own whose glimmers of light will tell us much about the molecules of the distant planets’ atmospheres. On earth, we have developed new tools to see, move, and actually change the properties of molecules around us—and in us.

Get Mad Before You Get Old!

A Time to Commit

Despite scientific evidence that a cure for Parkinson’s disease could be near – perhaps no more than five years away – the National Institutes of Health was recently unable to initiate clinical trials to test four new Parkinson’s drugs.

Alliance View

Barriers to Healthy Aging

Older Americans know how to maintain their health, but they see obstacles in the path to a healthy lifestyle. That’s the bottom line from a new survey by the American Public Health Association.