Summer 2004

Feature Article

Atrial Fibrillation

Most of us are happy to make adjustments in our lives now if we know they may reduce our chances of developing health problems later. That's why knowing our risk for medical problems is so important. We may not be able to change certain risk factors, such as age or heredity, but many are within our control.

Living Legend

John Young: Physically Active and Young at Heart

Retiring and taking it easy isn't a part of John Young's life plan. At age 76, Young still works 30 hours per week as owner of his firm, Young Engineers & Surveyors, in Hollidaysburg, PA, plays racquetball and tennis competitively, skis in the winter, and is actively involved in community activities.

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Science in the Spotlight

Here's to a Long, Long Life with Health, and Happiness, Too

If you could swallow a little yellow pill and live to be 120 years old, would you? Would your good health hold out that long? Would your retirement savings last for 50 years? Could society sustain an explosion of "super seniors"?

Get Mad Before You Get Old!

Leadership, Commitment, Hope: The 21st Century Challenge

The 20th century witnessed amazing advances in human health and longevity thanks to public health measures and medical research breakthroughs. Because of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the United States has led the world in reducing the impact of scores of diseases. The achievements of NIH are burnished by bipartisan political support and the unwavering faith that Americans place in medical science. Fifty percent of the public believes we should be spending more on medical and health research, with an overwhelming eighty percent supporting basic research even if it brings no immediate benefits.

Alliance View

Stem Cell Update

Patient advocates for a variety of debilitating and deadly diseases are banding together to step up research into stem cell science, which may hold very real hope for treatments or cures. Frustrated by what they see as the federal government's insufficient funding of the research, these supporters are taking their cause to the states.