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The Addicted Brain | Aging Matters | NPT
When a person is in active addiction, their brain function is altered in the lobes that control pleasure and judgment. An addiction medicine specialist explains these changes and how they make it difficult for someone to abstain from abusing substances.
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Since 2011, it's estimated that 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 every day in the US.
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Explores the impact these diseases are having on individuals, families and communities.
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The fifth installment in Nashville Public Television’s NPT Reports: Aging Matters series.
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The future is always uncertain, but what is important is that we take time to look ahead.
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In NPT Reports Aging Matters: The New Old Age, NPT explores the changing face of aging.
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End of Life explores the experience of dying and why so few of us get the death we want.