Master Mingtong Gu, a recognized international teacher and healer, has trained and helped thousands of students around the world. In this episode, he shares the healing power of Qigong, a system of coordinated body-posture and movement, breathing, and meditation used for the purposes of health, spirituality, and martial-arts training.

Environmental health goes beyond monitoring and managing the physical environment. It spans areas of public health issues, such as noise and visual pollution, waste disposal and pest control and is a major, yet often subtle influence on the health and wellbeing of a community. Living in a rundown, neglected and unhealthy physical environment, can impact directly on individual and community health. Other factors relating to the physical environment,...

In this short program comprised of startling statistics and interview footage, we learn how Alzheimer’s impacts not only the person with the disease, but also those around them. Medical experts and social workers talk about what we know about the disease, who is impacted by it, and the types of therapy that are used in treating it, such as music therapy. They also discuss the importance of physical fitness.

“Successful aging” is now a key term for people around the globe. Japan is home to the world’s highest proportion of centenarians: people who are older than 100 years old. What explains this longevity? As researchers worldwide look for answers, their studies of centenarians are gaining attention. The latest findings imply that everyone has the potential to live long, depending on the conditions. This program introduces viewers to “super”...

We can now cure disease, replace failing body parts and even engineer our health on a genetic level. So are illness and death really inevitable, or can they be overcome? It’s a question Nobel Prize-winning biologist Paul Nurse has explored through his own research. Scientific breakthroughs across the world are opening up exciting possibilities. But new technologies that extend life raise complex ethical conundrums. Even if we could eradicate death...

"Uncover the evidence-based science to slowing the effects of aging, from the New York Times bestselling author of the How Not to Die series When Dr. Michael Greger, founder of NutritionFacts.org, dove into the top peer-reviewed anti-aging medical research, he realized that diet could regulate every one of the most promising strategies for combating the effects of aging. We don't need Big Pharma to keep us feeling young--we already have the tools....

As we age our spine suffers. We tend to get droopy shoulders and an increase in back pain. Spine Align consists of 7 exercises specifically designed to help alleviate your back and neck pain, realign your spine into correct and healthy position.

Learn to use your later years for awakening and spiritual growth. Encouraging, inspiring, and practical, The Grace in Aging invites all those who have ever experienced spiritual longing to awaken in their twilight years. Since aging, in and of itself, does not lead to spiritual maturity, The Grace in Aging suggests and explores causes and conditions that we can create in our lives, just as we are living them, to allow awakening to unfold--transforming...

If you're lucky, your dog is an older dog and you have shared many happy years with them by your side. As they grow older, dogs' needs change, and they may not be as mentally, physically, or emotionally robust as they once were. Older dogs are a joy and a privilege to care for, with opportunities to further strengthen your relationship as you adapt to their changing needs. Older dog? No worries!, part of the No Worries! series, encourages you to consider...