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Medicine at the Extremes of Life

Professor Chris Whitty FRS · Gresham College

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About

Shakespeare defined seven ages of man, and in his time death was no stranger in all of these groups; Shakespeare died in his early 50's. Economic development and modern medicine have gradually squeezed life-threatening conditions to the extremes of life: the mewing infant in the developing world, and the seventh age in the developed world increasingly are where death and serious illness are concentrated.

Lectures

  1. Health and the Seven Ages of Man: Serious ill health in the very old and the very young 2014-11-26 · YouTube
  2. The Shape of Things to Come: Future Demography Around the World 2015-02-03 · YouTube
  3. Suffer the Little Children: The Gradual Improvement in Child Health has Left Newborns Behind 2015-04-29 · YouTube
  4. Keeping the Heart Young in an Old Body 2015-11-11 · YouTube
  5. Stroke in the Elderly: Slowly Retreating 2016-02-24 · YouTube
  6. Dementia: At Risk of Being Forgotten? 2016-04-27 · YouTube

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Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Professor Chris Whitty FRS
Year
2014
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Medicine and health, Psychology and the brain
Source
Gresham College
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