Course Schedule – Fall 2024 / Science / HEALTH AND MEDICINE
Coordinators: Karen Cullen, Bob Gottfried, Donna Ramer
We have already encountered several medical issues throughout our lives and, as we continue our journey through the “back nine,” we will continue to meet familiar and new medical challenges.
This course looks at some of the diseases and medical conditions, and some of the players in the medical industry, that we will come across along the way.
A WEEK / WEDNESDAY / 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
| Health and Medicine | ||
| Date | Presenter | Title |
| Sep 04 | Karen Cullen | “Oh, My Aching Back” |
| Sep 18 | Bob Gottfried | Men’s Health Issues: Prostate Cancer and Erectile Dysfunction |
| Oct 02 | Joyce West | Speech and Language Centers in the Brain and the Disorders that Affect Them after Stroke, Dementia, and other Traumatic Events |
| Oct 16 | Donna Ramer, Arlene Hajinlian | Thalidomide — The Most Dangerous Drug |
| Oct 30 | Elaine Martin | Dreams Never Lie |
| Nov 13 | Larry Shapiro | The History of Anesthesia |
| Dec 04 | Adrienne Sprouse | Mold Contamination-The Bad and the Ugly |
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