Super-Agers, Prescription Drug Abuse, & Shelby Farms Park
Season 6 Episode 13 | 26m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Profiles Super-Agers, senior Prescription Drug abuse, and Wise Trek at Shelby Farms Park.
Know someone in their 70s, 80s, or 90s who remains mentally sharp, whose cognitive ability hasn't diminished with age? Scientists have given these individuals a name- SuperAgers. The National Institute on Drug Abuse calls the misuse of prescription drugs by older citizens an "emerging epidemic". Wise Trek is Shelby Farms Park's program for those aged 50+ to get them active out on the trail.
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Super-Agers, Prescription Drug Abuse, & Shelby Farms Park
Season 6 Episode 13 | 26m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Know someone in their 70s, 80s, or 90s who remains mentally sharp, whose cognitive ability hasn't diminished with age? Scientists have given these individuals a name- SuperAgers. The National Institute on Drug Abuse calls the misuse of prescription drugs by older citizens an "emerging epidemic". Wise Trek is Shelby Farms Park's program for those aged 50+ to get them active out on the trail.
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