He emphasizes the importance of health screenings and highlights check-ups for high blood pressure, stroke, heart disease and different types of cancer. He includes information about eye exams, blood tests and vaccinations. Tai Chi practitioners demonstrate Tai Chi and lead the audience in a brief set of movements. He emphasizes depression as a common and treatable malady and reviews treatment methods including psychotherapy and medications. He discusses the increasing senior population and the issues facing older Americans.
Issues addressed include retirement options, social security, independence and health care.
He discusses causes of memory loss, examining those related to medication side effects. Alzheimer's Doctor David analyzes Alzheimer's and explains what happens during the course of the disease. Through analogies and detailed graphs, he explores how Alzheimer's changes the brain. He discusses risk factors, genetics and preventative measures such as estrogen, antioxidants, ibuprofen and vitamin E. He also focuses on the role of caregivers and caregiver stress. In a taped interview, Doctor David talks with Melanie Pilcher, Pharm.