Ageing

Nobel prize winning biophysicist Erwin Neher on how to age well, and the best ways to keep our bodies and minds from degenerating. Erwin Neher won the Nobel prize for medicine in 1991 along with Bert… Audio

Bill Gifford studies the science of ageing in his book 'Spring Chicken: Stay Young Forever or Die Trying' (Grand Central). Audio

Dr Chris Smith with news of a study looking at how to get the benefits of medical marijuana without the negative side effects. Also your blood's role in ageing. Audio

Understanding the ageing process and how to slow it down. Dr Hamish Jamieson is a senior lecturer in older person's health at Otago University and a specialist in older person's health with Canterbury… Audio

Health science writer Dr Atul Gawande is coming to New Zealand for two events in the 2015 Auckland Writers Festival. He talks to Wallace about health care, how elderly people are treated, and where… Audio

Neurobiologist Professor Jonathan Stone from Sydney University says the billions of beats your heart makes over your lifetime damage your brain, and are a major cause of dementia. Audio

Dr Alexandre Kalache is the Co-President of the Global Alliance of International Longevity Centres, a consortium of think tanks on ageing in seventeen countries that is headquartered at Columbia… Audio

The savings from raising the pension age may not be as great as expected. Audio

Professor Emerita in Social Studies in Medicine at McGill University in Montreal and author of The Alzheimer Conundrum: Entanglements of Dementia and Aging. Audio

Topics - Joon Yun is a rich radiologist from Silicon Valley he's in charge of a lot of money as the head of Palo Alto Investors, and now there's the Palo Alto Longevity Prize for the first researcher… Audio

As male zebrafish age their sperm quality declines and they become less attractive - but it's not all bad news for older dads Audio

Dr Timothy Sharp is an Australian clinical psychologist and the founder of The Happiness Institute, which aims to enhance happiness in people, their families and also in organisations. Audio

Dr. Valter Longo of the University of Southern California has led a study looking at how too much protein from meat, eggs and dairy can harm your health. So how much is too much, and does your age… Audio

Australian sociologist, educator, film and television producer, researcher and writer, whose new book is In Praise of Ageing. Audio

Ex-advertising executive Australian Nigel Marsh on achieving a greater work-life balance, and what has he learned in the decade since he had this epiphany at age forty. His latest book is 'Fit, Fifty… Audio

Kim Hill joins Professor Kate McGrath, Professor Wayne Cutfield and Dr Maurice Curtis to discuss the chemistry of brains, genetics and aging, and they don't stop there. You really are what you eat but… Audio