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Thursday March 10, 2005

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10:00Aspirin

New research indicates that aspirin has cardiac benefits for both older women and men, but the benefits are not the same. We'll talk about risks and benefits for both sexes and current therapy guidelines.

Guests

Eric Metcalf, author of "Aspirin: The Miracle Drug"

Dr. Elizabeth Nabel, Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health

Dr. Julie Buring, Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital

11:00Ellen Langer: "On Becoming an Artist" (Ballantine)

Many people only dream of making music, painting, or writing. A Harvard professor of psychology shares her journey as an untaught painter and outlines ways for everyone to defeat obstacles to the creative life.

Guests

Ellen Langer, author of "Mindfulness" and "The Power of Mindful Learning"

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