Being a Modern Teen / Heart Disease and the Risk for Women




Prime Time Radio - AARP show

Summary: Part A:Not long after she had moved to Georgia and married Ted Turner, legendary actress Jane Fonda began working with teens in troubled situations. She subsequently founded the Jane Fonda Center to help teens foster healthy relationships and make good life choices. Fonda realized that with the enormous impact the media, including social media, and friends have on teens in their formative years, there should be an updated resource for them, their parents and grandparents. Fonda discusses her new book, Being a Teen, and how it can be a resource for teenagers, and the importance of the grandparent’s relationship with a teenager.Part B:Healthy lifestyle is important to overall well-being, but they also protect our most important organ, the heart. Women especially are susceptible to heart disease and are outnumbering men by far in diagnosis of various heart conditions and disease. In fact, it is the number one killer of women and is more deadly as a disease than all forms of cancer. Dr. Jennifer Mieres is one of the leading experts in cardiovascular disease in women and discusses many of the signs, symptoms and preventative measures that can be taken. Heart disease survivor, Sharon Bond, discusses her experience with heart problems and what led her to seek treatment.