Aging Untold: How whole-body treatment for health could help you find answers
(Aging Untold) — On this episode of Aging Untold, we explore why treating the body as one connected system can help break the cycle of “checklist medicine.”
Plus, a warning about “stranger danger” for seniors, including subtle red flags that caregivers shouldn’t ignore.
Then, the cursive comeback debate in classrooms.
How whole-body treatment for health could help you find answers
When you have a medical problem, your instinct might be to find a specialist for that one part of the body, but what if that’s not the right approach to healing?
Treating the body as one connected system rather than a collection of separate problems might be the key to finally feeling better, according to Dr. Rhea Rogers, a board-certified physician.
“I always tell people that the only thing that is compartmentalized are the doctors. The body is not,” Rogers said. “So while we are sent to different specialists, thinking we’re going to get something happening here in that system — it really can be coming from another system.”
Rogers challenges the idea that symptoms are the problem.
How scams and exploitation start — and what you can do about it
A friendly face, a helpful offer and a gradual erosion of boundaries are how scams targeting older adults can begin, according to the Aging Untold experts.
Amy O’Rourke, an aging expert, said concrete protective steps matter.
“Lock away your passwords, have a safe in the home — do some really concrete things to protect," she said.
Caregivers themselves can be falsely accused, and that complicates the picture for families.
Sam Cradduck, a gerontologist, said trust is essential, but so is healthy skepticism.
Cursive in the classroom: Essential skill or outdated relic for students?
In an age of keyboards and touchscreens, is teaching cursive an essential link to our past and a tool for cognitive development, or is it an outdated relic taking up precious time in an already crowded education curriculum?
The question is at the center of a heated debate in classrooms and state legislatures across the country.
A decade ago, only 14 states required cursive to be taught in public schools.
In 2025, more than two dozen states mandated the skill.
South Carolina first responders keep bagpipe tradition alive through service band
The Coastal Carolina Shields Pipes and Drums is a service band composed primarily of fire and police personnel in South Carolina. It is carrying on a tradition rooted in more than 170 years of first-responder history.
The tradition traces back to the mid-1800s, when most police officers and firefighters in New York City were of Irish and Scottish descent. Today, first responders of all backgrounds make up similar bands across the country.
Retired Yonkers police officer Bob Brown founded the band in Myrtle Beach.
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