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About this Episode
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Global Burden of Disease Study: A comprehensive look at morbidity and mortality that measures lost human potential due to ill health caused by disease.
Aging-associated Diseases: Diseases that increase in frequency with senescence, including atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease, cancer, arthritis, cataracts, osteoporosis, type 2 diabetes, hypertension and Alzheimer's disease.
Global Catastrophic Risk: A risk that could inflict serious damage to human well-being on a global scale.
Doomsday Clock: A metaphor that represents how close humanity is to self-destruction.
Antiretroviral Therapy: A combination of drugs that suppresses HIV replication in infected individuals.
PrEP: Pre-exposure prophylactic medications that work to prevent at-risk individuals from contracting HIV.
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