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The events gives us an additional opportunity for geneva to in order to move this situation from the stage of military confrontation and to prevent any terrorist expanding in the region and the conference during which the syrian in accordance with the geneva communique should agree on the communication of the transition body has we will have all the executive functions. and this is our common objectives, and i hope that today's and tomorrow's efforts that we're going to continue will help us move on and achieve this objective. that you for your attention. >> thank you very much, mr. lavrov. i ...

What some scientists call toxic stress, it has a detrimental effect on the way their stress system develops over their lives. that has an effect on long-term health but on mental health and on their executive functions. these cognitive skills at that let them do well on the first day of school. really, what kids need is two things. one is protection from that kind of adversity. they need a better environment to grow up in. the other is close relationships with a parent or other care giver. there are interventions to work with parents to help them develop relationships. >> you're talking about ...

Neurologic testing, specifically about memory and executive functions like language and arithmetic to see if there's any decline in their brain power that could be suggestive of alzheimer's disease. if there is, the magic word is early. early treatment and aggressive treatment. >> and talk to me a little bit about that treatment as the population is getting older. there's much more gas on geriatric medicine. what advances are we making in the treatment of alzheimer's? >> well, first an understanding about the risk factors with age. tom, the fastest growing population segment in america are adu...