Guest: Tara Parker-Pope, The New York Times
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In 30 years, as Baby Boomers retire, there will be as many people over 80 as there are under 5. And there's another disturbing trend: The number of students entering geriatric medicine is dropping. As America ages, who takes care of the grandparents?
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Guest: Anna Mathews, Wall Street Journal
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It was a medical enigma: Why do many black patients respond differently to a class of heart drugs called beta blockers? Researchers now say a genetic variant allows 40 percent of black patients to produce their own version of the drugs. Dr. Stephen Liggett tells The Takeaway about his study and the potential impacts on health care.
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The Takeaway

America's health care system isn't ranked first. Or even in the top 10. At 37th, documentary filmmaker T.R. Reid says, the United States could learn from how the rest of the world provides its citizens health care.
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The Takeaway

Thirteen countries in the world ban HIV-positive visitors from entry, including Saudi Arabia, Russia, Sudan, Moldova... and the United States. We take a look at the ban and ask why that law has stayed on the books.
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