Part I: Virginia Commonwealth University pharmacologist John A. Rosecrans describes his research on the neurological effects of nicotine and how anti-smoking efforts may be stifling research on the beneficial applications of nicotine in treating such maladies as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.
Part II: Northern Virginia Community College biologist Marian Lobstein discusses her research into medicinal plants used by Native Americans to treat everything from intestinal parasites to inducing childbirth.
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