When to Blame Aging—and When Not To

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.4 • 7.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Is it just part of getting older, or something you shouldn’t ignore? From your balance to the ringing in your ears, Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains what’s normal, what’s not, and what to do about it. Chasing Life is a production of CNN Podcasts. Our podcast is produced by Eryn Mathewson, Jennifer Lai, Grace Walker, Lori Galaretta, Jesse Remedios, Sofia Sanchez, Kyra Dahring, and Madeleine Thompson. Andrea Kane is our medical writer, our senior producer is Dan Bloom, Amanda Sealy is our showrunner, Dan Dzula is our technical director, and the executive producer of CNN Podcasts is Steve Lickteig. With support from Jamus Andrest, Jon Dianora, Haley Thomas, Alex Manasseri, Robert Mathers, Leni Steinhardt, Nichole Pesaru, and Lisa Namerow. Special thanks to Ben Tinker and Nadia Kounang of CNN Health and Wendy Brundige. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to paging Dr. Gupta, or as I have come to call it, office hours.
0:07.6	I look forward to these episodes because the conversation starts directly with you.
0:12.9	I get to hear from you, your voices, your stories, and of course, your real health questions.
0:18.5	Kira's back.
0:19.6	Who are we hearing from first?
0:23.4	Hey, Sanjay. So our first question today is coming from a listener named Patty, and she called in with a great question. Take a listen.
0:29.0	Hi, Dr. Gupta. My name is Patty. I'm an 80-year-old female. In March of 2020, I fell during
0:36.9	a neighborhood walk, and I hit my head. Since then, my
0:41.2	balance has been worsening. I am able to take daily walks, climb stairs, complete about 30 sit-to-stand
0:49.5	exercises without any problems, and I pack dance three days a week, but my balance continues to worsen.
0:58.0	Should I see a neurologist? Or is this just a part of aging?
1:04.5	Thank you very much, Dr. Gupta.
1:07.6	Okay, Patty, first of all, I'm so sorry to hear that you fell and hit your head.
1:13.5	I want to talk about that.
1:15.2	I will say I love how active you are.
1:18.1	I mean, tap dancing three days a week.
1:20.1	That's fantastic.
1:21.5	You are doing so many of the right things.
1:24.3	But I do hear concerns here as well, and something I want to talk about
1:28.6	right after the break. Okay, first of all, Patty, you fell and you hit your head. I need to get a
1:37.3	better sense of how significant that was. I realize that was several years ago. I want to make sure
1:43.4	that you got a follow-up visit with a
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