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Voices in the Family Archive

Voices in the Family
Health

Can Open Relationships Last?

About 5% of couples have open relationships – where the partners are committed to staying together, but see other people. In ...

Air Date: March 26, 2018

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Voices in the Family
Health

The Power of Touch

When couples hold hands, their breathing and heart rates synchronize. If one of the partners is in pain, it diminishes the more the brain ...

Air Date: March 19, 2018

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Voices in the Family
Health

Adding hope to health messages may lead to better outcomes

Doctors often have to talk to their patients about different health risks – obesity, smoking, too much alcohol – but WHAT sho ...

Air Date: March 12, 2018

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Voices in the Family
Health

How to help teens look beyond their screens

We often think of teenagers as obsessed with their phones, selfies, or being popular. Researchers are learning more about what help ...

Air Date: March 5, 2018

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Voices in the Family

Why some don’t seek treatment for depression

Millions of American adults experience depression. There are treatments and medications that can help. But in a recent study of more than ...

Air Date: February 20, 2018

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Voices in the Family

Hope, Hopelessness, and Healing

When faced with a degenerative disease or life threatening illness, might hopelessness improve the quality of our lives? On this ...

Air Date: January 19, 2018

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Voices in the Family

The importance of thinking critically

How intelligent a person is can predict many things in terms of their quality of life: success, money, or power. But researchers say we s ...

Air Date: December 22, 2017

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Voices in the Family

Meeting Holiday Conflict Head-On

A lot of people dread conversations around the table during the holidays. We try to avoid hot-button topics like politics, and maybe igno ...

Air Date: December 18, 2017

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Voices in the Family

How to Discuss Obesity with Children

One third of American children are overweight or obese, so weight is a topic that comes up in doctors offices a lot. In a ...

Air Date: December 12, 2017

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In this Jan. 18, 2011 photo, inmates at William E. Donaldson prison in Bessemer, Ala., return to their cells after completing meditation classes. Vipassana is a meditative technique that dates back 2,500 years to Gotama Buddha. Vipassana courses are held four times a year in the prison gymnasium, where as many as 40 inmate volunteers meditate 10 hours a day and live for the duration. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
Voices in the Family

Does meditation really help inmates?

Mindfulness meditation helps many people deal with stress, and other mental health issues. But when researchers tried mindfulness with pr ...

Air Date: December 4, 2017

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Voices in the Family

Turkey, Stuffing, and Feelings of Inadequacy

Are you checking out all of your friends’ amazing Thanksgiving pictures on social media? And does it look like everybody had ...

Air Date: November 27, 2017

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Voices in the Family

Time Flies When You’re Eating Turkey

It’s Thanksgiving week. You’re probably thinking about all of the work you need to get done before Thursday… The ...

Air Date: November 20, 2017

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Voices in the Family
Health

Pursuing Happiness

Happiness is more than the feeling you get after eating a delicious meal. But what is happiness? On this Voices in the Family special, Dr ...

Air Date: November 16, 2017

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Voices in the Family
Health

Are relationships the key to a longer, happier life?

A Harvard research study spanning 80 years that looked into the life and health trajectories of well over a thousand people offers some i ...

Air Date: November 6, 2017

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Voices in the Family
Health

Don’t keep hanging on the telephone

There’s a new study on romantic relationships titled “My life has become a major distraction from my cell phone.” ...

Air Date: October 23, 2017

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