
Voices in the Family Archive
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
Listen 3:02Happiness 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
Listen 51:03Are 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
Listen 03:22Don’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
Listen 03:03As the population ages, more and more people want to stay in their own home as opposed to transitioning to a nursing home facility. There ...
Air Date: October 6, 2017
Listen 51:18An unlikely ally in the fight against depression
Research points to a weapon in the fight against depression that may sound counterintuitive: Sleep deprivation. In their weekly c ...
Air Date: October 2, 2017
Listen 0:00Magnets! How do they work (for people with anxiety)?
A combination of older and newer treatments had the best results for patients in a recent study on anxiety. Researchers at a German ...
Air Date: September 25, 2017
Listen 3:43The silence surrounding postpartum depression
Many women who have postpartum depression don’t talk about their condition – and don’t ask for help. That’s accor ...
Air Date: September 11, 2017
Listen 00:04:02Emotional Support for In Vitro Patients
About one in eight couples have trouble getting pregnant – and many end up pursuing fertility treatments. The process can be emotio ...
Air Date: September 5, 2017
Listen 00:03:46Find the positive in feeling negative
When you’re feeling grumpy, or irritated, or sad – the best remedy might be to embrace those negative feelings – that ...
Air Date: August 22, 2017
Listen 00:03:40Are obese people treated differently at the doctor’s office?
Being judged for your weight in a doctor’s office can have serious side effects. That’s according to a new review of research ...
Air Date: August 14, 2017
Listen 00:03:16Can meditation ease chronic pain?
With the country in the midst of an addiction crisis, health care providers are looking for new ways to treat their patients’ pain ...
Air Date: August 7, 2017
Listen 00:03:22How to support cancer patients
When a friend, a neighbor or co-worker is dealing with cancer – most of us want to chime in – with messages of support, or em ...
Air Date: July 31, 2017
Listen 00:03:27At some point or another we all confront some sort of pain. Pain is necessary. We need it to alert us that something is wrong, but when a ...
Air Date: July 24, 2017
Listen 00:50:43Could magnesium help treat depression?
Millions of Americans suffer with depression – and traditional medications used to treat the illness are expensive, and can have a ...
Air Date: July 10, 2017
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